| Unless otherwise noted, the first price will serve 50, the second price will serve 25. Prices for smaller quantities provided upon request. SPECIALITY SPREADS & DIPS CURRIED GOUDA SPREAD - $25/$18 Gouda, cream cheese, honey, lemon juice and curry powder: processed until smooth and well blended. Refrigerated overnight and served with crackers. PARTY TIME LAYERED DIP - $25/$18 Sour cream, salt, & dill weed combined until smooth. Spread on a plate and topped with shredded cheddar cheese, French onion dip (over cheese), and topped with onions, chopped olives, and chopped egg. Sprinkled with paprika. This is very nice. SHRIMP RAREBIT SPREAD - $35/$20 Cheddar cheese, cream cheese and beer warmed in a saucepan over low heat. Shrimp, worcestershire sauce and crisp, crumbled bacon are added to the melted cheese mixture. Served warm with French bread. JAZZY JEZEBEL SAUCE SPREAD - $20/$15 Apricot, pineapple and apple jellies are combined with horseradish and Coleman’s spicy Engish mustard in a food processor. This both sweet and spicy mixture is layered over a block of softened cream cheese. Served with crackers. SALAD CAESAR SALAD - $50/$30 The Caesar Salad was first tossed by Caesar Cardini at the Hotel Comercial in Tijuana, Mexico around 1924. Cardini had run out of some of his salad making ingredients and used what he had to invent this timeless salad. He moved his successful restaurant and salad to the newly constructed Caesar Hotel in 1929. The restaurant and hotel still operate today. In 1978, I consumed my first Caesar Salad there. Tossing an authentic Caesar Salad is a culinary art form. We are artist. Our own dressing using fresh lemons, eggs, parm cheese, virgin olive oil and more. Tossed with crisp bacon and anchovies (if you wish – and you should…) Artfully presented on the buffet table with individual salad bowls. SEAFOOD Crab Imperial is one of our finest and most popular appetizers. We use only fresh lump crabmeat which is mixed with sautéed peppers, onions & garlic, mayonnaise, mustard, pimento, Worcestershire, and Tabasco. We serve it both baked and cold… Crab Imperial in individual phyllo shells - $70/$45 Crab Imperial in baked stuffed mushrooms - $75/$50 Crab Rangoons - $70/$45 Pierces 1894 Restaurant sadly closed its doors during the summer of 2008. For over a century, it truly was one of our country’s finest fine dining establishments. Their most famous appetizer (and our personal favorite) was their legendary crab rangoons. We combine lump crabmeat with cream cheese, Worchestershire, and onion salt. This mixture is folded into a Chinese wonton wrap and deep fried. Passed with oyster sauce. These are really “to die for.” Crab Cakes - $70/$45 Everyone has a crab cake recipe. We have ours. You will love them. We make our own bite size cakes with fresh lump crabmeat, pan fry them, top them with a dollap of our own sauce and pass. Cream Puff Crab Appetizers - $75/$50 Freshly made egg creampuffs are stuffed with a delicious crabmeat (or shrimp) mixture. Traditional Shrimp Cocktail - $90 About 80 pieces, beautifully presented with two unique sauces. We boil and individually clean each piece of shrimp. Sauteed Shrimp - $80 (50 pieces)/$50 Sauteed in garlic and spices and passed with toothpicks. Rosemary Grilled Shrimp Cocktail - $110 (about 80 pieces) Raw shrimp is marinated in olive oil and fresh rosemary, then grilled, chilled and presented with sauce louis. STUFFED MUSHROOMS Blue Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms - $65/$40 Reuben Mushrooms - $70/$45 Just like it sounds, a reuben broiled in a mushroom. Seafood Stuffed Mushrooms - $80/$50 Shrimp, crabmeat, cheese, & soy – too good. Crab Imperial Stuffed Mushrooms - $75/$50 See Crab Imperial above – very, very nice. CHICKEN, PORK, & BEEF Boneless Buffalo Chicken Appetizers - $65/$40 Boneless chicken tenders are soaked overnight in our own marinade of honey, chili sauce, soy, hot pepper sauce, ginger, and cumin. The tenders are then fried in a large skillet and passed in bite size portions with our own blue cheese sauce. Heaven