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The Lapa Palace offers a lush and creative setting in order to celebrate your special occasions in style. Be it a simple cocktail or a gala dinner, we pride ourselves in providing a personalized service to live up to your tiniest needs.

Our experienced event coordinator will be more than pleased to assist you in creating the perfect atmosphere for your event, allowing you to relax in the knowledge that everything has been taken care of. The dedication and professionalism of your personal coordinator will ensure no detail will be overlooked from the seating plan, decoration and entertainment to the menus, flowers and that special attention to detail that makes us stand out.

For prices and availability, please contact our Event Coordinator.



COCKTAILS & APÉRITIFS



Liberi

 

Taylor’s Chip Dry white Port

Blandy’s Sercial Madeira wine

Freshly squeezed orange juice

Soft drinks: Coca Cola, Seven-Up, Diet Cola,

Mineral Water

 Minimum 15 people

 

Bacchus
 

Taylor’s Chip Dry white Port

Blandy’s Sercial Madeira wine

White and red Portuguese wines

Murganheira Portuguese sparkling wine

Mimosa, Murganheira sparkling wine with fresh orange juice

Freshly squeezed orange juice

Soft drinks: Coca Cola, Seven-Up, Diet Cola,

Mineral Water

 Minimum 15 people

 


Champagne Aperitif

 

 

Luis Roederer Brut Champagne

Kir Royal, crème de cassis and champagne

Champagne cocktail, cane sugar,angostura,
Grand Marnier and Champagne

Bellini, fresh white peach and champagne

Mimosa, fresh orange juice and champagne

Rossini, fresh raspberry juice and champagne

Soft drinks: Coca Cola, Seven-Up, Diet Cola,Mineral Water

Minimum 15 people

 

Cold canapés

 

Grilled codfish on tomato “panade”

perfumed with aromatic herbs

Grissini with Parma ham

Melon mousse with Belota ham

Mozzarella skewer with grilled vegetables

Prawn, asparagus tips and Mimosa sauce

Tuna tartar perfumed with sake

Hot Canapés

 

Fried codfish dumplings

Chicken skewers with lemon grass

“Pancetta” wrapped scallop on skewer

Tomato and mozzarella rissoles

Mini vegeterian quiches

Selection of mini pizza

Rosemary perfumed focaccia

with goat cheese au gratin






Dionisos

Taylor’s Chip Dry white Port

Blandy’s Sercial Madeira wine

White and red Portuguese wines

Freshly squeezed orange juice

Soft drinks: Coca Cola, Seven-Up, Diet Cola,

Mineral Water

 Minimum 15 people

International Open Bar

 

Red and White Martini Vermouths

Campari, Ricard, Pimm’s Nr. 1

Tanqueray and Bombay Saphire

Havana Club, Cachaça 51 Pirassununga

Havana Club, Cachaça 51 Pirassonunga

Tequila El Rimador

Absolut, Wyborova and Stolichnaya

Johnny Walker Blended Red Label

Glenlivet Pure Malt 12 Years Old

Jack Daniels Tennessee Whiskey

 

Taylor’s Chip Dry white Port

Taylor’s Late Bottle Vintage Port

Blandy’s Sercial Madeira

White and red Portuguese wines

 

Freshly squeezed orange juice and tomato juice

Soft drinks: Coca Cola, Seven-Up, Diet Coke,
Bitter Lemon,
Soda Water, Tonic Water and Ginger Ale, Mineral Water

 Domestic and imported beers

 

With Murganheira Portuguese sparkling wine or

With Louis Roederer Brut Champagne
Minimum 30 people



Chef's Suggestion

 

Grissini with Parma ham

Mozzarella skewer with grilled vegetables

Prawn, asparagus tips and Mimosa sauce

Fried codfish dumplings

Chicken skewers with lemon grass

Luxury Canapés

 

