The Tasting, Menu Choices and the Shower....

On Saturday, Travis and I and both sets of parents went to St. Johns for our tasting. We were so impressed with the whole thing. They brought us up to one of the suites and they had waiters get us whatever we wanted to drink...and then the food came in. I had no idea how they would do the tasting. Once we had our drinks our event planner came in with copies of the menu of things we wanted to taste. We selected 12 Hors d' oeuvres and 5 entrees to taste. We were all shocked when they came in with these large platters full of six of EACH of the Hors d'oeuvres for us to taste. We had to pace ourselves, and as we tried each one, there wasn't one that we didn't like! But, after taking it over, we selected 3 warm and 3 cold Hors d'oeuvres:

Warm:
*Crispy Asparagus with Asiago
*Portabella and Fontina Puff
*Mini Chicken Wellington

Cold:
*Assorted Brushetta
*Shrimp Salad on a Cucumber Round
*Salmon Mousse en Phyllo

Then the entrees came. I selected five to taste and the neat thing was they all came plated like they will for all the guests. We tried:

*Salmon Oscar, Topped with Crab
*Beef Wellington with Balsamic Marinated Portabello Mushrooms and Gorgonzola Cheese
*Chicken Florentine en Croute with Basil Chardonnay Sauce
*Duet of Roast Tenderloin of Beef and Chicken Coq au Vin
*Duet of Boursin Chicken and Maryland Crab Cake

They were all delicious! We LOVED the salmon but knew that not everyone loves fish as much as the six of us do, so we went with our second favorite entree:

*Chicken Florentine en Croute with Basil Chardonnay Sauce.

So for now that is the menu. Oh, and the salad we choose was their "signature" Caesar salad. And everyone will be served a dessert on top of our wedding cake...so come hungry!

After the tasting we designed our room layout and reception timeline...so that is also done!

The shower....My grandma found invitations she wants to order that match the same color brown as the wedding invitations. Here is a picture of one of the samples. My grandma and I got together for lunch on Friday and she keeps asking me what I want at the shower. I keep telling her that I don't "want" anything. I just appreciate her going to all this trouble. She wants to plan a "Margarita Night" at her house to get the bridesmaids and I together to #1. Drink #2. Eat and #3. Do some things for the shower. I am looking forward to that!