dining room
Great pride is taken in the posada´s excellent kitchen. An ever-changing five-course menu is offered and is served with great attention to detail in the spacious, elegantly decorated dining room. Everything is geared toward creating an elegant dining experience.
ABOUT OUR MENUS
Our menus are a blend of local and international foods that are carefully designed to harmonize aromas, flavors and textures.
- Appetizers can include
- Black ravioli filled with calamari with a Napoli sauce
- Llamb filled Aguoleth
- Sugar Club soup
- Tartar of tomato and prawn
- Xinia salad
- Carpaccio of squid
- Bell pepper cream
- Smoked turkey salad
- Gazpacho
- Pate de foie gras.
- Main courses can include
- lamb stew accompanied by sweet potato puree and sautéed vegetables
- Stuffed rabbit with potatoes and vegetables
- Pork loin accompanied by broccoli au gratin
- Beef tenderloin Wellington with mushrooms and vegetables
- Rabbit with red and white rice, beef tenderloin with sautéed potatoes
- Desserts can include
- Cream cake with passion fruit
- Apple strudel with English sauce
- Rice pudding with a cranberry sauce
- Baskets of filo dough with cream and fruit
- Petit fours of marzipan and passion fruit.
Xinia´s cooking style developed the through the warmth of her feelings for her own family. When she was young and not schooled in culinary arts she met and married Peter Lauterbach of Germany. Peter’s mother was an excellent cook. In the desire to please her new husband she decided she would become a better cook than his mother would and learn the best cooking techniques of Europe. In this way she learned to prepare rich menus presented with a luxury of details that she feels can please the most discerning of palates.
Xinia and Peter are both artists. She is a collector of art and crafts that are displayed through out the property. She also expresses her artistic side through cultivation of ornamental plants and orchids of which the posada has an extensive collection. Peter’s artistic side is expressed through music. He sings and accompanies himself on guitar and with harmonica. His performances are a treat that is often requested by their guests.
Xinia and Peter’s two children left home for their respective schooling and work they were left with two empty rooms. Because Merida has always been a popular spot for visitors, it was natural that they began to develop their work in tourism. In a short time, they added to their modest original space on to accommodate more guests. As the demand for accommodations with them continued to grow, they made every opportunity work for expansion of their business. In this way the posada has grown into the luxurious incarnation that it is today,
occupying the lovely space in La Mucuy Baja, near the town of Tabay, at the foot of the highest mountains in Venezuela. Here you too can find an enchanting place to get away.