I’m so excited with our menu, I had to share!!

Please indulge in my eagerness to share these images! My fiancé wants to keep this relatively secret from our guests (other than the main course options which they’ll get to choose), but I can’t keep it to myself and I want to express my joy with others who may relate!! We had our tasting earlier this month and I’m just so excited to have this culinary experience yet again in a few months!

Everything was soooo good. Our venue (who also provides the catering) has a very experienced chef who’s constantly reimagining the banquet menu so we even got to be the firsts to taste some new dishes! We were the first couple of the 2025 season to have our tasting because we live across the country from our venue. So when we went back home earlier this month, they organized a private tasting ahead of the tasting nights which they host for the engaged couples jn February normally. Anyway, we settled on the following dishes:

1st course: Caramelized pear salad with endives, goat cheese, and roasted walnuts

2nd course: Tuna tataki with sesame crust, quinoa tabbouleh, mango and apple salsa, and a wasabi mayonnaise

Choice of main plates: (1) Beef short rib cooked for 24 hours in a dark beer sauce served with a crispy polenta and market vegetables (2) Duck leg confit with wild mushroom compote, potato steak with duck fat and market vegetables (3 - vegetarian/vegan) Cauliflower steak, chimichurri sauce and red pepper hummus

4th course: Chocolate delight

Finally, our signature cocktails will be: (1) Chaï Manhattan (bourbon, vermouth, chaï syrup, angostura bitters) (2) Raspberry Moscow Mule (vodka, puréed raspberries, lime juice, ginger beer)

I’ve attached the pictures we took at the tasting which showcases the exact presentation. I’m obsessed 🤩

Thank you for giving me the space to share in my excitement!! In return, feel free to share your food choices as I’m a huge fan of good food and love to see what direction others take for their menu! Happy planning :)