Favors

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The beautiful sunny weather was perfect for an event at a beach house in Santa Monica.  Wolfgang Puck’s catering event was held at the Santa Monica’s Annenberg Community Beach House.

For this particular venue, you literally get what you see.  Its floor to ceiling high glass walls hold a vision in itself from the beach’s beautiful bright mornings to the dreamy evening sunsets.

The nature’s natural light illuminates the beach house during the day until the sunset’s golden rays slowly set.  Its simple modern design and wide space makes this venue versatile for variety of events.

Throughout Wolfgang’s Catering event, I felt like I’ve become a food critic/food judge in one of the Food Network shows, paying attention to the food’s every detail: presentation, taste, creativity, etc.  The only differences were that my opinions about Wolfgang’s catering food was not going to make or break an aspiring cook’s culinary career and my palette may not be as refined as a professional food judges.

Introducing the evening’s food critics: the lovely Katie Lee, Ana Vick, and myself.

And of course, Wolfgang Puck’s catering food:

The desserts:

Amongst the judges, there were a lot of “Hmm~ that’s interesting”, “Mmm, this is good”, and “Wow, never would’ve thought these would go well together” ’s.  Every bite was a different and fun experience for the panel.  My personal favorites were the ceviche and popcorn concoction and the lavender marshmallows!  The strong taste of the ceviche was well balanced by the mild buttery taste of the popcorn and the marshmallows were just delectable–it was very innovative and tasty

After the tastings, we took some photos with dear friends and the team:

And you can’t leave an event without favors!!!

Yummy madeline cookies with its recipe sheet in WP mugs and beach sandals!

It was a fun and memorable Wednesday evening at the beach*

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