Rehearsal recap

If you’re sick of all the wedding posts, you may as well skip this one too.  Ok just kidding.  I promise there are no photos of me in a white dress, but I do feel obligated to do a post featuring the delicious cuisine from our rehearsal dinner.  This is a food blog after all.

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Faz is a gem of a restaurant.  It’s located in Danville – on the cutest street – and showcases classic Mediterranean food.  As if I’d have a rehearsal dinner that didn’t feature hummus!?!  Puh-leez. 

So after practicing this…

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…we all went to feast.

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Faz has a normal dining area plus a separate room with a full bar and a back room for private events (like ours). 

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But what’s even cooler is the outside courtyard that the restaurant encircles, with a redwood grove and pond visible to everyone dining due to the floor to ceiling glass. 

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As everyone arrived from the church we made our way to the redwood grove for drinks. 

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Don’t mind if I do!

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Everyone mingled and nibbled on the delicious appetizers. 

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Brace yourself for some delicious food photos.

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Tomatoes & Feta

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Olives & Pepperoncini

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Roasted eggplant spread with shallots, garlic, mint & sour cream sauce

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Crostini with eggplant spread & crispy shallots

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Phyllo triangles with spinach & ricotta

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Lemon garlic hummus (!!)

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Wood burning oven flat bread

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This hummus could have been my meal.  It was SO good.  Normally I’m not a fan of lemon-y hummus (I just think it’s too acidic for the delicate chickpea flavor), but this was perfection.  Caked on top of Faz’ warm fresh-from-the-oven flat bread…no words.  I almost want to install my own wood burning oven to have flatbread like that all the time.  Once I win the lottery, that is. 

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As for the sit down portion of the evening…

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Kyle and I tried several of the items on the menu back in January to decide on the rehearsal dinner courses.

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First there was bread, served with balsamic, olive oil, and parmesan cheese.

Followed by the salad course.

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Baby organic greens with marinated Roma tomatoes & citrus vinaigrette.

The entree choices included chicken, salmon, or pasta. 

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Free range pomegranate chicken with roasted garlic whipped potatoes & fresh seasonal vegetables. 

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Pan seared Atlantic salmon with basil pesto, roasted potatoes & garden vegetables. 

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As for my pasta dish…

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I got the penne tossed with garlic, shallots, golden zucchini, red and yellow bell peppers, and peas in extra virgin olive oil

It was actually supposed to come in a gorgonzola cream sauce, but they were able to easily make it without the sauce, using olive oil instead. 

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The meal was great, even if it was second fiddle to the pre-wedding excitement that was radiating from everyone all night long. 

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My fam! 

There are now four Faz locations in the Bay Area, so if you live near one, go!  (I’m not being compensated in any way for promoting them, I just really like their food)

After leaving the rehearsal dinner, my sisters and I went to check into the Lafayette Park Hotel for my last night as a single lady!

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Dance party!!!!  Hahaha. 

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There were so many ridiculous photos from this sleepover, I think my sisters may kill me if I post them though. 

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Comments (13)

  1. Amanda

    That food looks amazing. I probably would have filled up on too many appetizers though. They were so yummy-looking!

  2. Katie

    I am certainly NOT sick of the wedding recaps… I love these posts! And that restaurant looks FABULOUS… those phylo triangles look delicious!

  3. BroccoliHut

    Awesome re-cap! I have already decided that hummus will be a part of my wedding food in some way either on the big day or at the rehearsal dinner…to bad I’m not even engaged yet 😉

  4. Mama Pea

    I was starting to think that maybe this wasn’t actually YOUR wedding, and then I saw the hummus and all was right with the world.

  5. Gabriela @ Une Vie Saine

    Looks amazingg…I love that you included hummus!! I wasn’t so lucky with the food at my brother’s rehearsal dinner, but it was still pretty tasty 🙂

  6. Gabriela @ Fro-Yo Lover

    Wow – I want my rehearsal dinner to be just like yours!
    I mean… when I’m older, of course 🙂

  7. MarathonVal

    Those are some stunning food pictures!!! Looks amazing!

  8. Julia

    i LOVE the pictures of you and your sisters! reminds me of my 2 sisters! gotta love the love!

  9. julie

    dude your dress for therehers dinner is smokin 🙂

  10. Sarah @ BikingNBaking

    I know a few people from danville, are you from there? When did you move down south?

  11. ytotheummy

    that food looks incredible! and aww you and your sisters look like you had a lot of fun 🙂

  12. Jen O

    Definitely not sick of the wedding posts! It looks like you had a lovely rehearsal dinner. You look gorgeous and you have a really good looking family! How fun to have a sleepover/dance party the night before your wedding!

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