What are you serving for dinner at your wedding?

Yummy! The cocktail reception will have fresh fruit, veggies, cheese, crackers, fresh bread, and bruschetta.

For the plated dinner, everyone will start off with a garden salad. For the main course, guests have 3 options: beef sirloin w au jus, chicken alexander with roasted peppers spinach and smoked gouda, or scallop and crab stuffed sole. All are going to be served with garlic mashed and veggie med.

For dessert, we''re doing cupcakes with a small cake at the top of the tier:

Cupcake #1 Carrot with creamcheese icing

Cupcake #2 Lemon with buttercream

Cupcake #3 chocolate cupcake with mousse filling and creamcheese icing = for the win!

Our venue will serve ice cream with our cake as well

We are also doing a Fajita bar with all the fixins! There will a vegetarian option as well as coldcut croissant sandwiches, brisket, pulled pork and chicken (mom and dad insisted on bbq), pasta salad and potato salad. Lots of fuit/veg/antipasto platters, cheese trays, fancy cheese board, hot hors d'ouvres, cake balls and pastries. Finishing with Pumpkin spice/caramel buttercream cake, chocolate ganache cake with cabernet filling, vanilla sheetcake with cheesecake mousse filing, tiramisu cups and pie. Phew can you tell I'm a pastry chef lol.

Yum! Ladies, you are making me hungry.

For our wedding day, we served an Italian buffet:

1. Cheese/Fruit Display

2. Anti-Pasto - Poppers with Proscuitto, Poppers with salami, roasted red peppers, salami, pepperoni, bruschetta, black olives, marinated artichoke hearts and marinated mushrooms

3. Veggie Crudite

Dinner:

Casesar Salad

Chicken Marsala

Baked Ziti with Sweet Italian Sausage and Veggies

Alfredo Lasagna with roasted veggies

Grilled greenbeans with garlic

Italian bread

Dessert:

Carrot Wedding Cake

Grooms Cake: Yellow with raspberry filling and chocolate with raspberry filling, frosted with buttercream frosting

Italian Pastries: Anise, Vanilla and Chocolate Pizzelles; mini cannolli; Chocolate Biscotti; Vanill and Almond Biscotti; Assorted Italian Cookies

We are having an Italian buffet.

Caesar salad

bread sticks

Fresh fruit

Veggies (haven't decided if we want grilled or fresh yet)

Pasta with creamy alfredo

pasta with meat marinara

and cupcakes/cake for desert.

We are having jamaican/asian dinner options:

Hors D’Ouerves:

Bacon Wrapped Plantain

Miniature Callaloo Quiche

Cucumber & Smoked Marlin Canapes

Hot Food:

Coconut Rundown Chicken

Escoveitched Fish Fillet

Honey Jerk Pork

Vegetable Fried Rice

Stir Fry Vegetable Medley

Candied Sweet Potato Mash

Salad:

Asian Garden Salad

Pasta Salad w/ Balsamic Vinaigrette

Chicken Skewers

Meatballs

Blackened tuna bites

Chicken florentine

6oz steak

Stuffed flounder

roasted red potatoes

mixed vegetables

garden salad

rolls & butter

red velvet cake & almond cake w/ chocolate covered strawberries

Plated Service

Dinner:

Prime Rib

Chicken Parmesan

Fettucine Afredo

Mac & Cheese and Chicken Fingers (for the kiddos)

Dessert:

Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese frosting

Late Night Snack:

McDonald's dollar menu (yeah, that is how we roll)

Cocktail Hour - Hors d'Oeuvres

Butlered

Stuffed Mushrooms with Crabmeat, Clams Casino, Scallops wrapped in Bacon, Breaded Shrimp served with Cocktail Sauce, Mediterranean Artichoke Tart, Chicken Wonton with Teriyaki Glaze, Chicken & Pineapple Brochettes Served with Peanut Sesame Dipping Sauce, Chicken Cordon Bleu, Cocktail Franks en Croute Served w/ Honey Mustard, Beef Teriyaki Brochettes, Cozy Shrimp Rolls Served w/Orange Marmalade Duck Sauce, Quesadilla Cornucopia, Marinated Mini Lamb Chops Served w/ Mint Demi Glaze, Spanakopita Fresh Sushi: California, Spicy Tuna, & Vegetables

Crabcake Station

Lump Crabmeat Moistened with Mendenhall's Signature Blend of Herbs and Seasonings Pan Seared to Order and Served with Cocktail and Tartar Sauce (Jewish style Hors d'Oeuvres substitutions are available. Please consult your sales manager for selections.)

