This time, we went with a Rugby World Cup theme (of course). This meant selecting a country represented in the tournament and creating a dish from there. Mr D and I threw around a few ideas during the week, Romania, Argentina, America... but settled on Italy for our featured dish, a lasagna. Lasagna is great for feeding a large group and Mr D makes a delicious one!
We talk amongst the group prior to the day to gauge what everyone is thinking to bring, so we don't have 10 lasagnas on the table. What a selection!
French Onion soup to start, with toasted french bread and grilled cheese, Japanese chicken noodle salad, smoked marlin dip (the best dip ever! and a feature at all dinner clubs courtesy of our fellow fisherman), fresh crumbed fish, buffalo mozzarella, basil and tomato salad, lasagna and some delicious all blacks cupcakes to finish off. YUM!
I didn't have a lot of time midweek to think about decorating the table. It's more about the food and friends at the end of the day. I just printed off some black and white rugby related images and crudely sellotaped them onto some green wrapping paper. It looked like a 7 year old's school project. This was totally the look I was going for...
Great table cloth though - covered in food and drink and then straight into the bin. Easy peasy.
Can't wait for the next one!
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