Shelly-Ann Thompson, Freelance Writer
Left: From left, chief of mission of Argentina, Jorge Imsausti and his wife Susan, professional polo player Mauricio Devrient and wife Michelle, with party hosts James Robertson and wife Charlene. Right: From left, businessman Tanny Shirley, party host James Robertson, businessman Don Creary, guest Stephen Dawkins and banker Chris Williams at the reception.
- PHOTOS BY WINSTON SILL/FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER
IT WAs a polo party, but it scored big with the food. The party, in honour of the international polo players participating in the recent National Commercial Bank Capital Markets High Goal Polo tournament, was hosted by Member of Parliament James Robertson at his residence in Jacks Hill, St. Andrew, on Friday, May 5. Robertson is an avid polo player.
Chef Opal Bailey and his team were hired. The menu included an array of meats, salads and fruits, a steamship round (roasted beef on a platter), a roasted lamb with cucumber yoghurt, a jerked suckling pig, chicken cordon bleu, fried bammies, shell pasta with pine nuts, pak choy salad with oriental dressing and rolls.
To warm chilly bodies out in the night air, there was a self-serve coffee and dessert station with chocolate brownies and mini chocolate mousse, home-made bread pudding and sweet potato pudding, grapes and assorted exotic cheese with crackers.
A party would be incomplete without liquor, and the bar was stocked with a range of liqueurs and wines, as well as fruit juices. Guests mingled while moving to and fro, making several stops at the food stations placed along the perimeter of the pool.
Left: Rose Tavares Finson (left) and Charlene Robertson catch up on the latest news at the reception for the Argentinian polo players in Jacks Hill, St. Andrew. Right: Dr. Oliva McDonald (left) enjoys a cosy chat and a glass of wine with Madge Shirley. - PHOTOS BY WINSTON SILL/FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER
