Reception Menu - (Scroll down to view Sit Down Dinner Menu)
Menus range in price from $34.50-$53.50 per person depending on the day of week, month and time of day.
The per person rate includes the facility rental for a four hour event, one hour for set up, a reception style buffet (heavy appetizer/light dinner), all linens, tables, chairs and service ware.
Also included is coffee service, cake cutting, set up and clean up. The Café does allow you to provide your own alcohol with no corkage fee, only a bartender fee of $30.00 per bartender per hour. A 22% service fee will be added to the final bill and includes all your staffing, gratuities and services provided by the Lake Union Cake & Bakery. All events are fully coordinated and consultations are provided for a stress free planning experience.
These items are included in your seasonal per person rate (please contact us directly for all our rates):
| Buffet Items - The following four items are include with each buffet: |
- Marinated, Grilled and Fresh Vegetable Tower with House-Made Dip
- Fresh Seasonal Fruit Display
- Gourmet Cheese Platter with Stuffed Baked Brie with Cracker Assortment
- Fresh Baked Rolls with Herbed Butter
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| CHOICE OF TWO SIDE DISHES: |
SALADS
- Baby spinach salad with apple chips, pine nuts, Gorgonzola and ginger pear dressing
- Lake Union Cafe caesar salad with parmesan crisps
- Mixed greens salad with grilled pears, spiced nuts and Cambanzola cheese
- Baby spinach & mazuna salad with shaved fennel & roasted beets tossed in sherry vinaigrette
- Panzanella Salad
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STARCHES
- Garlic and herb roasted purple and yukon gold potatoes
- Creamy red jacket potatoes
- Truffle scented potato rolls
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PASTAS
- Walla Walla onion & goat cheese ravioli or butternut squash ravioli w/ julienne vegetables
- Wild mushroom ravioli tossed in browned butter, parmesan cheese and pine nuts
- Penne Pasta Puttanesca
- Smoked salmon or chicken pasta with whiskey cream sauce
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| CHOOSE ONE ENTREE ITEM: |
POULTRY
- Chicken Roulade stuffed with bacon and caramelized onions
- Chicken wrapped in prosciutto with basil cream sauce
- Rosemary Garlic Chicken stuffed with wild rice
- Chicken Basilacata
- Bari Chicken
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SEAFOOD
- Parmesan crusted talapia
- Grilled salmon with honey-soy marinade and Fuji apple salsa
- Rolled Sole with braised summer vegetables
- Lobster mac & cheese
- Crab and shrimp stuffed sole
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BEEF & PORK
- Beef medallions with mushroom demi glace
- Grilled pork shanks with whiskey or Thai BBQ sauce
- Risotto stuffed meatballs
- Herb stuffed pork tenderloin
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FOR A PERFECT COCKTAIL RECEPTION BEFORE DINNER, ADD... |
- Tomato and fresh mozzarella bruschetta with balsamic pearls
- Camembert Pillows
- Hot crab dip in phyllo tartlets
- Candied Bacon and tomato canape
- Tempura Crab Pops
- Cashew Chicken or Ginger Beef on Endive
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- Crimini mushroom and prosciutto crostini
- Gorgonzola beef tenderloin canape
- Caramelized onion and Cambanzola pinwheel
- Lobster bisque with seared prawn
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- Pistachio encrusted pork tenderloin on won ton flower
- Smoked salmon and apple cornet
- Orange glaze duck on sesame pancake
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| These items make unique additions to your buffett: |
- Chilled Prawns with Lake Union Cafe’s Cocktail Sauce
- Grilled and Marinated Kabobs
- Cold Seafood Display
Prawns, mussels, clams, salmon, smoked trout, crab claws and scallops
CARVING STATION (Carved to order & served with condiments and fresh baked rolls):
- Beef Wellington
- Fresh Roasted Turkey
- L.U.C. Roasted Prime Rib*
- Grilled Tenderloin with gorgonzola cream & herb mustard*
- London Broil*
* The King County Department of Health would like to inform you that consuming raw or undercooked foods may contribute to your risk of food borne illness. The Chef would like to inform you that serving overcooked dried out food should be against the law
PASTA STATION:
(Choice of 2 pastas and 2 sauces freshly tossed & served with appropriate condiments & breadsticks):
- Sauces: Puttenesca, Marinara, Garlic Alfredo, Pesto Cream
- Pastas: Penne, Rotelle, Farfalle , Cheese Tortellini
BRIDE & GROOM SNACK TRAYS (feeds 4-6 people per tray):
- Assorted light snacks for the bride and groom prior to the festivities
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Sit Down Dinner Menu
The Lake Union Café offers a wonderful sit down dinner option. The below menus are simply samples of what we can offer. We would be happy to customize menus to fit your specific event. All entrees include choice of salad, starch, seasonal vegetables and rolls with herbed butter. The price per entrée is added to the seasonal base rate price.
| Salad Choices: |
Mixed Greens Salad with caramelized pears, spiced nuts, gorgonzola and apple honey vinaigrette Baby Spinach Salad with pear tomatoes, feta and roasted shallot vinaigrette Caesar Salad with parmesan crisps Spring Greens with apple chips, julienne beets, pine nuts and ginger pear dressing
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| Entrées: |
Rosemary & Garlic Chicken
stuffed with wild rice pilaf
Grilled Pork Tenderloin
with pear mirin glaze
Roasted Vegetable Napoleon
Chilean Sea Bass
with black bean peanut relish
Gorgonzola Sirloin
with roasted shallot demi glace
Parmesan Halibut
with lemon aioli
Grilled Beef Tenderloin
with wild mushroom demi glace
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Butternut Squash Ravioli
Crab Cakes
with mango salsa and curry aioli
Grilled Salmon Filet
with honey soy marinade & topped with Fuji apple salsa
Prosciutto Wrapped Chicken
with sherry cream with julienne vegetables
Salmon and Halibut Duet
with ponzu beurre blanc
Grilled Seafood Kabobs
salmon, prawns and scallops |
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