Sample Menus:   Appetizers / Tapas

                       Appetizers à la carte

Starting Hors D'Oeuvres

• Tropical Fruit Tray

• Seasonal Fruit Platter

• Fresh Fruit Skewers

• Grilled and Roasted Fresh Vegetable Platter
  Seasonal vegetables, drizzled with olive oil, with capers and fresh basil

• Cheese and Fruit Tray
  Assortment of imported and local cheeses, olives, crackers, and seasonal fruit

• Ceviche Veracruzano
  Veracruz-style white fish prepared with a lime juice marinade

• Coctel de Camarón
  Pacific Mexico-style shrimp cocktail, prepared with a peppy tomato-onion-cilantro-citrus sauce

• Four-Color Tortilla Chips and Three Salsas

• Cuban Black Bean Dip

• Plátanos Maduros Fritos Caribeños
  Caribbean fried ripe plantains, naturally sweet

• Yuca Frita con Mojo de Ajo Puertoriqueño
  Puerto Rican-style fried yucca served with garlic sauce

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Main Savories:  Vegetarian

• Empanadillas de Espinaca y Queso
  Spanish little pies filled with spinach and cheese, baked

• Rusula - Setas Rellenas de Perejil y Ajo
  Basque parsley-garlic stuffed mushrooms

• Bocadillos Nicaraguenses de Yuca y Queso
  Nicaraguan yucca (cassava) and cheese croquettes

• Risoles de Milho com Requeijão
  Brazilian empanaditas/turnovers filled with corn & cream cheese

• Tortilla Española
  Spanish Potato Frittata

• Rajas de Sémola de Maiz
  Herbed polenta sticks, served with a Catalan-style savory tomato dipping sauce

• Copitas de Sémola de Maiz, con Tapenade de Aceitunas Mixtas
  Polenta cups filled with mixed olive tapenade

• Mini Pupusas Salvadoreñas de Queso y Loroco Encurtido
  Salvadorean corn masa tortilla filled with loroco flower and cheese, topped with curtido (pickled cabbage salad)

• Mini Quesadillas
  With squash blossoms and cheese, or with Oaxaca cheese and poblano chiles, sprinkled with cotija cheese

• Mini Sopes (Corn Masa)
  With black beans and queso fresco (fresh cheese), topped with tomatillo and serrano chile salsa

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• Ceviche Veracruzano
  Veracruz-style white fish prepared with a lime juice marinade

• Coctel de Camarón
  Pacific Mexico-style shrimp cocktail, prepared with a peppy tomato-onion-cilantro-citrus sauce

• Mini Tostadas with Fish and Shrimp Ceviche

• Pinchos de Camarones con Achiote estilo Yucateco
  Yucatán-style grilled prawn skewers with annatto spice

• Grilled Shrimp and Pineapple Skewers

• Camarones en Salsa Guajillo
  Pacific prawns in a mild Guajillo chile sauce

• Tortitas de Cangrejo
  Mini crab cakes, with roasted pepper aioli

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• Pinchos de Pollo con Achiote estilo Yucateco, con Salsa de Cilantro
  Yucatán-style grilled chicken breast skewers with annatto spice - served with a fresh cilantro sauce

• Pinchos Morunos, Estilo Hispano
  Spanish-style marinated chicken skewers

• Coxinhas de Galinha
  Brazilian croquette-like pastries filled with chicken breast meat

• Alitas de Pollo Guajillo
  Chicken wings marinated in a Mexican guajillo pepper sauce

• Mini Tartas de Pollo en Mole estilo Guanajuato
  Guanajuato-style chicken in mole sauce, in a crispy corn masa tart shell

• Mini Tostadas de Tinga Poblana de Pollo
  Puebla-style tomato-chipotle seasoned shredded chicken, with queso fresco (fresh cheese)

• Mini Tamales Salvadoreños with a Chicken Filling

• Mini Tamales Filled with Tomatillo Chicken

• Mini Sopes (Corn Masa) with Grilled Chicken

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• Pinchos Argentinos con Chimichurri
  Argentinean beef skewers with a snappy parsley-garlic sauce

• Quibes
  Brazilian ground beef dumplings (version of Arabic kibes)

• Empanaditas Chilenas de Carne
  Chilean little pies filled with beef, fried

• Albóndigas a la Madrileña con Aceitunas Reinas
  Madrid-style meatballs - in a white wine sauce with queen olives, fresh tomatoes, and onions

• Albóndigas Canarias - con Salsa Mojo Picante a lo Guanche (estilo de Tenerife)
  Canary Island-style meatballs in a mild herb sauce - with a hot Tenerife-style red chile sauce on the side

• Mini Tacos de Carne Asada
  Grilled steak, in a soft corn tortilla

• Mini Sopes (Corn Masa) with Beef Picadillo

• Mini Pupusas Salvadoreñas, Mixtas de Chicharron, Frijol, y Queso, Encurtido
  Salvadorean corn masa tortilla filled with pork, black beans, and cheese
  Topped with curtido (pickled cabbage salad)

• Mini Tamales filled with Pork Chile Verde

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Sweets and Desserts  (2 pages)

• Fresh Fruit Tarts

• Chocolate Fountain
  With fresh fruit and other dippables as desired

• Ate de Guayaba y Dulce de Membrillo con Queso Fresco
  Guava and quince sweets, with fresh cheese

• Docinhos:  Brigadeiros e Beijinhos de Coco
  Brazilian sweets:  chocolate fudge candies and coconut "little kisses"

• Macarrones de Coco
  Coconut Macaroons - your choice of Filipino (in a small cupcake style) or Mexican (cocadas)

• Alfajores Argentinos con Dulce de Leche
  Argentinean shortbread cookie filled with rich milk caramel

• Polvorones
  Mexican sugar cookies, with pecans

• Assortment of Cookies
  Elegant tea cookies or traditional cookies

• Pastelitos de Guayaba y Queso
  South American little turnovers with guava and cheese

• Puebla Pineapple Empanaditas

• Quesadilla Salvadoreña
  Salvadorean slightly sweet bread made with cheese

• Filipino Custard Cake (Leche Flan Cake)
  Served with fresh strawberries when in season

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• Dulce de Leche Cake

• Mango Mousse Cake

• Rich Dark Chocolate Cake
  With dark chocolate ganache glaze, dark and white chocolate mousse filling

• Oaxaca Chocolate Cheesecake

• Tartelata de Limón a lo Peruano
  Peruvian tartlette with a filling made with fresh lime juice and condensed milk

• Tartelata de Anacardo/Casuy Filipino
  Filipino boat tart with a rich cashew nut filling

• Tartelata de Mermelada de Naranja Española
  Spanish jam tartlette filled with orange marmalade - choose either Valencia or Amarga (bitter orange)

• Tartelata de Mango Flan o Mermelada de Mango
  Mango tartlette - choose filling of either mango custard or mango jam

• Piña Colada Cupcakes
  Golden pineapple and coconut cake - with a pineapple juice, coconut cream, and light rum frosting

• Lime and Mojito Cupcakes
  Lime butter poundcake - with a fresh lime, mint, and Puerto Rican rum icing

• Torta de Cacao con Café Colombiano Cupcakes
  Colombian cocoa cake - additionally topped with a Colombian coffee and rum buttercream

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                                    Addendum

Sample Client Menus from Previous Events

Additional Suggestions:    Please see

•    Sample Client Menus from Previous Events,  from the Dinner Menu.