Halve Maen Catering

Our saloon boat offers the space and facilities to turn a boat trip into a culinary journey. Whether it involves drinks, an elaborate dinner, or something in between: below you will find all the po...

Food and Beverages

Catering on our saloon boat — Halve Maen

Our saloon boat offers the space and facilities to turn a boat trip into a culinary journey. Whether it involves drinks, an elaborate dinner, or something in between: below you will find all the possibilities, from platters and walking dinners to buffets and the seated dinner with a chef on board.

Lunch

  • Sandwiches — Mini Ciabatta’s, veggie / meat options, 3pcs Roast beef with truffle mayonnaise Cold veal in tuna sauce Old goat cheese with wild mushroom tapanade Mozzarella, pesto and tomato Cheese, egg and tomato

Aperitif Bites

  • Sailors Snacks Platter +/- 5 pax — up to +/- 5 pax Beemster cheese Brandt & Levie dry-cured sausage Nuts Cheese biscuits
  • Fried Snacks — 10 pcs Mix of Bitterballen Vlammetjes Chicken nuggets Cheese sticks
  • Amuse Platter — 10 Different types of appetizers, veggie/meat, 50 pcs 10 different appetizer selections Combination of vegetable and meat appetizers Total serving quantity: 50 pieces Assorted bite-sized appetizer portions Mixed savory canapé / finger food selection Ideal for sharing or cocktail-style serving
  • Vegan Amuse Platter — 10 Different types of appetizers, vegan, 50 pcs Cauliflower tahini with hazelnut Little Gem boat and mashed potato Grilled vegetable muhamare Crostini with wild mushroom tapenade Spicy hummus with vegetable Crudite's
  • Cheese Platter +/- 8 pax — Selection of Dutch and foreign cheeses Nut/fig bread Cheese dip Grapes Nuts Sea salt toasts
  • Charcuterie +/- 8 pax — Selection of Spanish and Italian meats Olives Grapes Nuts Sea salt toasts

Walking Dinner (max 55 pax)

  • **Sailors Finger food ** — Mini soup Crudité with dip (humus, ‘heks’nkaas) Mini quiches Baguette herb butter Mini sausage rolls Yakitori sticks Meatballs Pralines Macarons
  • Sushi — Mixed Sushi Platter 8 Pieces per Roll Assorted Sushi Selection Freshly Prepared Japanese-Style Sushi

Buffet (max 55 pax)

  • Satay — Chicken satay with peanut sauce (3pcs) Baguette with herb butter Ceasar salad
  • Dutch — Hutspot Boerenkool Meatballs Sausage Bacon Gravy Musterd
  • Indonesian — Nasi poetih Nasi goreng Daging rendang Daging bali Ajam ketjap Sajoer lodeh Sambal Sambal goreng tempé Atjar Gado-Gado Seroendeng Kroepoek 1 Sambal goreng telor 1 Chicken satay Add ons: Pisang goreng - €4 Spekkoek - €4
  • Italian — Vitello tonnato Rocket salad Caprese salad Lasagne Bolognese Chicken in Italian cream sauce Gnocchi Patate Fresh baked focaccia with tapenade & aioli Veggie variant Veggie lasagne Grilled vegetables and mushrooms in Italian cream sauce
  • Vegan — Roasted cauliflower soup with baked cauliflower, hazelnuts and ‘beure noisette’ Tomato tartare with pumpkin/feta cream Bread with dips (hummus, olive tapenade) Orzo pasta salad with artichoke edamame beans and parsleypesto Couscous salad with cashew nuts raisins feta cucumber and Herbs Vegan balls in tomato sauce
  • Dessert — Fresh baked Dudok apple pie with whipped cream (12 pax) - Mix of pralines & macarons (2 of each per person) - € 5

Sit-down dinner with chef (max 29 pax)

  • 5 /6 course dinner — Long table in the middle of the boat, comfortable chairs Amuse: Pani puri filled with chickpea cream and sumac Soup: Veggie of the season Starter: Smoked rib-eye carpaccio with parmesan, pine nuts, rocket, fried capers Main: Veal cheeks with red wine sauce, mashed potatoes and glazed carrots Dessert: Surprise dessert (dessert of the season) or Panna cotta of vanilla, baked white chocolate, red fruit, meringue, Atsina cress Optional: Cheese board from Kef Also possible fully veggie During a sit-down dinner there’ll be a chef on board who’ll prepare the dinner. The chef costs €40 per hour

Others

  • Pizza — Assorted Pizza Selection Mixed Veggie & Non-Veggie Pizzas Variety of Freshly Baked Pizza Flavors
  • High Tea — Mix of sweet treats 21
  • High Tea - Sweet & Savory — Sweet & Savory: 1 mini sandwiches 1 mini quiche 1 scone 1 mini cupcake 1 blondie/brownie 1 slice red velvet cake 1 slice cheesecake Birthday (or any other occasion) cake? Ask us

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