I´ve been absent lately due to getting married and the honeymoon. The day turned out to be absolutely perfect, exactly as I had imagined it and everyone enjoyed it. We held the wedding reception in a hotel & restaurant,Casa Pepe (unfortunately their webpage is only in Spanish), located on the Ctra. of Carrión de Calatrava in Ciudad Real, which is famous for weddings especially the quantity and quality of their food. The hotel has two salons for weddings, one larger salon which holds up to 450 guests and a smaller room,which can seat up to 250 guests. As our wedding was only a small affair, we were in the small salon. However, they also have a wonderful restaurant, which is worth visiting if you are in the area.
This is the meal we chose as our wedding dinner:
Welcome Cocktail:
Appetizers: Mini regional tartelets filled with pisto (the Spanish version of ratatouille)
Iberian ham
Manchego cheese
Roasted Almonds
Mini regional tartelets with Lomo de Orzo (pork loin in olive oil)
Mini cornets of cod brandade
Chinese style tuna
Drinks: Choice of Beer, Wine, Soft drinks, Cava & orange or Martini cocktails
Three-dimensional starter: Octopus kebab with cream of cauliflower soup
Mini salad of goats cheese & cured venison
Cod Carpaccio with hake sushi
First Course: Lobster salad with truffle vinaigrette & tropical fruits
Main Course: Choice of: Roast suckling pig confit served with roast apple & chestnut purée
Sea bass loin in a Jerez sherry sauce
Dessert: Pineapple Carpaccio with tropical fruit and yoghurt ice-cream
After-dinner: Coffee, Cider, Cava and Liqueurs
Wine Cellar: Requiebro Verdejo
Barbarrosa Rosado
Altozano Tinto
As I am a fusspot and I´m not keen on fish or seafood, I had a special menu apart, which differed only slightly: in the three-dimensional starter I had the goats cheese salad, mini cornets of paté, porcini risotto and for my first course I had ricotta cheese and spinach ravoli. Everything was delicious but unfortunately due to nerves or excitement, I couldn´t really eat much!
7/07/2010
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Hi Tracey,
ReplyDeleteFirstly, many congratulations on your recent wedding, here's to a long, happy & healthy life together.
The menu sounds amazing, but like you I'm not a big fan of fish & seafood, so your alternative was a great choice.
Thank you very much Debs! My alternative menu was delicious although the ravioli portion was huge and I only managed a little of it!
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