What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
mejusthavingfun
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/12/06
#0What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 2:38pmI'm planning a party in a few weeks and I"m only serving appetizers. So tell me, what are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum? I need some ideas.
#1re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 2:49pmI love dim sum, but haven't been since I moved from NYC. Tapas are nice, though.
#2re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 2:50pmYou can't go wrong with cocktail weenies. They look as good as they taste. And they come in this delicious red sauce. It looks like ketchup, it tastes like ketchup, but brother, it ain't ketchup!
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Joined: 12/31/69
#3re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 3:17pmMy fail-safe party treats are Hummous, Hot Goat Cheese with marinara and Chex Party Mix (Really)-- everyone loves it!
#4re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 3:23pm
I love pot stickers.
YUM!
My mom used to make these little chicken egg rolls. Those were really good, but I don't know the recipe.
blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#5re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 3:30pm
Mmm. Appetizers.
Veggie platters are good. Fresh mozzarella and tomato slices. Potato puffs. Stuffed mushrooms. Shrimp wrapped in bacon. Skewers with cherry tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil. Mini focaccia pizzas.
I know it sounds like a cocktail hour at a wedding, but isn't that the best part anyway?
#6re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 3:36pmI'll send my faves along with my RSVP.
#7re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 3:40pm
i love appetizers...
i love mini quiches, scallops wrapped in bacon, deviled eggs, baked cheese puffs...
as for dim sum I love shu mai and ha gao plus chinese pork buns which are called cha siu baos (i prefer baked because they are a little bit sweeter but steamed are great too)
#8re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 3:49pmHoney barbecue wings. And there are some killer hot dip recipes floating around on my computer. Buffalo chicken dip and crab artichoke dip are always huge hits at my parties.
#9re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 3:50pmoooh i forgot spinach dip with pumpernickel bread
#10re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 4:09pm
Tapas: Gambas al Ajillo (garlic shrimp)
Dips: Black bean dip & corn chips, humus & pita
Platter: cheese and cold cuts
Other: mini quiches, caprese spread (mozzarella, tomato & basil), bruschetta
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
#11re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 4:20pmEveryone goes crazy for a good dip. No party is complete without it. Spinach is great, as it artichoke. Another really great one is coconut shrimp. You can find the recipe online. Coconut shrimp with thai sauce for dipping is amazing.
#12re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 4:23pm
Quail egg shooters!
As seen at The Fatty Crab. Delightfully slimey.
Updated On: 10/17/06 at 04:23 PM
#13re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 4:38pm
The most popular hors d'oeurve I served at a party was Adobe Eggs. Basically, they are boiled eggs pickled overnight in apple cider vinegar, allspice, garlic, ground black pepper, bay leaf and beet juice. They turn a pretty purple color and are yummy. I served them with chopped onion and caviar. I love a good artichole dip. And if you have the time (and enough carnivores), swedish meatballs are almost always a big hit. For vegetarians, cold vegetarian spring rolls are no difficult to make and are quite popular. Serve with duck sauce or peanut sauce.
New favorite appetizer at a restaurant is the Asian Nachos at Grand Lux Cafe. Fried wontons (flat) topped with thinly sliced sauteed chicken, melted chihuahua cheese, chives, toasted sesame seeds, and drizzled with cream, wasabi sauce, and a sweet peanut sauce. Fantastic!
#14re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 4:49pmYAy HORDY ORVS
#15re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 4:53pmI'm quite fond of bocconccini (small balls of fresh mozzarella) wrapped in proscuitto.
#16re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 5:19pm
Matt - those Asian Nachos are probably my favorite snack/appetizer ever!
Pot-stickers/egg rolls are always very popular and not difficult to prepare/serve.
And you can never go wrong with any kind of dip.
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peach
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/05
#17re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 6:09pm
When I make the following, or serve the following at functions (I'm an event planner) they always go first:
Artichoke dip (served nice and warm) with pita chips and tortilla chips
Mini bruschettas - a bit messy but popular
Scallops wrapped in bacon
Any chilled seafood/raw bar type items (shrimp cocktail, cherrystones, oysters, crab legs, smoked salmon, etc.). Just make sure you can keep it chilled at the party.
And believe it or not - a good cheese, crackers and fruit platter is always a crowd pleaser - and is always nice with whatever wine you are serving.
And I know none of us like to admit it (but I know we all love 'em) - the little cocktail weenies wrapped in the plain old refrigerated crescent roll dough and toasted up nice are a true guilty pleasure for me!
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Joined: 12/31/69
#18re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 6:16pmSince someone brought it up, is Chihuahua cheese really made from Chihuahua milk?
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#19re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 6:45pm
Sushi
Spicy Tuna tartar on crackers
Shrimp
Steamed shrimp shumai
Crudite- Grape tomatos, baby carrots and zuccini pieces.
Potstickers
mini potato latkes with caviar
Cheese and crackers
Updated On: 10/17/06 at 06:45 PM
#20re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 6:53pmmejusthavingfun, I'll PM you my two dip recipes in the morning. They're both huge party hits, and not too expensive to make.
mejusthavingfun
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/12/06
#21re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 7:49pmYou guys ROCK!
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#22re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 9:57pm
This thread is making me hungry. Want to hear my glamourous dinner?
Lettuce/ Ginger dressing
A bowl of oatmeal.
A glass of Pinot
Life is good!
#23re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 10:46pmYou still eat lettuce?
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Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#24re: What are your favorite hors d'oeuvre, appetizers, tapas, or dim sum?
Posted: 10/17/06 at 11:21pm
Yes. I gave up on spinich though.
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