Eat & Drink
Come hungry.
Around the Weekend
Little gatherings on either side of the big day.
- Thursday — dinner at Smitty’s Oyster House in Gibsons.
- Friday — breakfast at Basted Baker, then a backyard barbecue.
- Saturday — the wedding dinner.
- Sunday — a farewell breakfast before everyone heads home.
Cocktail Hour
Passed bites while the sun is still up.
- Yorkshire pudding.
- Chilled-grilled asparagus with prosciutto and lemon aioli (some without prosciutto).
- Grilled Thai lemongrass chicken skewers.
- Goat cheese eggplant crisps.
Dinner
Salads
- Insalata caprese — tomato, bocconcini, basil, extra-virgin olive oil.
- Roasted yam, kale, and red cabbage with red wine vinaigrette and toasted pepitas.
- Baby arugula with grilled peaches, pistachios, fontina, and buttermilk dressing.
Mains
- Butternut squash ravioloni with sage brown butter.
- Grilled flank steak with chimichurri.
- Rosemary and Parmigiano-crusted lamb chops with Chianti syrup.
- Potato-horseradish crusted wild BC sockeye salmon with sun-dried tomato aioli.
On the side
- Jerusalem couscous with rosemary and parmesan.
- Oven-roasted mini potatoes with pesto butter.
- Grilled summer vegetables with balsamic vinaigrette.
Something sweet
- Summer berry martini with lemon sabayon.
- Wedding cake.
From the Bar
Mocktails and non-alcoholic options all night.
Signature cocktails
- Paloma.
- Margarita.
- Berry gin fizz.
- Strawberry basil vodka lemonade.
- Cucumber gin cooler.
No-proof & refreshing
- Watermelon basil spritz (mocktail).
- Unsweetened iced tea with lemon.
- Mint cucumber lemonade.
- Sparkling water.
Wine, bubbly & beer
- Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc and a selection of reds.
- Veuve Clicquot to toast.
- High Noon, Coors Light, and a Goose Island barrel-aged beer.