Pre-dinner:

Drink of choice and hot/cold canapés.

Starter:

Salad: Buffalo mozzarella, plum tomatoes and basil served on a bed of mesculin greens. Accompanied by a balsamic dressing.

Selection of warm bread rolls to include:
Onion and Poppy Seed
Spitweck - White
Pumpernickel

Entrées

Guinness Beef Short Rib
Beef short ribs braised in a rich Guinness sauce, accompanied by Colcannon potatoes, baby carrots and zucchini

Recommended Wine: Callabriga Alentejo Reserva, 2004, Sogrape, alentejo Portugal

Or

Chicken Marsala
Roasted chicken medallions topped with fresh sautéed mushrooms, accompanied by sugar snap peas, carrots and roasted rosemary red bliss potatoes, served with a Marsala sauce.

Recommended Wine: Ch. Mancedre, Pessac-Leognan, Graves, Bordeaux 2004

Or

New England Cod-Au-Gratin

A baked cod fillet topped with a mustard and panko breadcrumb au-gratin, accompanied by roasted fingerling potatoes, sautéed asparagus, grilled yellow zucchini and a tomato concasse, served with a white wine sauce.

Recommended Wine: Catagnolo Orvieto Classico Superiore, 2008, Barberani, Umbrio, Italy

Or

Gnocchi Italiano

Sautéed potato gnocchi in a marinara sauce, topped with an Alfredo sauce, Parmesan cheese and parsley.

Recommended Wine: One Tree Sauvignon Blanc, 2007, Marlborough, New Zealand

Desserts:

Warm Peach Pie

An individual baked peach pie, served warm with vanilla cream

Or

Fruit and cheese plate

Fresh fruit and a duo of cheeses, served with assorted crackers.


Tea or coffee

Bewley's Java rich roast coffee
Clipper gold tea
Selection of herbal teas
Decaffeinated coffee



Breakfast

Continental breakfast: Choose from a selection of fresh fruit, yoghurt, warm croissants and bagels with cream cheese. Served with freshly squeezed orange juice.

Tea and coffee (as above)