At the lunchtime reception, Queen Elizabeth is expected to lay out a modest spread of Champagne, wedding cake and two-bite appetizers, or canapes.
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Small openers called "bar bites" made fine appetizers.
There are "snacks" — a smoky mayo-heavy eggplant dip with sesame lavash or fried-oyster sliders, the perfect bite — as well as appetizers.
The menu, a bit of a hodgepodge consisting of small bites, charcuterie and cheeses, appetizers, house-made sausages, main courses and entree salads, might be right at home in a hangout in any Paris neighborhood.
At least, that is how I thought of it until I took the first bite of my first appetizer at Dragonel.
One bite of the signature appetizer, ma hor — a sweet and savory mix of minced pork, palm sugar, shallots, garlic and peanuts and pineapple — and you'll know you're in for a delectable (and, yes, authentic) Thai meal.
Dinner: small bites $3.50 to $7, charcuterie, cheeses and appetizers $7 to $23; entrees $9 to $28; burgers and sandwiches $11 to $17; desserts $6 to $8.50.
As is often the case these days, a selection of appetizers or "quick bites" can easily make a meal.
For memorably quivery crab cakes, jumbo lump is barely blended with eggs, Tabasco, Worcestershire, garlic, egg whites and mayonnaise, then tossed with bread crumbs and pan-fried in miniature versions that tumble into juicy bite-size bits for the appetizers.
On this particular evening, Julie Hussey, 34, who left her management consulting job in Hong Kong in 2001, had prepared a meal of appetizers: pâté, cheese, bite-size slices of frittatas with spinach, ricotta and Camembert, and large prunes stuffed with walnuts, Gorgonzola or Camembert all wrapped in Spanish ham.
