Both Nitida Wine Farm restaurants – Cassia and Tables at Nitida – will be adding vegan meals to their menus for the month of March, to accompany their award-winning and vegan-friendly wines, such as the Nitida Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Restaurant director, Warren Swaffield, says, “We wanted to add something different to our menus and have come up with what we think is a range of dishes that will not only suit vegans but will also surprise those who think plant-based meals are boring, tasteless and limited to only raw vegetables and tofu.”
Plant-based diets are growing in popularity, both for health and environmental reasons. Swaffield says he hopes the new menus will be a good introduction to vegan eating for those who are curious about meat-free meals and a plant-based lifestyle.
Both restaurants are offering meat, egg and dairy free meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Cassia, a more upmarket establishment, has dishes such as: coconut and banana pancakes with pecan nuts and berry compote for breakfast; tian of lemon and basil risotto, barley and broccoli on a grilled field mushroom; aubergine in a spicy Szechuan sauce served with coconut infused rice; pumpkin panna cotta with coconut ice cream; and vegan crème brulee with pistachio biscotti.
The new vegan dishes being served at the family-friendly Nitida include: chocolate peanut butter and banana flapjacks with a homemade salted date caramel sauce, fresh bananas, seasonal berries and a sweet dukkha with a light icing sugar dusting for breakfast; vegan BBQ pulled King oyster mushroom sourdough stack with a ginger-sesame mayo drizzle, wild rocket, tomato, pickled cucumbers, topped with onion crisp, crunchy Asian-style slaw and a side of hand cut BBQ salted skinny fries; vegan chocolate mousse pot; and a homemade vegan lemon curd.
Cassia is open Monday to Sunday for breakfast, lunch and dinner – excluding Sunday evenings, which are reserved for private functions. For more bookings call +27 21 976-0640 or email info@cassiarestaurant.co.za.
Tables at Nitida is open Monday to Sunday for breakfast (09:00-11:30) and lunch (12:00-16:00, except on Sunday when it is 12:00-15:00). For bookings call +27 21 975 9357 or email info@tablesatnitida.co.za.