Quail eggs Benedict

Aromatic herb crêpes filled

  with smoked salmon
Fried prawn tail in an almond

and curry crust

Shots of foie gras and asparagus in

Port wine jelly

Terrine of foie gras with fig

and nut brioche

Zucchine flower stuffed

                               with crab meat

Sea bass carpaccio with basil oil

  marinated tomato

Mini blinis of sevruga caviar

Oyster and champagne shot

 

LUNCH & DINNER

 

 Appetizers

 

 

Trio of smoked fish on blinis
with sour cream
and chives

Artichoke heart stuffed with crabmeat

and Hollandaise sauce, au gratin

Avocado “Bavarois” with dill perfumed
smoked salmon tartar

Prawn and broccoli aspic with chicory salad

and lemongrass vinaigrette

“Mille-feuille” of Belota ham with pear and

requeijão cheese, Port wine reduction

Mosaic of duck foie gras and wild mushroom
with baby leaves

Seafood salad with vinegar and parsley sauce

Roasted scallops on a wild fennel skewer,

wrapped in “pancetta”

 

 

 

 

Hot Soups

 Shrimp bisque with garlic and parsley croûtons
Cream of asparagus with poached quail egg
and Parmesan cheese

 Oyster and Champagne soup
Fish and seafood soup in puff pastry crust,
coriander seeds and flower of salt
Cream of mushrooms with seared duck foie gras
and truffle oil

 

 

Cold Soups
 

 

Alentejo style “Gazpacho” with sautéed prawns

Potato and leek Vichyssoise with codfish mousse

Melon soup perfumed with fresh mint leaves

Cream of peas with small “gnocchi” of air-cured ham

 

 


Risotti

 

Risotto with “langoustines” and asparagus

Saffron risotto with seared foie gras
and Port wine reduction

Clams risotto perfumed with coriander
and extra virgin olive oil

Porcini mushroom risotto (in season)

Risotto with codfish and black truffle

Atlantic seafood risotto 


 

 

 

Fish and Crustacean

 

Fillets of sole with baby artichoke
and “confit” of lemon

Corn bread and herb encrusted fillet of codfish

with red onion and bok choy fondant

Mille-feuille of turbot, crunchy spinach
and candied tomatoes

Duo of John Dory and scallop with crustacean sauce

Selection of warm crustacean
and shellfish perfumed

with coriander

   

Half lobster au gratin with “Venus” rice


Meat and Poultry

 

Mille-feuille of beef and grilled vegetables with sweet garlic sauce and gratin Dauphinois

Duck magret glazed with citrus honey, spices perfumed rice

Roasted suckling pig “Bairrada” style with classical Portuguese garnishing
Asparagus filled chicken breast with green apple potato purée

   

Roasted stuffed quail with spinach and mushroom in puff pastry, foie gras sauce

Sauteed lamb chops wrapped with air-cured ham eggplant “parmigiana” style and rosemary sauce

Milk fed veal medallions with green asparagus tips, black truffle and Madeira sauce

 


DESSERTS

Desserts Buffet

 

Classic tiramisú, chocolate and rum babas,
white chocolate mousse, crème brulée with raisins,

panna cotta in caramel sauce

coconut and passion fruit mousse, hazelnut and pistachio cream

 

Brownies with coffee mousse, raspberry mille-feuille,

Cheesecake and pears in red wine, Sachertorte with chocolate ganache,

Rice and vanilla bavarese, white and blackcharlotte,

Lemon and almond cake, coffee and chocolate cake,

Apple and almond cake, strudel,

Sweet rice with exotic fruit, pineapple carpaccio marinated with spices,

Selection of profiteroles, croquembouche

 

 

Your selection of 8 desserts with the chocolate fountain

Minimum 30 people

 

 


Crêpes Suzette

 

Made “à la minute” in front of your guests
by our service team (*).

