The past weekend, we had a couple of guests for dinner at home. We prepared various food choices and drinks naturally, and just had ice cream for dessert. We had a mix of Italian and Filipino cooking. In short, Asian and Mediterranean cuisine mixed. But what should we have for appetizers? We had to think of that part. And since it was a success, and our guests did enjoy them a lot and did not waste anything on their plates (except the seeds of course), I do believe it's worth sharing with you what it was!

So what are those stuff in those plates? That is a combination of the following:

1. Melone (Melon)

2. Prosciutto crudo (crude ham)

3. Olive nere (Black olives)

4. Pomodori secchi (sun dried tomatoes)

I know that the presentation is not as beautiful as how Japanese would have presented their sushi to sushi addicts (just a joke) but it's worth the taste. See that the melon is wrapped inside the ham. The dropòets you see in the plates are some of the juice of the olives.

In fact we let these chilled and then we added some fresh oven baked bread to match with them. But from what we have heard, they did like the fruit-conserved vege mix so much even asking for some more olives.