When long-time friend Angie Nevarez, Director of Weddings at
Creative Edge, invited me to a private tasting to check out their current menu, I couldn't accept the invitation fast enough. Wonderful company, great food, a pristine atmosphere, attentive service, customized menu -- all in the name of diligent party-planner "homework", how could I refuse?!
The food was a delight to the eye (note all the fab serving ware), perfectly bite-sized and delicious. When a caterer does it right, it's so, so good. Enjoy!
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| We arrived to their West Village kitchen and office to this beautiful table |
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| Creative Edge's menus are the best around -- great photos and a clear lay-out let you know what you're options are |
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| Even the flowers coordinate in their pristine space |
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| The Creative Edge motif is the egg, a solid display egg was replaced with this crab filled, hollowed out egg |
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| We could add notes to each item we tasted, all I wrote was "yum", "double yum" and "yowza" |
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| Curried vermicelli and Vietnamese basil in rice paper |
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| Filet mignon on bruschetta with red wine mayonnaise and carmelized shallots |
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| Tiny fish taco with grilled mahi, chunky chipotle mayo on a bed of black beans (the beans help them stand!) |
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| Hazelnut grapes, cucumbers, extra virgin olive oil and chives |
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| Artichoke fondue with oregano-pine nut puff |
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| My favorite, Hamptons Succotash tart with Long Island corn, lima beans, yellow tomato marmalade |
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| A prosciutto BLT -- what would you brand on your toast? (customization available) |
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| Just to give you a sense of how bite-size it is! |
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| Tipsy Vegetable Terrine with pickled carrot, pencil asparagus, roasted red pepper |
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| Our first course was a quail egg with jumbo asparagus, spring leek terrine and meyer lemon vinaigrette |
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| And then the delicious steak -- at this point it was hard to eat more.... |
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| ...but we somehow found room for the Bourbon Butter Pecan Milkshake |
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| And cake truffles... |
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| And Pie Pops |
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| The Chocolate Caramel Tartlets were delicious, but by this time we were delirious and on a food high |
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| As we were getting ready to leave we caught a glimpse of a Creative Edge truck getting ready to deliver these delicious treats to some lucky clients.... |
