Which would you rather eat at a cocktail hour?

They all sound so good!

smoked salmon for sure, chicken skewers, beef tenderloin

As a guest (that has a recent discovrry of a seafood allgery, I know it's not all about me) I would like to see options I can have and also expect things I cannot have. So I'd pick

Chicken skewers, Smoked salmon, Grilled shrimp salad with paprika and cilantro, Grilled vegetables with smoked olive oil and parmesan crostini, Seared beef tenderloin over toasted baguette with roasted peppers and horse radish cream

Can you clarify what brandade, croques monseuirs, and chimichanga sauce are?

I would pick the herbed goat cheese tarts, chicken skewers and grilled veggies. I love beef but not horseradish.

I think the chicken skewers, grilled veggies, herbed goat cheese tarts, grilled shrimp salad, and fried brandade cakes w/ aioli all sound like good well-rounded options

Croque monsieurs are little ham and cheese sandwiches that originated in France. Often they'll have bechamel sauce or a creamy mustard sauce on them. When served with an egg, they're named croque madame.

brandade I had to look up - itis an emulsion of seafood (usually salt cod) olive oil, and usually potatoes. In pictures it kind of looked like a souffle in texture.

chimichanga sauce is a tough one - as chimichangas usually refers to the deep-fried tortilla/burrito dish as a whole, not the sauce. But I'd guess some kind of spicy tomato sauce?

Of these, I would pick:

-Herbed goat cheese tarts with red onion jam

- chicken skewers w/ chimichanga sauce

- Mini croques monsieurs

- Grilled vegetables with smoked olive oil and parmesan crostini

- seared beef tenderloin over toasted baguette with roasted peppers and horseradish cream

Herbed goat cheese tarts with red onion jam-

chicken skewers w/ chimichanga sauce -

Mini croques monsieurs-

Grilled vegetables with smoked olive oil and parmesan crostini-

seared beef tenderloin over toasted baguette with roasted peppers and horse radish cream

The fish apps will be really divisive. Some people will obviously love them, but I think the 5 I listed above will have the most universal appeal.

That made me so hungry... I think I would pick :

-Tuna tartar
-Smoked salmon, toasted brioche and crème fraiche

- Mini croques monsieurs

- Grilled vegetables with smoked olive oil and parmesan crostini

- seared beef tenderloin over toasted baguette with roasted peppers and horse radish cream