Nuevo Island FareAppetizers
- chicken potstickers sauteed in sherry with mint dipping
sauce
- toasted angel hair noodle-coated crab cakes
- warm banana crepes wrapped around seared ahi strips
- mixed greens tossed with oranges & guava in a
coconut vinaigrette
- mini pizza pies with shrimp, scallops, calamari,
lemon zest & garlic
Meals
- grilled shrimp & papaya over mixed greens with
lime ginger vinaigrette
- 5-spice barbequed chicken with maui onion mashed
potatoes
- lamb sirloin with chevre butter and red pepper on
polenta with swiss chard
- jerk chicken ravioli sprinkled with black peppercorns,
red bean risotto, kiwi salsa & plaintains
- chilean sea bass baked in banana leaves with oranges & chipolte
peppers, served with saffron pilaf
- yam crusted salmon with avocado cous-cous and lychee
scallion sauce
- coconut shrimp with curry jalapeno sauce and white
polenta
- flamed pork tenderloin with thyme roasted yucca and
mangos
- charred black grouper with smashed plantain, collard
greens & vanilla gravy
Desserts
- white chocolate cream-topped juicy passionfruit cake
with crystalized edible flowers atop
- banana mango creme brulee
- passionfruit guava creme brulee
- tropical fruit sorbets served in a martini glass
- warm apple-pineapple strudel with rum butterscotch
sauce

A Taste of the Caribbean Caruban Cuisine
- Mialibu Hurricane Punch
- South Beach Crabcakes
- Sweet Corn Cakes Under Smoked Salmon Blooms
- Sautéed Plantains Served with a Spicy Chimichurri
Pesto
- Coconut Shrimp Atop Mixed Baby Greens with Tamarind
Vinaigrette
- Roasted Red Snapper with Cilantro & Lime
- Chilled Tropical Fruit Soup with Sorbet & Fresh
Mint
- Guava Cheesecake & Cuban Coffee
Cuban Nuevo
- Wine Recommendation: Chardonnay Catena Reservea 1995
(Argentina)
- The Mialibu Toss: mixed greens, mandarin oranges
and walnuts
- Sautéed Yuca with tangerine and grapefruit
sauce
- Sea Bass Steamed in Plaintain Leaves with passionfruit
mojo
- Key Lime Cheesecake with shaved white chocolate
Caribbean
- Wine Recommendation: Sauvignon Blanc Casa Lapostolle
1995 (Chile)
- Mixed Baby Greens tossed with kiwi, papaya, and tomatoes
- Pan Crusted Sea Scallops with a tart shallot orange
glaze
- Heavenly Mash: lobster shepard's pie topped with
chive potatoes
- Mango Mousse with Fresh Mint Sprigs
Spanish
- Wine Recommendation: Finis Terrae, Cousino Macul
1992 (Chile)
- Mini Bruschetta with a spicy olive tapanade
- Roasted Ratatouille: a medly of squash, eggplant
and peppers
- Sautéed Rice with onions, tomatoes, clam juice & olives
- Lamb Medallions with black-olive wine sauce
Cuban Traditional
- Wine Recommendation: Cavas de Weinert 1991 (Argentina)
- Coconut-Tuna Seviche
- Ybor Rice Salad: sherried spanish rice cooked with
garlic, saffron, olives, peppers and pimentos
- Lechon: grilled marinated pork strips with grilled
plaintains and sherried black beans
- Sautéed Red Bananas with brown sugar and cinnamon
Tapas Tapas Tapas
- Fried Plaintains with Chimichurri, a seasaoned pesto
- Cubano Pastries filled with black beans and chorizo
- Salt Cod Cakes with a gingery-herb criollo gazpacho
- Yuca Fritters with saffron aioli
- Columbian Sirloin Empanadas with a tangy Aji sauce
- Steak Skewers marinated in a citrus honey soy sauce
The Zydeco Collection New World Creole Dinners
- Trout Meunière topped with Simple Brown Butter,
Lemon & Pecans
- Hickory-Grilled Pork Chop topped with Wild Mushrooms,
Brunoise Vegetable Sauce and Orange-
- Rhubard Chutney
- Slow-Roasted Chicken Breast with Oyster Mushrooms,
Roasted Red Pepper and Orange-Sherry Sauce
- Over Shoestring Potatoes
- Panfried Veal with Fresh Lump Crabmeat Ravioli, Fresh
Asparagus and Roasted Red-Pepper Cream
- Sauce
- Grilled Shrimp with Black-Bean Cakes & Coriander
Sauce
Nouvelle Soul Dinner
- Grit-Cakes with Seared Shrimp
- Roasted Chicken & Black-Eyed Pea Dumplings
- Andouille Mashed Potatoes
- Braised Greens with Bacon (turnip greens, mustard
greens, collards and kale)
