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melb2013 · February 2012

So we talked about having a food post. Share your catering options.

melb2013 · February 2012

Our food comes with our venue, so we've already had a good look at the full catering menu. Our limitations are that we need vegetarian options and we cannot have beef for religious reasons.

Cocktail hour:

5 passed hors d'oeuvres- it's crazy how many different options we have to choose from. I have no idea how we're going to make up our mind!

Sushi station- we get 5 different types of sushi

Mashed potato bar- comes with topping options of crisp pancetta, roasted garlic, caramelized onions, grilled vegetables, gorgonzola, and chedder

Dinner:

One of our top reasons for choosing this venue was that they offered food stations with good non-beef options. Here's what I think we're choosing:

Soup and Salad station- clam chowder and boston bib salad

Pasta Station- choice of three pastas (I have no idea which ones yet!) served with bread, oils, and cheeses. All the pastas will be vegetarian.

Carving station- Roasted Leg of Lamb with Minted Aioli served with yukon gold potatoes and green beans with roasted cashews

Grilling station- Swordfish with mango papaya chutney served with lemon scented wild rice and grilled vegetables

Dessert:

Bananas Foster

Cake station- triple chocolate truffle cake, chocolate chip cheesecake, carrot cake, chaos pie with snickers bar, chocolate raspberry chambord torte, and pecan pie

Coffee and tea with a flambeed coffee station

kristinathenina · February 2012

We are having a fajita and enchilada bar, it will have chicken and beef fajita toppings, and chicken or cheese enchiladas, then will come with peppers, onions, beans, rice, tomatoes, salsas, guacamole, lettuce, cheese, sour cream so we can build how we like it. It comes with chips and salsa for guests to enjoy before dinner, and cookies as the extra dessert to go with the cupcakes. We are serving tea, lemonade, our favorite beer, and then at least blue margaritas, we are debating adding strawberry daquaris as well.

hisbabygirl76 · February 2012

Food comes with our venue and we havent quite nailed it all down yet.

FLGatorGal88 · February 2012

I have no clue!!!!

melb2013 · February 2012

FL GatorGal- You said we should have a food post! LOL and you don't have a clue? Wow I feel like a ridiculously anal person for already having a menu (sorta) picked out!

Danny&Mel2003 · February 2012

Our venue provides the food ...

cocktail hour: signature cheeses with butler passed hor dourves 5 options we haven't chosen them lol

main dish: chicken, fish or steak we haven't done a taste testing an our place does it 1 month before the wedding (but I heard our venue has amazing brunch & dinner menu I'm hoping holds up)

jmcjdw13 · February 2012

Hahaha! Its ok melb, the food comes with my venue too although we have to pick from three packages and we're thinking we might go with the middle package. It will be a plated dinner so we'll have to choose the dishes we want to offer (not sure yet). Each package offers different food and we think the middle one fits best with our tastes...its four course with 5 passed hor d'oeuvres plus our wedding cake.

joka0606 · February 2012

our venue provides the food. we have a tasting in may, so that when we'll start planning the food. i do want late night snacks though

FLGatorGal88 · February 2012

Lol Melb... I need some inspiration... We have had three different menu ideas and we cant seem to settle on 1 of them. Once we get this check off our list I am going to be the happiest girl ever... Hopefully we will have this check off our list by the end of the month...(fingers crossed)

melb2013 · February 2012

FLGator: Tell us the options so we can talk about it!

annehawkins · February 2012

Our venue includes food. Our tasting is in May. We've looked over the menu and have a good idea of what we'll be having, but will obviously wait for the tasting before we make any final decisions. I'm so happy to see that so many of you already have so much of your weddings planned out!

Swazzle · February 2012

During cocktail hour there will be a couple stations set up.

Since we're having an endless cocktail reception we'll select 20 different hors d'oeuvres to be passed throughout the night. We had a tasting before we signed the contract & everything was delicious, it'll be hard to narrow it down when the time comes!

The only things we definitely know we're having are fresh baked cookies served with a small glass of milk & a sundae bar.

FLGatorGal88 · February 2012

So we are having a casual wedding so we started to think what do we want to have that you don't see at every wedding... Also at our venue we can only serve beer, wine, and champagne so trying to find food that go with all of the above... We have the cocktail hour pretty much figured out whoever we go with I am sure cocktail hour will be easy to piece to together

Menu 1: BBQ (think we are leaning more towards this...)

So we are planning on offer 3 to 4 different meats...

Brisket
Pulled Pork
Pulled Chicken/ or grilled boneless chicken
We may offer grilled shrimp skewers not 100% sure..

Sides:

Mac and Cheese
Southern Style green beans
Mashed potato bar
Baked Beans
Coleslaw
We are thinking about having grilled shucks of corn...

Then of course we will have rolls and cornbread along with multiple types of BBQ sauce for guest to choose from. Along with a salad options too...

Menu 2:

We thought about having a cocktail type reception... but we decided to pass on that type of reception...

Menu 3: Pasta...

FI thought we could do multiple types of pasta... but I felt that our guest along with us would feel too heavy after eating pasta... Also I was thinking about it and pasta does not sound too appetizing with beer...

SRRL18 · February 2012

Everything sounds so good.

We've had our menu picked out for awhile now. It's a LOT of food. We considered cutting down the cocktail hour menu but it won't change the price so we decided to keep it. We haven't decided if we will do the cake immediately after the main course or during the sweet table. Ideas on that?

Cocktail hour:
Fruit punch with & without alcohol
International Station
Smoked salmon
Assorted cold cuts
Cold shrimps on pyramid
Poached salmon medallions
Hummus
Fattouche
Bruschetta with crackers
Assorted cheeses
Baguette
Flambéed shrimps
Deep fried calamari
Tortellini rosé
Chicken souvlaki
Pineapple chicken
Mini quiches
Spicy chicken wings

Soup:
Minestrone soup

Pasta:
Meat Ravioli
Napolitaine sauce

Salad:
Ceasar salad

Dinner
Grilled filet mignon, 8 oz
Pepper sauce
Asparagus
Greek potatoes

Sweet Table:
Mirrors of fruits
Mini French pastries
Greek pastries
Candy Station
Hot pizza
Panini

Beverages/Alcohol/Wine
Coffee, Tea, Herbal tea
Red: Cabernet/Merlot Hardys Stamp
White: Chardonnay Hardys Stamp
Open bar after the meal
Sparkling wine: Brutus, C.Meunier, Canada

RebCappon · February 2012

Our food comes with the venu. The menu for the food is like 6 pages long so we are still trying to figure it out. I don't have to have final decisions in until Feb. 2013.

melb2013 · February 2012

SRRL: I think you should have the cake with the sweet table. You have so much food people need time to digest!

FLGator: The BBQ menu sounds yummy! Shrimp would be nice, but I'm a huge seafood fan

[Deleted User] · February 2012

We have a health contious group: His father has diabeties and my mom is allergic to shell fish...our wedding Idea is pretty informal, and fun...Was even thinking of having a Slushie/margarita bar but besides the fact that I would like it colorful and unique IDK what else to do

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