 

Ice-Creams

 

Vanilla, chocolate, coffee ice-creams

Strawberry, mango, raspberry sorbets

Caramelized hazelnut and almond,
Chocolate chips or brownie

Chantilly, chocolate and caramel sauce

Strawberry and raspberry coulis
(*)
 

Chocolate Fountain

 

With skewers of strawberry, pineapple and melon

Mini dumplings, lemon cake, caramelized apple



Cheese Display

 

Portuguese, Italian and French cheese

Served with dried fruit, nuts and marmalades

And a unique selection of breads, crackers and grissini
(*)

 

(*) Available only in conjunction with Desserts Buffet

Desserts

 

Vanilla and chocolate baba with red berries and Limoncello sorbet

Exotic fruit parfait with mango sauce

Cappuccino mousse with chocolate browny and pistachio icecream

Warm chocolate and almond tart wit raspberry sorbet

Spiced marinated pineapple carpaccio with ginger icecream

 

 

Pastries

 

Classic Portuguese custard pie, cheese and almond pie, mini doughnut

Chocolate cake, apple tart, banana and chocolate tart

Chocolate, mango and caramel mousses

Brownies and cookies, black forest

Sliced fruit, fruit salad

Algarvian style marzipan fruit

Your selection of 4

 Minimum 30 people

 


Celebration Cake

 

Pastry Chef Vitor and his team are at your disposal to create the cake of your dreams

(Price per person based upon final decoration)

 

 

SUPPER

 

Pumpkin cream perfumed with rosemary

Caldo verde, typical cabbage soup

Fish and crustacean consommé

 


CHILDRENS' PARTY

Sweets, Chocolate and Jelly Beans

 

Cocktail of jelly beans, Snickers, Mars, Twix, M&M´s, sweets and lollipop 

 

Salads

Fusilli salad with baby mozzarella and cherry tomatoes

Ham, Gruyère cheese and olives salad

Caesar salad with chicken breast

Niçoise Salad

 

Your choice of 2 salads

 

Finger Sandwiches

Chicken and lettuce, tuna and mayonnaise,

smoked turkey and egg, aromatic herbs and egg

 

Mini Brioches

Cheese, ham, air cured ham

 

Flavour of Portugal

Codfish pancakes and dumplings,

chicken pie, prawn rissoles

green bean and shrimp tempura,

chicken wings with lemon

meat croquette with black olive 

 

 

 

 

Mini Hamburger

or Mini Sanduíche Club

with French fries or chips

 

 Mini Bruschettas

Classic, grilled vegetables, Greek

 

Focacce and Quiches

Olive and fresh cheese focaccia,

Cherry tomato, mozzarella and sage focaccia

Quiche Lorraine, mushroom and goat cheese quiche

  Asparagus quiche

You choice or 2 focacce and 1 quiche

 

Pizzette

Marinara, margherita, white

 




 

Soups and Creams


Gaspacho

Vegetable soup

Basil perfumed cream of tomato with croutons

Pumpkin and orange cream

 

    
BEVERAGE SUPPLEMENTS

 

Silver

Mineral waters, soft drinks, freshly brewed iced teas

Portuguese beer and ½ bottle of wine per person

 

White and red wine
 Quinta dos Grilos (Dão ~ white)

Monte da Cal (Alentejo ~ red)


 

 

Gold

Mineral waters, soft drinks, freshly brewed iced teas

Portuguese beer and wine

 

White and red wine

Caladessa Reserva (Alentejo ~ white)

Lavradores de Feitoria Três Bagos (Douro ~ red)

 

 

Platinum

Mineral waters, soft drinks, freshly brewed iced teas

Portuguese beer and wine

 

White and red wine

 Baron de B Reserva (Alentejo~white)

Quinta de Cabriz Superior (Dão ~ red)

 

 Beverages

Freshly squeezed orange juice, peach, apple and pineapple

Mineral water, soft drinks

Ice teas

Tea and infusions

Coffee and decaffeinated

Milk and hot chocolate


 

 

Milk Shakes

Chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, mango

 



 

 

 






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