Dinner (and Cake!) choices done!!
Tim and I had a super productive weekend- we did our tasting for both the reception dinner and our cake. For dinner, we're having:
Charbroiled NY Strip Steak (with Shrimp Scampi)
and
Parmesan Crusted Chicken Florentine (with Grilled Shrimp)
The shrimp is optional, but we're hoping we can afford to add it. It was delicious! We originally wanted to serve Filet Mignon, but the steak ended up being so much better- we were shocked, and it costs ~$4 less per plate!
For cake we're having chocolate with bavarian cream filling.
What's everyone else having, if you've chosen so far?
posted by Cara B. @ 2:49 PM
13 Comments:
I haven't gotten that far yet but I am lookig forward to food tastings. At this point, I can't decide between food stations and sit down. All of your choices sounds great though and I'm sure your guests would be thrilled with both because they are not things unfamiliar to them.
Andrea- Chicken with Leek-cranberry sauce sounds just divine! I'm tempted to make a version for myself now!
And Jen, I love stations- much preferrable to buffet, in my opinion-because people love choices, and some like more potatoes or less, more salmon or less. Awesome! Believe it or not, buffet(I don't think they offer stations) actually worked out to be more expensive at my venue. That's pretty unusual!
Okay experts...advice needed. ;-)
I'm finding everything to be so expensive. Is it usually cheaper to do the carving stations? Does anyone know if it's usually a "set" price for unlimited food, or is it a per person deal? Also, I didn't know if stations just serve meat, or if they have "side" type foods too. I'd like to do the entire reception that way if it's going to be cheaper. I still don't have my guest totals, but it's looking to be higher than I'd hoped. (100-125)
Tammy- there's so much to figure out, it can be hard to start, especially finding the venue, I think. We were lucky, like Jen, to pretty much go with our first choice. Buffet is usually least expensive, but least preferrable in my opinion (just recently got to be the last table to go to the buffet- we had cold dinner). Stations are awesome, and I think it depends on the venue whether or not they're more expensive. Buffet and stations, in my experience, are usually per head, just like a sit down meal. The only difference is that the stations are a set price ($34.95/person) and the meals you pay the price for what guests order (eg. $32.95/100 guests + $28.95/50 guests). Jen has stations for lots of things, but I think some places will do only meat stations, and then serve salads and sides at the tables. That might be a little less expensive too. Frankly, I like appetizers the best, so I'm having lots of those. My guests will probably be stuffed by dinner time :)
Jen- I so want to do dessert and cake. That's such a treat! We found out this weekend though that the cake we want will serve 50-100 more than our guests, so I think we'll just have generous cake slices, or offer seconds.
I really love all your responses. We are leaning towards a Sunday wedding (seems to be cheaper everywhere on that day). It will be either Oct or Nov of next year. I'm in the process of choosing a location, but am sort of deciding on the menu at the same time. Will stations work for "brunch" if we get married in the morning? (11:00am) or should I go with a full on lunch? I wish I could get away with just appetizers...but that is really stretching it. :-)
I am still in the process of researching different venues. But am making a list of key points for easy reference while I figure it all out. The big problem is going to be getting the grooms side of the guest list trimmed down. He "has" to invite all his family, yet his mother hasn't offered any help to pay. (and she has it too). But what can you do? LOL. I'll cross that arguement when necessary. ;-)
A Sunday brunch wedding with carving stations (and an omelet & waffle station?! :)) would be FANTASTIC. Plus, you would have a really low bar bill.... just serve mimosas and bloody marys and you're all set. I think that would be great, and really very different. Then, since the wedding would be in the morning, everyone would probably come into town on Saturday and you could go out Sat. night.
Tammy- I just looked it up- Veteran's Day is a Sunday in 2007, which should mean that a lot of people will have Monday 11/12 off. You might want to look into that weekend!
Cara,
Thanks so much, good idea about the holiday weekend. I am hoping to book on a Sunday or a weekend like that since everyone will be traveling. I do like those ideas for brunch/lunch. Hopefully I can convince my guy that his Irish side of the family doesn't need to drink everything, simply because they can. LOL.
Bob and I just finalized our menu a few weeks ago. We are having Filet Mignon with Baked Stuffed Shrimp or Chicken with Lobster Saute. The seafood was a big issue with my FMIL as she doesn't eat "anything that swims". To appease we are having Italian Wedding Soup for the soup course. I really wanted Clam Chowder.
Oh I forgot the cake...we're having both a layer of white cake and chocolate cake with rasberry mousse filling in between. Very yummy! We sprung for ice cream bon bons to be served with it as dessert.
I'm a fan of risotto, but I would want to taste it before hand. There's a skill to making it, and I just don't know how it would come out right as stuffing. (Unless it's put in after the chicken is cooked.)
Oh...and congratulations on selecting your menu. It sounds wonderful. For me, it was a huge weight off my shoulders once we chose the meal. (It was hard because we had input from both sets of parents.)
We haven't begun looking yet, but we are definately going to have red velvet cake for our reception. It is our favorite cake and we had it the day we got married at city hall.
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