Parties & Hors D’Oeuvres

Party Hors D’Oeuvres: Rolled, smoked salmon and cream cheese with caviar, shrimp bowls, and assorted fruits.
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Dennis Mayer
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Niki is cooking a dozen ducks.
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Once Upon a Grill Special Salad
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Signature Jalapeño & Sweet Peppers Stuffed with Pulled Duck Meat, Mexican Queso Fresco Cheese, Garlic, & Butter
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Here is our well-known spinach, garlic, & cheese stuffed mushrooms. Also a very heavy appetizer with a great flavor.
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Duck Spring Rolls with Three Sauces
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Thai Meatballs. These meatballs can be made of beef, veal, or pork. They are roasted then simmered in the finest sauces that Thailand has to offer.
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Bacon-Wrapped Duck Tempura on a Stick
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Our unusual baby pig is extremely difficult to get, but it is a wonderful party dish that will feed 40 people.
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Duck & Black Bean Quesadillas Served with Mexican Crema--Incredible!
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Spicy Smoked Chicken Wings: From 10 lbs to 300 lbs--whatever you need for a party.
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Duck Potstickers
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Signature Rare Duck Breast Carpaccio (Reserved for Groups of 25 or Less)
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Sample Our Feast: A sampling of the many wonderful dishes of Once Upon a Grill
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Pizza Mushrooms: Made with real pizza sauce, fresh mozzarella cheese, fresh basil, and Italian sausage if you desire. A wonderful, heavy appetizer.
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Build your own shrimp boat.
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Our famous lasagna with fresh mushrooms and sausages. A three-layer treat that will impress your guests. Can be used as an appetizer, party dish, or entree.
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Smoked Salmon. Smoked and decorated wild king salmon. Flown here from Seattle, Washington: about as incredible a dish as you can get!
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Here we are at a recent Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event. We partnered with the host and ended up serving our incredible St. Louis style ribs with our apricot butter and bourbon glaze.
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As you can see, I am standing here doing nothing while my helper is preparing some of our apricot butter and bourbon glaze for our ribs.
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Bacon-Wrapped Duck Meat Grilled with an Apple Brandy Glaze
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Fresh Gulf Shrimp Wrapped in Bacon and Grilled
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This is a fun dish. Frenched chicken leg or jumbo drummette or lollipop chicken leg, whichever you prefer. It is served on a bed of mashed sweet potatoes with spices.
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Desserts for your dining pleasure.
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Chocolate Covered Strawberries
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Indoors, or outdoors under a tent is fine with us.
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Asian Style Smoked Chicken Wings
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Classic Hot Wings
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Wings: Asian or Hot
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Smoked Turkey Leg: Nothing is better than a smoked turkey leg at a ball game (beer too!). We have frenched the keg, pushing the meat further down the bone, allowing the leg to be jucier and more tender. A great heavy appetizer.
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Quail Legs: A secret preparation of our candied quail legs hors d’oeuvres. This goes well with sparkling wines for a very upscale setting.
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Medallions of Pork Tenderloin: This is an interesting hor d’oeuvre of medallions of pork tenderloin wrapped in apple smoked bacon, smoked and basted in our own Asian grilling sauce. It lends itself to the heavier style of appetizers. Can also be used as a meal or as part of an entree.
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Maple Leaf Farms Duck Egg Roll Supreme. Served with a candied orange and Grand Mariner dipping sauce.
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Lightly Blanched Asparagus: Wrapped in our smoked sliced chicken breast with a very savory remoulade dipping sauce, this is served ice cold and is great for a lite lunch.
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Escargots, Once Upon a Grill Style: Made with butter, herbs, puff pastry, wine, and other good things. Comes with champagne, as an hors d’oeuvres, and is limited to 12 servings for a private function.
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Award winning puff pasty wrapped sausage stuffed Portobello
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This tasty appetizer is composed of a bleu cheese stuffed Greek green olive and aprosciutto wrapped artichoke heart. Great party platter.
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Rolled Boneless Chicken Thighs: These are great hors d’oeuvres!
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