Cafe de la Leche – May 2009
On Friday the 1st of May we attended the Hogar del Niño’s Cafe de la Leche, which was hosted by Ivonna Sosa in her elegant Casa de Campo Villa. The event was a huge success and brought together over 100 of Casa de Campo’s ladies who enjoyed a wonderful evening socialising with friends in a beautiful setting with exquisite food, cocktails and coffee.
It has to be said that this month’s host Ivonna did a superb job in organising this event, her Villa looked beautiful, the service was excellent and most importantly the food and drink was incredible. To drink there were strawberry Daquiri’s which were served with 80’s style umbrellas and strawberries and a very interesting and delicious pineapple, mint and basil cocktail, as well as wine and soft drinks. The food selection was most impressive and consisted of mini salmon quiche Lorraine, antipasto, ceviche, mini sandwiches, beef ‘lomo’ on toast (my personal favourite), cheese and nut pate, cheese and olive stuffed baby tomatoes, sushi and of course a variety of tempting sweets including cheesecake, and mini chocolate souffle, all of which had labels with the Hogar del Niño’s logo. The table decorations were stunning – beautiful flowers arranged among a selection of tropical fruits such as kiwi and melon. Another nice touch was Ivonna’s ‘Cafe Bar,’ complete with menu and manned by her brother who was serving a lovely choice of coffee’s, teas, Swiss chocolate and even the option of Irish coffee.
The food and complimenting decorations were done by Ivonna’s sister in-law, Maria Isabel Samayoa, who has just moved here with her husband Joaquin from Guatamala and are setting up a catering business, if the food provided for this event is anything to go by, I am sure they will be very successful and if you are interested in hiring their services do not hesitate to contact us or Ivonna. In fact, we were so impressed by the catering that we plan to write a follow-up article on Maria and her new catering business so that we can provide you with full information on the services they provide.
The Cafe de la Leche, is a monthly event which brings together Casa de Campo’s ladies to enjoy a light snack, a few drinks and pleasant conversation with the added bonus of contributing to the Hogar del Niño charity. Each lady brings a donation of dried milk, cereal or baby formula, which is then passed on to the Hogar del Niño’s crib room where it is provides 40% of the milk needed each month.
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Thank you Rebecca, I really enjoyed preparing everything for this beautiful cause and it was wonderful being part of it. I´m very glad you liked everything; I had second thoughts about the lomo on toast, but it was everyone’s favorite!!! I also want to thank Ivonna, for giving us the opportunity to present our services in her beautiful home.
I´m also very happy and grateful for the comments everyone made, and how people are receiving us since we got here.
We hope to entertain many events, and bring to the Dominicans home all of our delicious plates and beautiful decorations.
Sincerely,
Maris
You can contact us at:
maris26_83@hotmail.com
And we will be opening our webpage any time soon!
I am so impressed with your article that captured every detail of this event to perfection. It was indeed a beautiful event that gathered so many of our friends and acquaintances who had a great time together, I could tell.
Ivonna did a marvelous job and I compliment her. I particularly appreciate the fact that she made use of this opportunity to introduce her brother, Joaquin Sosa, and his wife Maris who just relocated here and did all the catering for the event. I really think we will be seeing them often, I hope.
Congratulations to all for a job well done!
Alexis
She is the best chef in the world jaja.. we miss u Maris!
I enjoyed having so many fabulous and good looking women in my house for EL HOGAR; lots of milk for a wonderful organized institution that really works!!
Rebecca you really detailed everything, thank you for such a wonderful article, you are a keeper in this part of the island!!
Special thanks to LECHE RICA for their contribution and to my brothers who did a great job.
Thank you Ivonna and thank you everyone for your kind comments about my article! The Cafe de la Leche really was wonderful, which made it very easy to write a good article!
Ivonna – I fully intend to stay in this part of the island, nice to hear I’m wanted!!
I am sorry I missed this event. I’m new to Casa de Campo and looking for socialization. I look forward to meeting all the wonderful people that live in this community.
Hello Robin!
Thank you for your message, there are always plenty of events going on in Casa de Campo, and lots of opportunities to meet new people! Here on casadecampoliving.com we always have the latest news and information of upcoming events so I hope you become a regular visitor and you find it useful!