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Sample Menus

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Casual Buffet Dinner
Friends visiting from out-of-town or colleagues wanting a casual after-work party will find the food and atmosphere of this casual buffet dinner something to talk about.

Passed appetizers:

• Tilapia ceviche tostadas
• Crispy mushroom chalupas with chipotle cream and queso fresco
• Roasted-jalapeño salsa and crispy corn chips
• Chicken-and-cheese with guacamole and queso fresco

Buffet Dinner:

• Romaine salad tossed in a spicy chipotle caesar dressing topped with poblano corn relish.
• Tamal Azteca, our own Mexican lasagna of corn tortillas layered with ranchero sauce, roasted vegetables, and queso fresco.
• Seared chicken breast smothered in one of two sauces: Oaxacan red mole with toasted sesame seeds or a spicy tomatillo verde sauce.
• Black beans and white Veracruz-style rice.

Dessert:

• Rich and luscious tres leches cake
• Traditional sticky-sweet Mexican flan

 

Mexican Street Food Christmas Party
Let us re-create the experience of walking through the streets of Mexico and eating from outdoor walk-up taco stalls for you and your guests.

Food “stalls” that feature hot corn and flour tortillas to be stuffed with:

• A seafood cocktail of shrimp and calamari in a spicy tomato cocktail sauce
• Cochinita pibil: Yucatan-style pulled pork braised in achiote, orange juice, and spices
• Encilantradas: shredded chicken finished with garlic, cilantro, and jalapeños
• Tinga de Rez: beef skirt braised in chipotles and adobado sauce
• Roasted potatoes with spicy Mexican chorizo
• Black beans and cilantro-lime rice
• All served with salsa rojo, salsa verde, grilled pineapple and jalepeño salsa, pico de gallo, guacamole, escabeche, cilantro, slaw, and limes

Refreshing agua frescas: Clementine, horchata, and jicama juices

An ice cream bar with a range of flavors, including Mexican hot chocolate, canella, cajeta, café con leche, raspberry–chipotle–chocolate chip, orange–ancho, and tequila–lime.

 

Wedding Reception Cocktail Party
Relax as our professional staff passes appetizers and pours wine for your guests while they nosh and chat after your wedding ceremony—an elegant and innovative reception no one will forget.

Passed appetizers and two fully staffed beer, wine, and cava bars. Appetizers include:

• Ceviche tostadas with serrano ketchup and avocados
• Dungeness crab cakes with mango salsa
• Mussel “shooters” served in a kaffir lime–coconut broth
• Duck empanadas with a raspberry–chipotle dipping sauce
• Roquefort cheese and braised leek tartlets
• Warm goat cheese morsels on a rich toasted brioche, drizzled with aromatic lavender honey
• Beef tartare on lavosh with a scallion–chive aioli