Another food question

[Slartibartfast]

I'm hesitant to post this, because I know the couple who had this wedding and reception were trying to do it on a very strict budget, but . . .

- cold Chik-Fil-A nuggets with no sauce

- cheese cubes which had been left out for hours (during the wedding set-up) so they were sweating and slimy

- enough wilted-looking salad for everyone to have about two pieces of lettuce apiece (meaning the first ten people got a reasonable scoop of salad and everyone else politely left the last three leaves in the bowl)

- Twinkie cake.  Literally a pyramid of Twinkies glued together with frosting.


This is also the only real "redneck wedding" I've been to, so that may be a factor 

[Hmmmmm]

The best was a cousins wedding a few years ago. They had food stations that kept fresh food available all night. A cold seafood station (shrimp, oysters, crab), a sliders and fries station with the mist awesome dips, a carving station with prime rib, lamb, and pork, a salad station with fresh grilled veggies, and those are the ones I remember.

The worst was my nephews wedding last month. I have no issue with buffets, but the chicken was bland, the beef tough and the fish tasted too fishy. Then the veggies were over cooked. The potatoes were fine.

[scotcat60]

Worst the chicken portions that were all bone and very little meat at a cousins wedding.
Best: the roast  beef and two veg meal that her sister had when she got married a few years later.

Most to eat: Cousins wedding when the vegetable  soup starter was so thick and filling it was a meal on its own.

[kherbert05]

Sis and Cousin C both had wonderful food at their receptions.


A cousin got married at our farm catered by the Swinging Door (some of the best BBQ) 




But the best has to go to first cousin once removed because the bride, groom, and their parents kept their heads about a horrible gate crasher - Allison, not our cousin Allison she went into labor that weekend but TS Allison.. The city was still recovering and 1st cousin once removed and DH to  be were willing to delay the wedding but the venues said they were ready to go ahead. The plated dinner had to be turned into a buffet because of staffing issues (people unable to get to work because they were still evacuated or because of high water between home and work. ) It was a sweet wedding.

[cross_patch]

Sis and Cousin C both had wonderful food at their receptions.


A cousin got married at our farm catered by the Swinging Door (some of the best BBQ) 




But the best has to go to first cousin once removed because the bride, groom, and their parents kept their heads about a horrible gate crasher - Allison, not our cousin Allison she went into labor that weekend but TS Allison.. The city was still recovering and 1st cousin once removed and DH to  be were willing to delay the wedding but the venues said they were ready to go ahead. The plated dinner had to be turned into a buffet because of staffing issues (people unable to get to work because they were still evacuated or because of high water between home and work. ) It was a sweet wedding.

Sorry, I feel like I've walked in halfway through a story with people I don't know...

Who gatecrashed? Who is Allison? And which city was evacuated? 

The worst was a wedding I went to at a lovely hall. It was an Indian couple and they didn't use the in-house caterer, but rather had Indian food brought in and served as a buffet. It was actually amazingly delicious, but I wonder if there were temperature issues when food was transported, because almost every guest had some major gastrointestinal issues the next day ranging from horrible gas to full-blown food poisoning.

The best, I'm biased but I have to say my wedding. The food at my catering hall was really really good and abundant. We had several guests tell us they left stuffed because they came in and saw the amazing spread for cocktail hour (including carving stations with roast beef and turkey, calamari salad, pasta salad, fruit, grilled vegetables, fruit, cheese, and a huge selection of passed hors d'vours) and thought it was dinner so they ate. Then they went in to the main room and were served salad, choice of entree and then a Viennese table of assorted desserts (pastries, chocolate fountain, jello, make your own sundae bar, hot pretzels, etc) plus wedding cake. I didn't get to try everything, but my salmon with creamy dill sauce for dinner was awesome and the cake (standard with the package) was really amazing.

There are major advantages to doing a wedding/party at place that does one event at a time, but I feel like the fact I had my wedding at a "wedding mill" actually worked out food wise. The place has 2 floors - the roof (where my wedding was) does 1 party max, but the lower floor is one huge room that can be divided into two, three or four rooms depending on need. There are lower floors as well with about half a dozen smaller party rooms. The kitchen staff are used to making quality fare in bulk, and also because they are accommodating so many events, they can offer 5 entree selections as the standard package. They time events so dinners are staggered so they can pull waitstaff from one event to another to ensure dinner is served to several tables at once so everyone got their food hot and at about the same time. Being as big as they are they need to maintain good quality because they need a good reputation to keep filling all those rooms.

That sounds delicious!

[MandiC76]

Sis and Cousin C both had wonderful food at their receptions.


A cousin got married at our farm catered by the Swinging Door (some of the best BBQ) 




But the best has to go to first cousin once removed because the bride, groom, and their parents kept their heads about a horrible gate crasher - Allison, not our cousin Allison she went into labor that weekend but TS Allison.. The city was still recovering and 1st cousin once removed and DH to  be were willing to delay the wedding but the venues said they were ready to go ahead. The plated dinner had to be turned into a buffet because of staffing issues (people unable to get to work because they were still evacuated or because of high water between home and work. ) It was a sweet wedding.

Sorry, I feel like I've walked in halfway through a story with people I don't know...

Who gatecrashed? Who is Allison? And which city was evacuated? 

She's referring to Tropical Storm Allison - the city where the wedding was had previously been evacuated due to Tropical Storm (TS) Allison, which prevented some of the employees getting to work

[Thipu1]

We haven't been to a Wedding or other major food occasion in at least nine years but the last one had to be the best.

The HC hired an Indian caterer and served a scrumptious buffet.  The menu was primarily vegetarian but there was tandoori chicken for the carnivores and a vegan selection.  Everything was wonderful.

There was the standard Wedding cake and a vegan cake masquerading as a Groom's cake. 

Of course, it was an odd Wedding.  There were no animosities to worry about, everyone was friendly and no one was what my Grandmother would have called a 'pill about food'.   

I still sometimes dream about that mushroom shaag. 

[ladyknight1]

Worst: A backyard wedding (which can be great) with cold, pre-frozen hamburgers for the reception. I would rather have cake and punch only!

Mine: We were married at my husband's family's golf course club. We had salad, a cheese table, tortellini, two sauces, chicken, Italian sausage and roasted vegetables. We had both a bride's cake (vanilla with raspberry filling) and a groom's cake (all chocolate).

Best: Our friends married late and the club where they were married is exquisite. Cold and hot hors d'oeuvres served during the cocktail hour, then a seated meal with Caesar salad, carving station with turkey and roast beef, everything one could want for side dishes. A giant wedding cake and dessert table.

[Bluenomi]

Best: thankfully my own! We got lots of compliments about our food. It was winter so 2 yummy soups for entree, 2 hearty mains and the best 2 wintery warm desserts. Wedding cake was cupcakes so people could take them home if they were too full from dinner  Lots of pre dinner nibbles and drinks, vegetarinans got good meals as well and no dramas with the catering at all. I think getting married out of wedding season helped, they hotel was less busy so had more staff to prepare and serve our food.

Worst: a friend's wedding about a year after ours. They had been looking at our venue but decided they didn't want the same as us so went somewhere else. Should have stuck with out place. The food was cold, limp and didn't match the menu description. Even the hard core meat eaters were eyeing off the vegetarian's entree since it looked way better than ours and it was only half an avocado with sauce on it