Weddings on Safari
Let us help arrange the party of your dreams, where the food, drink and hospitality will dazzle even the most discriminating guests. Please contact us to arrange a consultation and tasting to inspire your menu.
Love is like cooking; it should be entered into with abandon, or not at all...
The Perfect Proposal
My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me -Winston Churchill
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House-made Miniature Crab Cakes, with aioli or red pepper remoulade
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Fresh Kumamoto Oysters
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Premim Caviar
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House-baked Brown Bread
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Fine French Champagne
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Selection of Artisan Chocolate
The Engagement Party
Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine -Anthony Trollope
Concept | A lovely, leisurely boat cruise with family and friends, with lots of small bites of food for amusement, after the wedding proposal
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Old-Fashioned Crab Dip with House-made Potato Chips
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Grilled Flank Steak Skewers: Flank steak is rubbed with cumin, chili and oregano, grilled and thinly sliced. Served with chipotle and parsley sauces
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Roasted Vegetable Platter: Basil-marinated zucchini, roasted sweet peppers, grilled Portobello mushrooms, grilled eggplant and roasted heads of garlic
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Spanakopita: Traditional Greek appetizer of filo dough stuffed with spinach and feta
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Poached Salmon with a creamy dill sauce
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Roasted Baby Red Potatoes
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Grilled Asparagus with Lemon Zest and Pine Nuts
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Greek Lamb Skewers with Red Wine-Honey Glaze
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Rosemary-Thyme Polenta
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Minted Green Bean Salad
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Cheese and Fruit Platter: Selection of local, domestic, and international cheeses garnished with seasonal fruit and nuts, served with fresh bread and crackers
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Decadent Dark Chocolate Tart
A Summer Engagement party
Concept | A relaxing garden party with amazing food
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Pizzas made on the Barbeque! Thin-crust pizza dough made from scratch with a variety of toppings. Please select from Fresh Tomato and Basil, Grilled Portobello Mushrooms with caramelized onion and arugula, or Roasted Red Pepper with goat cheese and carmelized onion
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Tequila-lime-marinated grilled steak with cherry tomato relish
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Herb-roasted Salmon with Piccata Sauce
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Grilled Asparagus with Lemon
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Garlic-roasted Baby Red Potatoes
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Classic Caesar Salad
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Lemon Tart
I have made a lot of mistakes falling in love, and regretted most of them, but never the potatoes that went with them -Nora Ephron
A Summer Wedding Buffet
Concept | Fresh, summer food, for an atmosphere of light and love
Passed Hors d'oeuvres
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Roasted Tomato Tart
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Sweet Potato Salmon Cake
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Rosemary-dijon-marinated prawns, with capers
On the Buffet:
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Spicy Chicken Skewers
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Honey-dijon-baked Salmon
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Latin-rubbed Grilled Flank Steak, with chipotle and parsley sauces
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Fresh Vietnamese Salad Rolls, with Shrimp or Tofu
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Asian Noodle Salad, with Chinese 5-Spice Dusted Tofu, served with an irresistible peanut sauce
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Minted Green Beans
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Fresh Bread
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Coffee Service
Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense -Helen Rowland
A Winter Wedding
Concept | A Formal Sit-Down Dinner
Passed Appetizers
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Smoked Salmon Canapes, on house-baked brown bread
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Gougères
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Spinach, leeks, and bacon-stuffed mushrooms
The Soup
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Cream of Watercress
The Salad
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Salad of greens, with roasted butternut squash, toasted hazelnuts, goat cheese, and a sherry vinaigrette
The Main
Choice of Entrée:
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Tenderloin of beef, with red wine demi-glace
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Herb-coated Rack of Lamb, with a port wine sauce
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Baked Halibut with a leek and Pernod sauce
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Chicken Saltimbocca made with prosciutto, sage and fontina
Sides:
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Garlic Mashed Potatoes
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Roasted Red Potatoes
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Rice Pilaf
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Creamy Polenta
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Selection of Roasted Seasonal Vegetables
A Winter Wedding Buffet
Passed Appetizers
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Roasted Artichoke Tart
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Mushroom and Gruyere tartlet
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Prawns, marinated in Fennel, Lemon and Orange
On the Buffet:
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Salad of Greens, with Pomegranate, Candied Pecans, and Pomegranate Molasses Vinaigrette
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Boeuf à la bourguignonne – A rich, memorable beef dish, braised with mushrooms, onion, red wine and bacon
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Chicken, roasted with sage and wine
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Salmon Cannelloni
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Silken Mashed Potatoes
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Selection of Seasonal Vegetables
Favorite Appetizers
From the Sea
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Smoked Salmon Canapes, on house baked brown bread
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Rosemary-dijon-marinated Salmon skewers
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Prawns, marinated in lemon and bay leaf
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Miniature Crab Cakes
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Sweet Potato Salmon Cakes
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Sushi on a cucumber
From the Earth
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Grilled Eggplant Roll-ups drizzled with balsamic glaze
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Mushrooms, stuffed with spinach, leeks and goat cheese
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House-made Hummus, with tapenade and harissa, served on pita crisps
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Fresh Vietnamese Salad Rolls with Tofu, served with peanut and chili dipping sauces
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Italian Eggplant Caponata, wrapped in a lettuce leaf
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Crostini with various toppings: Wild mushroom and fontina, garbanzo bean and tapenade, cannellini bean with sage and rosemary, and tomato with fresh basil
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Caprese Skewers with cherry tomatoes, fresh mozzarella and basil
From the Bakery
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Roasted Artichoke Tart
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Three Onion Tart
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Roasted Tomato Tart
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Gougères
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Spanakopita
From the Land
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Latin-rubbed Flank Steak, with parsley and chipotle dipping sauces
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Grilled Tenderloin on Crostini with tapenade garnish
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Thai Lamb Meatballs with basil ponzu sauce
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Chicken Satay with peanut sauce
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Chicken Sosaties
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House-made Grilled Lamb Sausage
Favorite Entrees
From the Sea
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Lemon-and-herb roasted salmon
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Tandoori-rubbed Salmon with tzatziki sauce
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Miniature Crab Cakes
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Halibut, with artichokes and mushrooms
From the Earth
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Roasted Tomatoes, stuffed with couscous, pine nuts and vegetables
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Eggplant Parmigiana
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Spinach-and-leek-stuffed Portobello Mushroom
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Moroccan Couscous with roasted veggies
From the Land
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Whole Tenderloin of Beef, with red wine demiglace
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Herb-crusted Rack of Lamb, with a port wine demiglace
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Tequila-lime-marinated Grilled Tri Tip Steak with cherry tomato relish
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Chicken Saltimbocca
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Moroccan Chicken, served with lemon-pine nut couscous
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Roast Loin of Pork, with roasted apples, onions and thyme