Tantalizing Culinary Combinations Prepared a la Minute:

Pastas- Penne and Bowtie

Condiments- Baby Shrimp, Italian Sausage, Lump Crabmeat

-Prepared with Two Sauces-

Tomato Basil Sauce Roasted Garlic Alfredo Sauce

Dinner

Dinner

Appetizer

Sesame Shrimp and Scallop\ with a teriyaki glaze over a bed of jasmine rice,

Salad

Mixed Field Greens with Mandarin Oranges and Walnuts Tossed with Raspberry Vinaigrette Dressing

Entrée

Choice Of

8 oz Charbroiled Center Cut Filet Mignon

Served With A Bordelaise Sauce

or

Filet of Flounder Stuffed with Crab Imperial Served with White Wine Saffron Sauce

accompanied by

Roasted Red Bliss Potatoes

and

Steamed Asparagus with Red Pepper Garnish

Dessert

Wedding Cake

Yellow with chocolate Chips filled and frosted with vanilla buttercream frosting

Dessert Bar

Chocolate Zanzibar Torte, Carrot Cake, Bailey's Irish Cream Mousse Cake, Jim Beam Banana Supreme Cake, New York Cheese Cake, Italian Rum Cake, Cannoli Cake, served with fresh strawberries and blueberries and toppings including whipped cream, raspberry sauce and chocolate sauce.

Coffee and Tea Bar

Cocktail hour: Cheese and fruit table display, mini parmesan baskets with spicy pulled pork and caesar salad, seared tuna crostini w/ wasabi aioli and pomegranate balsamic glaze, mini lump crab cakes

Salad: Sustainable seasonally available greens from the MIT Endicott House greenhouse served with a house-made white balasamic vinaigrette

Entreé choices: Roast Prime Rib of Beef au Jus served with baked stuffed potato and crispy fried wonton wrapped asparagus with Parmesan OR Broiled marinated chicken Statler breast basted with guava BBQ sauce, pineapple salsa and crispy wontons; served with Caribbean style rice and beans with a roasted corn-stuffed tomato OR Baked Vegetable Strudel with balsamic glaze, julienned vegetables layered in phyllo dough

Wedding cake: Day & Night - vanilla chiffon cake layered with rich chocolate mousse OR carrot cake layered with cream cheese filling

Apps:

1.pulled pork crostini- crostini topped with seasoned pulled pork & a sweet onion marmalade

2. spaghetti & meatballs- meatballs wrapped with crispy spaghetti noodles served with a maranara dipping sauce

3. mac & cheese bites- creamy mac & cheese served in a mini frico cup

4. fresh fruit cup- seasonal fruit served in a mini cup with cream cheese dipping sauce

5. (edible cocktail) grasshopper- homemade chocolate cup filled with a creme de menthe mousse

plated dinner:

mixed greens salad- mixed greens, dried cranberries, grape tomatoes, parmesan cheese, candied bacon, balsamic vinaigrette

lemon-rosemary grilled chicken breast, sea salt roasted potatoes, sauteed green beans

sliced wedding cake with cheesecake filled berries

Bump

We are having our reception at our favorite Bazillion Steak House.....

To start your meal, enjoy unlimited trips to our extensive Salad Bar, which is included in our fixed price dinner. Our Salad bar offers different types of cheeses, extraordinary fresh salads and delicious Brazilian hot dishes.

• A veritable parade of the finest cuts of meats by a group of carvers (Gauchos) roam throughout the restaurant, serving our guests tableside, with 10 selections of deliciously seasoned cuts of beef, chicken, lamb, pork, and sausage – all grilled over an open flame and slowly spin roasted to delicious perfection! The Gauchos will serve you with as many, or ALL of the meats you desire.

• To further enhance your dining experience, we offer assorted sides of mashed potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes, and cheese bread – just to name a few, along with an excellent selection of fine wine.

Our dinner reception will be in there private dinning room... the cuisine below

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Mouche: That looks yummy!