In honor of Joey, a native New Yorker who loved Miami and all things tropical and appeared in several "Miami Vice" episodes, today we offer our readers ideas for a summer tropical theme party.
First, set the stage--Use tropical leaves and tropical flower blooms from a florist or upscale food emporium to line trays and/or your buffet. Tiki bars are another option, but are a bit more trouble to set up. You can also use tropical leaves and/or blooms to decorate passing trays.
Food and beverage ideas:
- Mixed chicken or sausage or pork or shrimp and mango or pineapple skewers
- Vitamix (so trendy now) tropical fruit smoothie/shooter bar--if you can swing someone to make these as people request them, so much the better
- Seasonal fruit salad mixed with tropical fruit
- Lime-Marinated Shrimp and Crab Ceviche Shooters (shot or martini glasses)
- Grilled Fruit (skewers or not) with mascarpone-brown sugar dipper
- Small plates of luau pork or Cuban roast pork
- Grilled veggies (skewers or not) basted with herbed oil-pineapple marinade
- Creative? Put mojo shrimp skewer sticks in a pineapple to make a centerpiece. Or make a mod tropical centerpiece with one of those very large martini glasses filled with tropical blooms
- Pineapple, Mango, or Berry salsas
- Tropical mixed drink bar
- Jerk chicken or pork
- Baja fish taco bar
Kristina
Fandango Catering and Events
(713) 522-0077
www.fandango-catering.com
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