{"id":33633,"date":"2016-11-16T14:39:17","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T14:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/?p=33633"},"modified":"2016-11-16T14:40:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T14:40:03","slug":"mondiall-new-summer-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/mondiall-new-summer-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"Mondiall Celebrates its 3rd Birthday with a New Summer Menu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mondiall, the popular V&amp;A Waterfront restaurant is celebrating its third birthday this month (November 2016) with the launch of an exciting new Summer Menu curated by talented Head Chef, Stephen Mandes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chef Mandes took up the reigns at Mondiall earlier this year; before that he clocked up extensive experience as chef proprietor of La Vierge Restaurant outside Hermanus. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mandes describes the new summer menu as:<\/span><i> <\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018An infusion of international culinary concepts to satisfy the curious palate. I love creating delicious food, but never stick to one template only. My focus is to use top quality produce to create healthy, flavoursome and visually stimulating meals to satisfy both South African and international tastes.\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"rir-row\"><div class=\"rir-cols-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Mondiall-1-x-45.jpg\" alt=\"Mondiall Summer Menu\" width=\"1000\" height=\"450\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New on the Summer Menu are dishes ranging from Seafood Ceviche with fresh sweetcorn salsa and crisp taco; and Prawn &amp; Leek Roulade with lentil salad, sugar snap peas and lime aioli; to Spice Crusted Seared Tuna with romesco sauce, crushed new potatoes and gremolata; and Organic Lamb Duo of loin and braised lamb neck served with shaved vegetables and minted jus; ending off on a sweet note with Nutella Cheesecake with honeycomb and berries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An expert in \u2018cooking over coals\u2019, Mandes uses a Big Green Egg <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">charcoal barbecue cooker <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the Mondiall kitchen to create enticing smoked flavours. His menu incorporates influences from all over the world, as he takes the diner on an adventure to explore the best each cooking style has to offer, from Europe to Asia and crossing over to America. A singular dish can therefore be \u2018well-travelled\u2019 \u2013 incorporating elements such as apple puree (German) and kimchi (Korean) into the American-style Smoked Pork Belly, another new dish on the menu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He says he draws inspiration from Mediterranean cuisine, but also enjoys revisiting food memories from his childhood, using modern culinary skills to recreate timeless classics presented in a fresh, contemporary way. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new menu therefore offers many plays on proudly South African traditions such as \u2018tea and biscuits\u2019 served as a Rooibos &amp; Honey infused Cr\u00e9me Br\u00fbl\u00e9e with peach textures and shortbread fingers; and a deconstructed Lime Meringue with coconut, almond and fresh strawberries.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"rir-row\"><div class=\"rir-cols-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Mondiall-5-x-6.jpg\" alt=\"Mondiall Summer Menu\" width=\"500\" height=\"600\" \/><\/div><div class=\"rir-cols-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Mondiall1-5-x-6.jpg\" alt=\"Mondiall Summer Menu\" width=\"500\" height=\"600\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mondiall offers diners an all-round quality experience, ranging from the variety on the menu, to the sophisticated d\u00e9cor and majestic view of Table Mountain and the harbour. Its modern <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brasserie <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">style setting perfectly captures the essence of Cape Town through warm and welcoming service, a touch of elegance and a truly global atmosphere, where local and international guests mingle and enjoy the restaurant as a home-away-from-home. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Says owner Patrick Symington: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We have witnessed the growth of the Mondiall brand and our progress during three short years of trade, and are proud of our 4-star TripAdvisor rating. It remains our vision to offer a sophisticated, yet casual experience of refined comfort food.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offering a wide range of choice, the wine list features a variety of cultivars and vintages, consisting predominantly of South Africa\u2019s top wine labels that are exclusively selected to ensure that the cuisine is complemented by the best quality wines. Juices and cocktails are popular too, including the Mondiall Iced Tea containing grapefruit, chai puree, lemon and litchi juice, and the Smoked Margarita with tequila, citronge, lime juice and uniquely smoked Maldon salt as signature cocktail \u2013 perfect as sundowner to toast the summer season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Breakfast 10h00 &#8211; 11h30 Monday to Friday <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lunch 12h00 &#8211; 16h00 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bar Menu 11h00 &#8211; 22h00<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dinner 18h30 &#8211; 22h00<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brunch is available over weekends 10h00 \u2013 16h00 Sat &amp; Sun<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mondiall.co.za\/\">mondiall.co.za<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mondiallkitchenandbar\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mondiall_SA\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mondiall, the popular V&amp;A Waterfront restaurant is celebrating its third birthday this month (November 2016) with the launch of an exciting new Summer Menu curated by talented Head Chef, Stephen Mandes. Chef Mandes took up the reigns at Mondiall earlier this year; before that he clocked up extensive experience as chef proprietor of La Vierge Restaurant outside Hermanus. Mandes describes the new summer menu as: \u2018An infusion of international culinary concepts to satisfy the curious palate. I love creating delicious [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4098],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"brand_slug":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}