Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Now Mrs. Passionate Eater

Finally, the wedding is OVER and I can go back to passionate eating!

The bad thing is, I couldn't take pictures of the food and hardly ate at all because I was busy visiting the guests and going over other wedding details. So instead, I just wanted to show you all these pictures of the tasting menu, of what we ended up ordering for our buffet dinner. We had a sushi buffet station (as seen above), a French station, and an Asian fusion station.

At the French station, we ordered a salad made with wine country organic mixed greens with Napa Valley goat cheese, slices of Asian pear, toasted pecans, and Chardonnay verjus dressing.

For the appetizers, we enjoyed (1) ahi tuna fire spiced on crispy lotus root topped with wasabi aioli, (2) succulent Washington oysters served on the half shell with Chardonnay verjus dressing, and (3) mini dungeness crab cakes with a Spanish romesco sauce. We also ordered other items, not listed here in the tasting menu.

We also ordered grilled Colorado filet of beef tenderloin marinated with herbs de provence with a Cabernet roasted garlic sauce with a gratin of horseradish potatoes and a bundle of seasonal vegetables.

For the Asian fusion themed buffet station, we ordered teriyaki glazed salmon cooled on cedar planks and garnished with grilled pineapple and crispy fried spring onions and served with a mushroom mango risotto and saute of vegetables.

And I DO have pictures of the cake:

Now back to posting regularly! I missed everyone a lot, and am happy to announce that the stress is over!

Almost all images (with the exception of the "tasting menu" shots) are credit of their respective photographers (friends and professionals) and not Passionate Eater

27 comments:

  1. Oh congrats PE!!!!!
    The pictures are wonderful.

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  2. congrats!

    libs

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  3. Oh my gosh! A huge CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! That spread looks pretty awesome. Yay! I would have been a happy eater for sure. And from what I could see, you looked beautiful. :)

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  4. Congrats on everything! You know, I've been reading your blog for several months, and I NEVER got the sense that you were Asian (not that there's anything wrong with that, VBG!) Great pics! Looking forward to your future PE posts, thanks.

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  5. Oh goody goody...wedding pictures and pictures of the food!
    You look gorgeous! I would have liked a closer look at the new hubby...but I can understand you wanting to keep him all to yourself!
    Your dress looks stunning. I like the flowers and the cake. What flavour did you get in the end for the cake? The food...I wish I attended weddings with such nice food. Very swanky!
    Have you had a chance for a honeymoon? So many questions!
    Congratulations and wishing you both much happiness together!

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  6. Congratulations "Mrs." PE! You looked so beautiful in your gown. And the food all looked so yummy, but I bet your photos would have been better! ;-) Can't wait to read your food adventures as a newlywed!

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  7. Hey PE - Congrats from the Missus & I!

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  8. WOOOO HOOO! Congrats PE! You are so beautiful!

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  9. Congratulations! I love your cake, so gorgeous and elegant.

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  10. Congrats!
    lovely wedding picts,gorgeous food.
    gave me a lot of ideas :)
    looking forward to future food posts

    neki desu

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  11. Yipeee and congratulations Mrs PE!! You guys both look so happy, what great pix. Hope you are off enjoying delicious and wonderful honeymoon.

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  12. Thank you so much everyone, I missed you all and can't wait to catch up with all of you! More posts and comments coming soon! :)

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  13. It was such a delight to come to your wedding, PE! Thank you for letting me join in your happy day -- you are such a lovely bride. I have to say that your wedding is by far the best I've attended (and I have 7 this year!). I hope you're having a wonderful time on your honeymoon!

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  14. congratulations!!! everything looks so colorful and gorgeous.oh how i love wedding cake. is that odd?

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  15. Congrats to the Mrs. & Mr.!!!

    Beautiful photos. Yummy looking food.

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  16. You are so beautiful ~ you should have more pix of you on your blog Mrs. PassionE!

    Thank you for sharing insight nto you special day.

    You must totally cherish that foto of you + your love in front of the city w.bridge kissing ;-)

    I just love SF, I grew up in Mission District and SF is still my hometown!

    Food at the wedding looks fantastic+your cake stunning....blessings+happiness always!

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  17. Honey!! first off, congratulations! Many, many happy years to you and fat babies too!

    ;-)

    next off, your photos are simply gorgeous...whowas your photographer?

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  18. I am so grateful that you all take the time to send your happy wishes. I will keep you updated w/more info as it comes along. Lots of XOXOs to all of you!

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  19. Oops, I forgot to tell you the name of my photog Steamy Kitchen! I will send you an email with her contact info, if you'd like.

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  20. Also, I apologize for the quality of the pictures. Some of them, I took off of their FLASH sites, and resized them to make them bigger in Blogger, which just made them blurrier.

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  21. Congratulations!! You looked absolutely beautiful! The food looks sooo delish!

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  22. Hey Mrs PE, I forgot to ask if the nuptials were on Yerba Buena island? Do I recognize that view? Are you still in Nola? I have so many questions!

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  23. Are you still hankering for passionate eating!? We're giving away 4 dozen live Puget Sound oysters which would be enough for at least one romantic dinner with your new husband. Check it out at MarxFoods.com

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  24. Yes, they were on Yerba Buena island Foodhoe! Sorry for the belated response!

    Also, thank you Emily!

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  25. I love your cake, so gorgeous and elegant.

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  26. lovely wedding picts,gorgeous food.

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