Archive for July, 2010
restaurant week
In: Food
30 Jul 2010It’s almost here! A full week of Houston’s finest restaurants opening their doors for pre-set menus at a pre-set price. $35 for a 3-course dinner and $20 for a 2-course lunch at over 100Â locations across town.
Yes, we’re talking Houston’s Restaurant Week! Check out the list of participants and menus here, and I guarantee you won’t want [...]
breakfast. it’s what’s for dinner.
In: Food
27 Jul 2010Breakfast. Critics agree it is the single most important meal of the day. This means you should pay it special attention by carefully selecting your breakfast items and then incorporating them in your AM and PM menus!
A Fare Extraordinaire likes to provide breakfast buffets with enough scope to appease everyone at the table. We typically can obtain this [...]
whirlwind wedding weekend
26 Jul 2010My avid followers may have noticed the MIA Friday afternoon blog post. Well let’s just say it was a whirlwind wedding weekend!
Imagine it’s Friday afternoon at 5:30 pm.
Here in Houston, A Fare Extraordinaire is a buzz confirming and re-confirming the details of Saturday night’s 550+ person wedding at the Museum of Fine Arts. With passed hors d’ oeuvres and FOUR buffet presentations, ranging from a [...]
everything but the kitchen sink
In: Food| Inspiration
20 Jul 2010When you hear “everything but the kitchen sink” in the culinary world, your first instincts are to picture a really decadent paella or a rich and spicy mole sauce. Surprisingly, that’s not what I’m referring to today.
I’m talking SALAD!
Loading up your healthy greens with fresh exotic fruit, spiced or sugared nuts, rare cheeses and an excessive amount of veggies is [...]
signature drinks
In: Food
16 Jul 2010Beer and Wine. These are staples for a successful party. Unless your party ends before 4pm, it is customary (and polite) to have alcoholic beverages on hand for your guests.
Open Bar. This is where things get a bit stickier… WE like to provide full open bars (mostly due to the fact that we abhor saying “No, we don’t have [...]
flowers, big and small
In: Events
13 Jul 2010I appreciate flowers in their many forms. There’s beauty in the simplicity of a small, monocromatic arrangement used to accent a seating table.
Or in an over the top, floral light fixture that brighten an entire room!
Here’s a flower, though, that everyone can appreciate…the “Corpse” Flower.
The Corpse Flower is the largest, rarest (and smelliest) single blooming flower in [...]
rain to rainbow
In: Events
9 Jul 2010With all this dreary Houston rain we’ve been experiencing, it’s about time it clears long enough for a rainbow to take form. Allow AFE to help along the process!
Red…Tuna Sashimi!
Orange…Carmelized Figs!
Yellow…Chocolate Drizzled Plantains!
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Green…Smoked Duck Crepes!
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Blue…Custom Cookies!
Purple…Raspberry Gelato!
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artistic expressions
In: Events
6 Jul 2010Want a wedding space that is as artistically expressive as you are? At A Fare Extraordinaire we’ve noticed an influx in the number of weddings taking place in unconventional spaces, art galleries being the most popular.
Hmm, a creative space for us to transform into a beautiful wedding ceremony? You know we love a good challenge, so this [...]
not your average house party part 2
2 Jul 2010Our goal at this party was to wait for guests to recover from the initial shock of our extravagant decor, then further overload their senses with aromas of our remarkable fare! Here’s how we did it…
We circulated the room with scrumptious hors d’ oeuvres. Tempura battered squash blossoms filled with herbed goat cheese (below), tamarind glazed shrimp and poblano duck, just [...]
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