- Bread Pudding Soufflé & Coffee
Traditional Cajun Fare
- Quick-Seared Tasso Shrimp topped with Hot-Sauce Beurre
Blanc, Five-Pepper Jelly and Pickled Okra
- Chicken & Sausage Filé Gumbo
- Shrimp Jambalaya
- Crawfish Étouffée Over White Rice
- Pompano en Papillote
- Shrimp Rémoulade
- Red Beans & Dirty Rice
- Fried Oyster Po' Boys
- Muffulettas
- Beignets with Eggplant Caviar
- Fudge Torte topped with Warm Chocolate Sauce & Peppermint
Ice Cream
- Bananas Foster
- Café Brulot
Five Fusion Salads
- Organic Baby Greens, Toasted Pumpkin Seeds & Tangerines...in
a champagne vinaigrette
- Arugula, Fresh Pear Slices & Crumpled Blue Cheese...in
a light honey-blue cheese dressing
- Sesame Spinach, Chinese Peapods & Toasted Hazelnuts...in
a ginger vinaigrette
- Beet, Basil & Watercress...in an herbal-orange
vinaigrette
- Jicama, Orange & Red Grapes...in a jalapeno-cilantro-lime
bath
TAPAS, PUPUS & HORS D'OEUVRES
- Onion Flowers - whole onions poached in fresh lemon,
vermouth and herbs, topped with melted feta cheese and cracked pepper
- Stuffed Artichoke Hearts with herbed goat cheese
or fresh cilantro-mint-spinach pesto
- Florida Style Crabcakes with scallions & fresh
dill, served with fresh tartar sauce
- Smoked Salmon Cakes served with herbed avocado cream
- Cuban Affettato Misto Platter - a platter of thinly
sliced and rolled prosciutto, mortadella, salami, cheeses, large green
olives and sliced crusty bread
- Sweet-Potato-Plaintain Pancakes with sour cream and
chives
- Caribbean Conch Fritters with spicy papaya sauce
- Lamb Quesadillas stuffed with rosemaried lamb, apple-onion
salsa and jack cheese
- Brie Stuffed Mushrooms sauteed in butter, garlic & parsley
- Asparagas in Belgian Endive marinated in a sesame
tarragon vinaigrette
- Barquette of Eggplant Caviar seasoned with ginger,
cilantro & vermouth
- Mini Smoked Sausages sauteed in white wine with dijon
dip
- Spiced Beef Empanadas with savory picante sauce on
the side
- Cucumbers with Salmon Mousse garnished with watercress
- Marinated Ahi Strips wrapped in warm crepes with
ponzu sauce
SKEWERS SERVED w/ YELLOW, BROWN OR WILD RICE
- Caribbean Chicken Satay marinated in spicy passionfruit
puree
- Jamaican Chicken Satay in a smoky jerk marinade
- Terikayi Chicken Satay grilled in a tangy sesame
marinade
- Mango Chicken Satay with a hint of hot chiles
- Island Fruit Bobs - pineapple chunks soaked in peanut-soy
marinade, then wrapped in bacon and grilled
- Seared Ahi Skewers marinated in teriyaki then rolled
in sesame seeds, cracked pepper and chopped macadamias
- South Seas Steak Skewers - thinly rolled steak marinated
in a citrus honey soy sauce
- Wild Mushroom Skewers with garlic and cracked pepper
- Blackened Shark Nuggets served with roasted red pepper
aioli
" Spicy-Orange Lacquered Scallops
- Margarita Pork Kebobs marinated in olive oil, lime & cilantro
- Skewered Grilled Shrimp with olive oil & fresh
dill
MINI SWEETS
- Passionfruit, Guava, Mango, Key Lime or Pina Colada
Cheesecake served in bite-sized pieces
- Macadamia Fudge Torte lightly dusted with espresso
powder
- Minted Melon Balls - cantaloupe & honeydew soaked
in Cointreau with fresh mint
ALL-AMERICAN BARBEQUE
- Louisiana Barbequed Chicken
- Texas-Style Brisket of Beef
- Baby-Back Spareribs
- Gourmet California Burgers: Beef, Turkey, Veggie
- Foot-Long Dawgs with all the Trimmin's
- Montana Mac 'n Cheese Casserole
- Boston Baked Beans
- Roasted Nebraska Corn on the Cob in a husk
- Hawaiian Slaw with toasted macadamias n a lemon-dill
dressing
- Jumbo New York Kosher Dills on a Stick
- Fresh Florida Fruit Salad in a watermelon shell
- Homemade Idaho Potato Chips
- Kentucky Tater Salad
- Mississippi Mile-High Double Fudge Cake
- Carolina Srawberry-Rhubarb Pie
- Nation's Capitol Cherry Pie
- Washington Apple Pie
- Georgia Peach Cobbler
- Jersey Blueberry Cobbler
- Made-To-Order Chocolate-Dipped Waffle Cones
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