Hotel Izulu to dish out an organic festive season

Hotel Izulu in Ballito renowned for Gigi’s restaurant celebrates this festive season in true culinary style along with its new Executive Chef, Guy Gorrie who has designed various menus with an emphasis on being more health conscious yet offering a traditional feast to remember. Most of the vegetables and herbs are grown organically on the property or sourced from organic farms; all the meat is from free-range farms and certified hormone free and all chocolate used is sourced from organic producers. Bread is made daily on the property using only organic flour.

On Christmas Day, guests are welcomed with a glass of fine bubbly while enjoying live music in the tropical gardens. To start the lavish 3 course meal, guests are offered an impressive organic salad bar and a hot and cold buffet, boasting a selection of, mango pickled prawns, slivers of smoked salmon trout with a preserved lemon dressing and goats cheese ravioli for example.

Main course offers slowly roasted leg of midlands lamb with port jus, crisp loin of pork with apple sauce and balsamic glazed pearl onions and oven roasted stuffed turkey with cranberry sauce. Butternut, basil and gorgonzola lasagne, parma ham wrapped yams and crushed mustard seed and lemon rice are just some of the delectable options to entice your taste buds.

Renowned for his mouth-watering desserts, Chef shall prepare dishes such as caramelised stone fruit served with walnut baklava and a chai tea panna cota.

For New Years Eve and based on last years success, Hotel Izulu will recreate its original ‘African market’ type buffet to truly emphasise and enjoy KZN cuisine and culture. Guests can amble the ‘market stalls’ and choose from an array of dishes at the Canapé Bar with fresh oysters, salmon and a wide selection of seafood, moving on to the Bread Basket to try an array of homemade health loaves, parfait’s and dips then perhaps on to the Wok Station to sample chicken fillet, vegetables and noodles with cashew nuts.

The Fish & Chips Shop will offer Punjabi spiced fried fish, suma chips, tandoori prawns and corn fritters. Stroll to the Curry & Rice Stall to savour lamb curry, a selection of rice’s, roti, salsa’s, chutney’s, samoosa’s, lamb on the spit, mielie pap, vegetable mousaka and roasted potatoes.

At the end of your journey around the African market take a break at the Pastry Corner to sample walnut baklava, chocolate brownies, sugar cones, homemade ice cream, pancakes, a chocolate fountain or fondue with strawberries and other fruits, cookie jars of fudge, biscotti, mango sorbet or a wide selection of cheeses.

Home made preserves and biscuits are also available at the boutique shop at Hotel Izulu, again all prepared by Guy Gorrie.