FABBY: Dinner Party Menu

Hi everyone!
After posting my orange Summer Tablescape early last week, I had also planned on having eight guests for dinner last Friday night and so I decided on going orange again for my dinner guests and used the same centerpiece with the orange roses, which was perfectly fresh.  I chose for setting my dinner table, my vintage oriental dishes, which I've posted a couple of times before for you, but haven't used them with guests in many years... so here they are, paired with my orange rim dinner plates, as the vintage ones have such a small size dinner plates for today's standards, (I guess we eat more amounts these days).  Here is also some photos of the menu I served last Friday.

 I served the Walnut Cake, which was hubby's grandma's recipe..here in my antique Belgium buffet's, pull out drawer, with marble top and with my reticulated cake plates.

 As an entree I served, Tamales de Yuca, which are made of yuca, (cassava in English) another tuberculous popular in Latin America. We also make them of potatoes, hominy and many other kinds as well. I'm showing you how they're steamed in the leaves. The flower vase is  vintage Italian yellow crystal.

 Here is what they look like released from the leaves and I served them in the small dinner plates as the entree, so I didn't want to start shooting my camera while my guests were about to eat..as it was a set down dinner.Oh, they are delicious!

 At left the Fish and Shrimp Escabeche. Next is the rice with pine-nuts. The fresh Green Salad with arugula, two types of lettuces, black olives, tomatoes, red pepper and yogurt Salad dressing, topped with blue cheese, which is in the small bowl. The silver weaved basket holds warm bread.

 Here is a close up of the Fish and Shrimp Escabeche. The recipe is at my post: Sea Food for my Mama, back in May for Mother's Day.

 The table was set with my vintage oriental dishes, orange rim dinner plates and reticulated chargers. The beautiful tablecloth was my Mil's. We can call it an EARLY FALL table too.

Whenever I set a table for posting or for guests, like this one in orange, I cannot help myself remember my sweet blog friend Christine, from Christine Home and Travel Adventures; as she loves orange and she looks so good in it too!

 The stemware is Mexican hand blown from several years ago.

 The coffee, and tea station.

 My two tier Meissen piece with some green apples and grapes. I placed four cups and saucers only for coffee or herbs tea, cause usually only women ask for anything like this for after dinner to go with dessert; but the other night, the men asked me for herbs tea and none of the women, they kept on drinking their wine, including me, lol...

 A high shot to appreciate my Mil's beautiful hand crocheted tablecloth, she had it made several years ago. Some doggies around the centerpiece's mirror.

We had a real pleasant evening with our good friends, including my best friend Stephanie from New Jersey and Julio her husband.  Dinner was at eight and our guests stayed until one in the morning.

Hope you liked my dinner party menu. Thank you in advance for your wonderful and kind visits, which I appreciate so very much and always make my day!!

Thank you lovely and gracious hostesses for having me each week at your terrific and fun linky parties, which I love to be part of.

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