la-tea-da's & sterling events spring collection: mint museum

last night our sales & events team headed over to the mint museum for la-tea-da's & sterling events spring collection showcase. we get invited to a lot of networking events because of the industry we work in, and they're always fabulous & over the top. this was no different!

 

i have lived in charlotte for almost all my life and somehow had never been to the mint museum, so that in itself was a treat. the mint was the original branch of the united states mint - pretty cool!

 

upon arrival, they had a clear top tent, awesome lounge furniture, and a silver bar set up outside. once we checked in, we each got an envelope with an invite to a tasting time. ours was at 7:15pm, so we grabbed a few delicious hors d'oeuvres before making our way to the tasting room. my favorite small bites were the mini pimento cheese cones & the teriyaki shrimp skewers wrapped in pina colada cotton candy!

 

once inside the tasting room, they offered us drinks and started our three-course tasting. first up at our table was the surf n' turf macaroni & cheese: pimento cheese macaroni cheese topped with pulled pork bbq & pickled okra // lobster macaroni cheese.

 

 

{LOVED the pimento & bbq. the okra was also delicious!}

 

next up was the sweet tea chicken: peach tea & ginger infused chicken with a gingersnap dust. served with couscous & a sweet potato biscuit with peach chutney.

 

 

{the chicken was AMAZING}

 

our last course was the southern duet: marinated kale & pickled vegetable salad with carolina shrimp & grits skillet.

 

 

{can't ever go wrong with s&g}

 

by the time we finished up our tasting, we found a few more stations we wanted to try & then hung around while they raffled off cakes from some of charlotte's finest cake makers. and of course we couldn't leave without hitting up shutterbooth...

 

i was super impressed with la-tea-da's & the taste, style & presentation of all their food. if you're looking for a caterer in charlotte, i definitely recommend la-tea-da's!