Annual Kenton fundraiser a hit with guests
The Rotary Club of Kenton-on-Sea once again served up a superb Fisherman’s Feast last Friday night – an annual fundraiser held at the Kenton town hall.
The hall was appropriately decorated and the banquet table seating made for a festive atmosphere with engaging conversation between friends, acquaintances and strangers.
The four-course meal started with Oom Willem’s creamy deep sea mussel soup that made some people around the table think of the Western Cape. One could taste the white wine in the soup.
It was accompanied by palm and ciabatta bread.
This was shortly followed by Mrs Crouse’s locally caught pickled fish and Sandi’s smoked salmon roulade.
The pickled fish was sweet and the salmon roulade melted in your mouth.
A fresh salsa salad was served alongside, and you could help yourself to lemon aioli sauce or Marie Rose cocktail sauce.
The mains saw platters of deep sea red snapper fried fish, Kenton fried calamari and sautéed Teppanyaki prawns passed around the table.
It was a smorgasbord of seafood tastes and the prawns were a hit.
Dessert was ice cream and a lemon square with orange glaze – a delectable finish and palate cleanser.
Although Rotary president Ginny Reed said attendance was a bit down this year, the event still drew 150 people who enjoyed a lovely meal while supporting a good cause.
The event also included an auction, featuring wine, stays and game drives at Kariega, Oceana and Shamwari game reserves, a Raggy Charters trip to Penguin Island, a massage and facial at Visage Spa, a tanned Burchel zebra skin and a tanned Brindle Griqua skin.
Kenton Rotary spokesperson Pippa Steele-Gray said final figures were not yet in, but the event had raised more than R47,500.
“Proceeds are going towards a thing called a Global Grant for Early Childhood Development. Briefly, we partner with other Rotary clubs internationally and locally to be able to fund a really big project. In this instance we are training 14 local pre-school practitioners up to NQF3 so that they are fully qualified.”