is in a piece of chicken. Coconut Chicken Fingers with Marmalade Dipping Sauce $65/$40 Baked chicken fingers (bite size) in a tasty coconut breading. Passed with a great sweet & sour orange sauce. Chicken Rigi - $70/$45 Maryalice’s (famed) version of Chicken Rigatonis. These are fabulous, but not for the faint of heart – they are spicy. Served hot in a small cup with a fork and napkin. Milk is available to cool your mouth. Barbecued Chicken Quesadillas - $70/$45 We grill chicken marinated in our hickory barbecue sauce, thinly slice and combine it with fresh slaw & onions and cheese in a tortilla shell. The shell is grilled until the cheese is melted, cut into bite size pieces and passed with sour cream and barbecue sauce. Turkey Club Roll-Ups - $65/$40 Tender turkey, bacon, lettuce, and tomato tightly rolled in a large flat tortilla. Cut and presented in bite size pieces. Chinese Roast Pork Strips - $70/$45 Pork tenderloin marinated in soy sauce, hoisin sauce, sherry, brown sugar, and garlic is roasted, cut into bite size pieces and served with two Chinese style sauces. Dinoursaur Pulled Pork with slaw - $75/$50 We would guess that the most famous barbecue joint in this part of the country is the famed Dinosaur Barbecue (in Syracuse, Rochester, and now in Harlem.) Their acclaimed sauces are available at supermarkets everywhere. We hand pull our slow roasted pork, then soak it with the famed Dinorsaur barbeque sauce, and then slowly cook it for two more hours. Served in a small cup (with a fork), topped with Dinorsaur style slaw. Jerked Pork Bites with dipping sauce - $70/$45 The “jerking” of meat was made famous in Jamaica. Our authentic jerk paste (not a rub) smothers fresh pork tenderloins which then sit overnight. The tenderloins are grilled, then sliced into bite sized pieces and passed with a very unique dipping sauce using the spicy paste. BBQ Beef Filled Wontons - $70/$45 Tender roast beef is thinly sliced and mixed with our tasty barbeque sauce, placed in individual wonton cups and topped with Montery Jack Cheese – which is quickly melted in the broiler. Bourbon Cocktail Meatballs - $65/$40 If you like cocktail meatballs, you will love these. Served with a hot pepper bourbon chili sauce. Individually passed and then presented in a hot chaffing dish. Roast Beef & Swiss Wrap with horseradish sauce - $70/$45 Rare roast beef and swiss with our spicy horseradish sauce and lettuce in a sandwich wrap sliced in bite sized pieces. Crostini with Beef and Caper Mayonaise - $70/$45 Beautiful small open faced sandwiches on toasted slices of freshly baked baguette bread. Curried Chicken Salad in Cream Puffs - $65/$40 Our freshly made egg cream puffs are stuffed with a spicy, unique chicken salad. MINI SANDWICHES (from above) Turkey (or Ham) Club Roll-Ups - $65/$40 Tender turkey, bacon, lettuce, and tomato tightly rolled in a large flat tortilla. Cut and presented in bite size pieces. Roast Beef & Swiss Wrap with horseradish sauce - $70/$45 Rare roast beef and swiss with our spicy horseradish sauce and lettuce in a sandwich wrap sliced in bite sized pieces. Crostini with Beef and Caper Mayonaise - $70/$45 Beautiful small open faced sandwiches on toasted slices of freshly baked baguette bread. Misc Appetizers Spinach Turnovers - $65/$40 You will think that we imported these from Athens. Our own turnover crust baked with a delicious spinach and cheese mixture. Served hot. Creole Deviled Eggs - $60/$35 Yeah, yeah… deviled eggs. These are NOT your mama’s deviled eggs. Hot Cheese Squares - $45/$25 Mayonaisse, parm cheese, worcestershire, minced onion and sherry are combined and spread over small bread squares and broiled. Very tasty. Fresh Crudite with Dip - $70/$40 Fresh dipping vegetables so artfully arranged, you will feel guilty taking the first bite. Fresh Fruit Mountain - $70/$40 With 3 Wegman’s Markets less than 30 minutes from our door, an incredible array of fresh, exotic fruits is never a problem. Also camera ready. Return to Table for Two |
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