After having arrived here on Friday afternoon, Saturday was spent preparing for the lunch party the following day where 16 guests would be descending on Concerto for lunch and maybe a quick sail (although we weren’t quite sure of the logistics of the latter). Not the most exciting of places but this was the nearest marina to the two villas up the coasts where our guests for the day were staying. We’d been invited up to one of the villas for a cocktail party on Friday night which had stunning views down the hill and out to sea. The food was very good which meant the pressure was on for me to deliver something on par for Sunday!
Saturday morning was spent stocking up with what felt like half the supermarket including nearly a whole salmon (for some reason the fishmonger wasn’t able to cut it up into fillets so I had the whole lot!) and a lot of wine. The preparations then began that afternoon to conjure up a cold buffet which was to include poached salmon fillets on a bed of mango salsa, spiced beef and grape salad with lemongrass and compote of vine cherry tomatoes amongst other things!
The guests arrived at about midday the following day and Gordon and I were then rushed off out feet for the following four hours talking to guests, showing them around, preparing the lunch, serving drinks and washing up our limited supply of crockery and glasses in order for them to be used again!
The food (and wine) all seemed to go down very well and luckily the consensus was that it was too windy for a sail (I’m not sure how we would have fitted that in as well!). By 4:30pm Gordon and I were left alone to start mission tidy up in preparation for charter the following afternoon after another quick sprint around the supermarket.
Clare
Now that’s what I call food!
Comment by Ian — July 27, 2009 @ 20:22