duo plate menues??

[KellyJo18]

that is what i expected but that is still alot of foor and good fod at that.

what pre-reception and cake did you choose
we seem to have the same taste this would be interesting
hope i am not bothering you

You're not bothering me at all... that's what the DIS is for

We are having a custom pre-reception menu which includes:
*Bread Crisps - Lightly crisped and topped with olive oil, herbs, and Parmesan cheese. Half will be served with tomato bruschetta on top.
*Chicken and Cheese Quesadillas
*Seasonal fresh fruit display with a yogurt dip

Right now we are trying to cut back our total bill and it looks like we might cut out the Chicken and Cheese Quesadillas.

We also are doing a custom cake. Our BEO did not contain any information about the cake and our EM emailed me saying we need to have a phone conference about the cake because the pastry chef had some "suggestions". Hopefully it won't be bad news . I'm talking to her tomorrow and will let you all know what she says.

This is the cake photo I gave her - we are only having three layers and a different floral design. The bottom and top layers are yellow cake with buttercream frosting and the middle layer is chocolate cake with milk chocolate mousse.

 

[sunsh1ne]

thank you so much!
your cake is beautiful!!!!
we were thinking of doing the antipasta display and three appetizers probubly mini corn dogs, cra cakes and vegtable egg rools.

what was your pre-reception cost?? with two and fruit??

Off topic but, what does your dress look like? is that where te idea for the cake came from and where did you find that picture?? again all of the food and cake sounds so great!!

 

[KellyJo18]

thank you so much!
your cake is beautiful!!!!
we were thinking of doing the antipasta display and three appetizers probubly mini corn dogs, cra cakes and vegtable egg rools.

what was your pre-reception cost?? with two and fruit??

Off topic but, what does your dress look like? is that where te idea for the cake came from and where did you find that picture?? again all of the food and cake sounds so great!!

Our pre-reception menu cost was $17.95/person. That does not include drinks which are estimated to be around $575.10 ($6/person during the cocktail hour). It is estimated because we decided to have them charge us per drink and not an overall package price/person.

The cake was just an image I came across and really liked. I had found it made out of chocolate with the white detailing and then looking at the website more I saw it with white on white which I really loved (the chocolate cake was even more beautiful but I don't really like chocolate much and people would have thought it was weird for me to have a chocolate cake). The website is http://www.michellebommarito.com/courses.html.

My dress didn't have much to do with any of the details during the wedding but this is a picture

I have more pictures of it posted in my planning journal http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1384242

 

[sunsh1ne]

kelly-thank you again. these prices have really put me at ease about the planning.

I still need some more suggedtions for main courses!!! please
thank you all

 

[lurkyloo]

kelly-thank you again. these prices have really put me at ease about the planning.

I still need some more suggedtions for main courses!!! please
thank you all

What about fish? Everybody loves salmon!

 

[KellyJo18]

kelly-thank you again. these prices have really put me at ease about the planning.

I still need some more suggedtions for main courses!!! please
thank you all

No problem! I'm glad it has helped

 

[LeesyUD]

KellyJo19-

Thank you so much for posting all that info! We too want to do our reception at Living Seas and UK Dessert Party but with wedding at SBP. Your menu sounds great and was something I was looking for so it was great to hear the prices. Especially bc my fiance and I knew when we started planning we want to have everyone try that cheddar cheese soup. I did not know about the duo plate thing, that is such a great option!

Would you mind if I ask how much your cake ended up costing you? That is the only thing I am at a loss for...I have no idea how much they are costing right now.

 

[KellyJo18]

KellyJo19-

Thank you so much for posting all that info! We too want to do our reception at Living Seas and UK Dessert Party but with wedding at SBP. Your menu sounds great and was something I was looking for so it was great to hear the prices. Especially bc my fiance and I knew when we started planning we want to have everyone try that cheddar cheese soup. I did not know about the duo plate thing, that is such a great option!

Would you mind if I ask how much your cake ended up costing you? That is the only thing I am at a loss for...I have no idea how much they are costing right now.

Hey, no problem . I just found out how much our cake is going to cost and just hadn't had a chance to post it - I don't mind you asking at all. I posted the picture of it above which shows it made out of fondant but we decided to save a little money by having them just use buttercream. For fondant it was going to cost $14.50/person and the buttercream is $13/person. Not a huge difference but by cutting back a little here and there I am hoping we will get to keep our Cinderella slipper. Hope that helps give you an idea .

 

[sunsh1ne]

is there any other types of iceing?

i dont lik the taste of foundant and buttercream ahh i dont know. i also want to cut back on the expense of the cake??

 

[DVCGirl49]

We just started pondering menu selections, and had a few questions on the logistics of this. If you offered a duo plate, say chicken with beef, is that the only entree you served? Or did you have another entree selection incase there were vegetarians or something?

We are liking the notion of going for the duo plate as we are 99% sure that everyone will enjoy it. We also were thinking that it would cut down on having to do the 'select which meal you would prefer' on the response cards and having to count and somehow mark the seating cards for multiple offerings.

What did everyone else do? Did you offer a choice of 2 duo plate entree's? Or just one?

 

[pixie08]

Here is my menu...I am having a duo plate.

Pre-reception:

**Premium cheese display with fresh fruit, cracker and baguette
**Fruit with dip- a selection of seasonal fruits served with yogurt dip
**Bite size crab cakes served with remoulade
**Spanikopita with a kalamata olive tapenade
**Butler passed chicken and chorizo in a sundried tomato phyllo cup

**Pasta station
guests choice of penne or farfalle pasta with choice of either fresh tomato, kalamta olive and sundried tomatoes or Fresh herbs & basil pesto with pinenuts and pancetta


Reception

Appetizer:

Goat Cheese ravioli with pear tomatoes, parmesan cheese and a parmesan cheese tuile

Salad:

Medley of greens, mango, red onion and crisp soba noodles served with choice of sesame ginger vinaigrette or champagne vinaigrette

Intermezzo:

Rasberry and mango sorbet served in a red lit ice rose


Main Course:

Beef filet paired with lobster tail and tarragon beurre blanc
truffle infused mashed potatoes with baby vegtables flavored with truffle oil

Dessert:

Cinderella's white chocolate slipper
chocolate mousse, whip cream and rasberries

Wedding Cake flavors:
First Layer: Almond cake with amaretto mousse and fresh strawberries
Middle Layer: Chocolate cake with rasberry mousse and fresh rasberries
top layer: Almond cake with baileys mousse

 

[Skylarr29]

From our menu tasting

Canadian Cheddar cheese soup

Goat cheese ravioli with fennel cream sauce

Raspberry champagne in a lit rose

Duo entree of brandy seared Angus fillet, Parmesan encrusted chicken breast with boursin cheese and mushrooms, Asiago mashed potatoes, and grilled asparagus

Duo entree of fillet Mignon with Merlot butter and french roasted chicken with truffle infused mashed potatoes and vegetables with truffle oil