After the great dinner on Friday night at JB restaurant (JB restaurant is on this year's list of The World's 50 Best Restaurants better then Heinz Beck's La Pergola and Alain Ducasse's Le Louis XV!) http://carpe-diem-club.blogspot.com/2010/04/21-5-2010-haute-cuisine-at-jb-in.html, Saturday is dedicated to the nature.
Our unforgettable experience will start at 11h when we will move from Ljubljana to Kostanjevica na Krki.
1st STOP: COLARIČ FARMHOUSE - BRUNCH WITH HOME MADE PRODUCTS
We will arrive there at about 12h and our first stop will be a typical farmhouse. At the Colarič farmhouse we will be able to see the typical farmlife in that part of Slovenia and we will be welcomed with home made bread, home produced cold cuts, vegetables and wine.
2nd STOP: KOSTANJEVICA NA KRKI
After visiting the Colarič farm we will visit the smallest and oldest city of the region - Kostanjevica na Krki, which lays on a small island on the river Krka. We will have a walk around the city to get to know this wonderful place.
3rd STOP: BOATING ON THE KRKA RIVER OR VISIT OF THE KOSTANJEVICA CAVE
After the visit of the city we will take the boats and make a small guided trip on the river to see the wonderful nature and city from another perspective. If weather will not be good, we can visit instead Kostanjevica cave.
4th STOP: DOMAČIJA NOVAK
At about 17h or 18h we will move to Dvor, small village not far away from Kostanjevica where we will spend our evening at DOMAČIJA NOVAK.
Novak family is a special and wonderful family. They love antiques (they have an antiques shop in Ljubljana) and they love nature and good natural food and wines. This was the base for creation of the Domačija Novak, a wonderful house with a wonderful countryside interior where they spoil their guests with their great kindness and home cooked dishes made from best 100% biological ingridients - most of them produced by them. Since they love good natural wines they are big friends with many wineproducers too and they have a wonderful and rich winecellar.
People at their home are welcomed like friends and when we will arrive there we will have a dinner together with their other guests who normally come from different parts of the world, so we will be able to develop also new contacts.
What is expecting us there?
MENU:
We will be welcomed in their winecellar with the sparkling wine Casa Coste Piane and with mushroom pockets
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After that at the table:
Smoked trout on the fried potatoes with wild salad, horseradish cream and stir sauce
Wine: Trpin Glera 2006
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Trout with baken mush with stellaria media herb on dead nettle with olive oil from island of Hvar
Wine: Mlečnik Rebula 2004
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Beef soup with home made noodles, soup from the meadow sorrel
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Spring risotto
Wine: Dario Prinčič Bianco 2007
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Veal shank with potatoes and young carrots
Wine: Brandulin Red 2004
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Salad from the garden
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Elder flowers in wine dough with strawberries and sorbetto from the fragrant pearl
Wine: Stanko Radikon Chardonnay 2009
(this Chardonnay will be offered by Stanko Radikon for the first time ever so we will be the first to taste it)
I would like to put into words the experience that we will have at the Novak family's house, but it's impossible. It's something you must experience on your own. I can only say that those moments will be the moments you will remember all your life on and you will look forward to come back.
Perfection of simplicity is a part of the Carpe Diem Weekend.
Have a look at the entire program: http://carpe-diem-club.blogspot.com/2010/04/215-235-2010-carpe-diem-weekend.html
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COSTS:
The whole day trip: 105 eur/person
Only dinner (with wines included): 70 eur/person
Cost of the whole day trip includes beside the dinner with wines also transport, visit of the Colarič farm and the brunch with cold cut, bread, vegetables and wine & renting of the boats or entrance to the Kostanjevica cave.
Your registration will be confirmed
only AFTER the payment at:
JUVE d.o.o., Zg. GAmeljne 20, 1211 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Bank: NLB d.d.
swift: LJBASI2X
IBAN SI56 0201 0009 0938 339
SUBJECT OF PAYMENT:
In the case you attend only one meeting write please the day of the meeting.
For Saturday complete day write Saturday C, for Saturday only dinner write Saturday D.
In the case you are attending more then one meeting write all the days you are paying - For example Friday + Saturday C or Friday + Saturday D.
PAYMENT DEADLINE: Your payment must be on the account before the 19th May so for payments from abroad you must do the money transfer before the 16th May. Since the places might be limited we suggest you to do the payment asp.
CANCELLATIONS: For cancellations before the 19th May we return 90% of payment, after that day no money will be returned.
For further informations: andreja.lajh@gmail.com or +386 40 255551
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SLEEPING FROM SATURDAY TO SUNDAY:
For anyone who will join us at the Novak family dinner and is planning to play golf on Sunday at Otočec (which is not far away from here) we suggest to sleep at the Novak house from Saturday to Sunday. But since their rooms are always booked soon I suggest you to hurry up with booking. For booking of rooms contact directly: http://www.novakdoma.eu/en/izbira.aspx
