My Asian inspired birthday party

My Asian inspired birthday party

I decided to use red, white and gold color scheme.

Just couple of minutes before all the guests arrived.

I use the broken brunch of my orchid for the centerpieces.

I use Chinese money envelopes to lighten up the room.

Natural Sake cups

Sake, the Japanese wine made from fermented rice, is traditionally served warm in small ceramic cups. 

For a different twist, I served it chilled in cool cucumber cups, added a cucumber swizzle stick, & sipped! All the guests loved them. They were cool, light, refreshing and pretty to look at.

Eatable Sake cocktails

For the most surprising presentation, I served Eatable Sake cocktails. These sophisticated little “hip sips” can be eaten in one bite. They’re super-fun to pass at a party along with appetizers. I use votka, sake and eatable gold dust for the decoration. Actually they were supposed to be thicker and served on a cucumber but I was stil happy with the end result.

Shanghai Sunset, or Sunrise

I used child sake wine and dry champagne and lychee's for the cocktail. Although cocktails name was Shanghai Sunset, we had to add a new name. 

Lychee's supposed to be at the bottom of the glass but somehow couple of them stayed at the surface, so we called them Shanghai Sunrise.

 Sushi

 Tempura

Fortune cookies

Cherry Blossom Cake

I wanted to continue same theme with my birthday cake so I decided to make cherry blossom cake. It took more time than I expected, but it became a star of the night. It is funny how people get excited with pretty looking sweet things.