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.