Tasting notes mentioned more kiwi, grass and lime zest, for example, than lemon or floral, and more sharpness to the lingering finish that would pair better with a second course of fish than an hors d'oeuvre or appetizer.
Steven Lauterbach, the chef, is preparing a six-course $55 celebration menu that begins with a selection of sevruga, salmon and flying fish caviars atop petite hors d'oeuvres.
Four chefs in towering toques sliced fish and meat as hors d'oeuvres while bartenders filled glasses with Pommery Champagne, a rich red 1996 Château Tourteau Chollet from Graves in the Bordeaux region, J & B Scotch whiskey and, for more sober investors, Perrier water.
Before my first dinner party I stocked up to a certain degree, visiting the Upper West Side and the downtown branches of Fishs Eddy for dinner and hors d'oeuvre plates.
They add color and flavor to omelets or fish, and can be served as hors d'oeuvres.
Smoked fish can make an entrance as hors d'oeuvres or a plated first course for a dinner party, or as part of a brunch spread.
The rate also includes guest activities such as kayaking and golfing, morning coffee and juice delivered bedside, an afternoon tea with freshly baked cookies, evening hors d'ouvres such as fish kebabs, and white chocolate fudge at turndown.
The fish rillettes, easily prepared, were as lovely an hors d'oeuvre with Champagne on a warm evening as they were in Paris.
In Brillat-Savarin's day, a popular Paris restaurant called Les Frères Provencaux offered 12 soups, 24 hors d'oeuvres, 110 entrees, 24 fish dishes, 12 pastries, 15 types of roast, 50 side dishes and 50 desserts.
The shop features freshly prepared hors d'oeuvres, soups, salads, pastas, meat, fish and desserts, and food products from France and Italy.
