What foods did you have at your wedding reception, if not married, any suggestions? (looking for ideas)?

Answer 1

It depends on what time of day your reception is. We had ours around 7:00 p.m., so didn't serve a full meal, just "heavy hors d'oeuvres", so people who already had dinner could nibbe at their leisure, and those who didn't would have enough food to make a meal. It was a lot cheaper than a full meal.

I always love a pasta bar though...

Answer 2

When planning a reception menu I try to take a couple of things into consideration. First the season fresh fruit and vegetables make a difference and like flowers in season they are less expensive, next the tastes of the couple and their families. You don't have to have exotic which equals expensive if your tastes lean towards steak and potatoes. You'll need some variety whenever you have a group of people. Chicken and beef are the top two entree choices followed by pork and seafood if you are having a full meal. Next consider your location. Alot of facilities don't have adequate kitchens. We often bring a grill to a site that has what amouints to a home kitchen. Which dosn't work for feeding a 100 + guests. We've grilled entire meals such as roasted red potatoes, vegetables, beef and chicken as well as heating the bread or rolls. So grills aren't just for hotdogs and burgers. Check out the kitchen and ask your caterer or cook how they'll deal with having the food fresh??? Our reception was a backyard BBQ. We served steaks, chicken and hotdogs a long with salads and of course cake. The guests prefered the hotdogs to the steak. For large parties we now serve hotdogs and chicken. I cooked for a green wedding where we made pot roast and potatoes with salads, Cuban food the first reception where we served bananas! Vegan enchiladas. Mexican food. Asian menus. The most important consideration is to choose food you'll like.

Answer 3

Ask yourself these questions.

1) What are some of your favorite foods? (obviously don't respond 'hamburgers' or 'french fries' lol)
2) At the weddings you have gone to and been impressed with, what food was there?
3) What do you think would make your wedding special?
4) What do some of your guests like?

If that doesn't help, one thing you could do is have a sit-down meal so your guests would have a lot of choices.

At a wedding I went to they had a lobster bake (I think that's what it is called, they had the lobster in the bags). Besides lobster there was a bunch of seafood and macaroni and cheese (for the children).

hope this helps ♥

Answer 4

It depends on what kind of reception you're having.

There are dessert buffets--where you have desserts like chocolate covered strawberries, cookies, etc. You also have the wedding cake, but it's a whol dessert treat. One friend was in love with chocolate and had a chocolate buffet.

There are appetizer receptions--you have appetizers instead of a full meal. It usually cuts the costs in half. USUALLY.

There are full-course meals--we had a combination of salads and pastas for our wedding, and we loved it. It was a buffet though. Sit-down meals will cost more. Our buffet was about $22/head. The sit-down meal would have been closer to $40.

Answer 5

We are having hor d'voure stations. Crab puffs, steak skewers, meatballs, little smokies, a make your own burrito bar, asparagus wraps, pizza squares, and I have recently fallen in love with these little dinasaur shaped chicken nuggets (obviously I am more interested in tasty and fun then elegant, but I plan on the presentation being lovely). Our wedding cake is going to be very large so I am planning on sending home a peice of cake in these pretty little boxes for the favors. For drinks, we are serving champagne, homemade wine coolers, select hard liquors set up at "make your own ____" stations and water....and I will probably be convinced to add something else non-alcoholic...maybe punch?

Answer 6

We are having a fall wedding so needed a heavier menu than the usual bacon wrapped asparagus. We'll be serving southern style food (where I'm from) since most people really like it and I am just sick of italian food at weddings.

Chili bar with toppings and my dad's chili

Carved brisket with artisan rolls and horseradish sauce to make little sandwiches or my grandpa's amazing bbq sauce

Black eyed peas

Fried cornish game hens (upscale version of fried turkey)

Fresh spinach salad with sun dried tomatoes

Stuffed mushrooms

Cornbread

Peach, Raspberry, and sweet teas

Limeades/cherry limeades

Rice dressing with sausage

Of course a veggie tray with dip and fresh fruit

Mashed potato balls drizzled with brown gravy (so they look like caramel apples)

Desserts:
Hot cocoa bar
Wedding cake
Grooms cake (he hasn't chosen between cheesecake or pie)
Caramel apples

Answer 7

My hubby is South African and grew up with BBQ's at almost every party and family occasion, it was a big part of his life and we decided to go down that route. I know it sounds dodgy, but my hubby and his friends are all fine dining chefs so it was not about sad burgers, so it was real top notch stuff. They made smoked salmon rillettes to start, then we served up home made koftas, awesome sausages (lamb and mint, venison, beef, guinea fowl and orange, pork and apple, pork and leek etc) marinaded chicken, various salads, breads, jacket potatoes and corn cobs etc, and for dessert we had big platters of tropical fruits and strawberries with cream. It was a very informal event and totally reflected our personality.

Answer 8

Having buffet with both our favorite foods.

Soup, his favorite beef barley, my favorite potato chowder

His family into healthy stuff, fish and salads etc

I grew up in Buffalo, so Chicken Wings and Beef on Weck.

Among other undecided stuff.

Traditional wedding cake, but all chocolate dessert table.

Answer 9

haha so this may sound silly but I really wanted gummy bear and starbust shiska-bobs that I could dip in chocolate! I thought that would be soooooo fun and different....I didn't get them but you might like the idea. at weddings I've seen a lot of chicken dishes....not sure why so many people like those but....a regular shiska-bob I think would be awsome, you know the beef with the greeb peppers and stuff and than some dinner rolls and salad and stuff.....it keeps it somewhat light and elegant I think.....

Answer 10

We had a buffet dinner at a hotel ballroom, for 200 people
Had baron of beef and turkey with all the fixin's; variety of salads; baby roasted potatoes, hot mixed veggies; buns, cheeses, pickles; variety of cheesecakes and desserts. Simple, but nicely presented, and delicious!