We put this particular dinner together with an eye out for several guests with food allergies.
Family Style Appetizers:
- Chips, salsa, and guacamole (fine for everyone)
- Watermelon and cucumber salad with white onions and fresh mint (fine for everyone)
- Sweet potato empanadas with chipotle, fig sauce (special wheat-free batch)
- Cheese and jalapeno-stuffed plantain fritters with Oaxacan cream and salsa (contains dairy)
Choice of Entrée:
- Tequila, lime-marinated hanger steak with potato-poblano gratin, greens, and habanero relish (can sub rice for dairy free)
- Chicken enchiladas with salsa roja. Served with heirloom shell beans and rice (cheese may be omitted for dairy free)
- Mole poblano of vegetables and soy “chicken”. Served with black beans and rice (fine for everyone)
- Carnitas with chipotle and tomatillos. Served with heirloom shell beans and rice (fine for everyone)
Choice of Dessert:
- Lime and jalapeno sorbet with pumpkin seed brittle (fine for everyone)
- Pineapple Tres Leches cake (contains both dairy and gluten)
- Traditional flan (contains Dairy)
And here’s another option we did not too long ago…
Snacks on the bar
- Roasted nuts with chile and lime
- Fresh chips with salsa arbol and guacamole
Appetizer Buffet
- Mini sopes (masa patties) with braised local goat and tomatillo, avocado sauce
- Grouper ceviche, jicama, and olive skewers
- Empanadas stuffed with mushrooms, chile, and cheese
- Cheese and jalapeno stuffed plantain fritters
Family style at the tables
First Courses
- Small Oaxacan tamales filled with mole negro and chicken
- Classic Caesar salad
- Salad of cactus, avocado, and tomatoes
Main Courses
- Grilled steak with chipotle sauce
- Grouper roasted in banana leaves with Yucatan spices
- Chicken mole poblano (chunks off bone but not shredded)
- Beans, rice, and Mexican-style braised squash (as side dishes)
Desserts
- Churros with Mexican chocolate
- Mexican wedding cookies and assorted confections
- Traditional flan (a few large ones plus some individual ones)
- Fresh fruit
