Satisfy My Curiosity: What's On Your Menu?

We are actually going to be having a cocktail party instead of full meal since this will be for a at home reception after our wedding in the Riviera Maya. BUT we are going to serve tapas (Spanish finger foods), sangria, mackinaw island fudge(where we got engaged), different Mexican sweets and of course a cake. ;) My FI will be doing a lot of the cooking for the tapas. I am in charge of the deserts. The only thing we are having made by someone else is the cake.

No DIY food. Ours will be an afternoon reception starting around 12:45 pm. Cocktail hour cold appetizers: fresh veggies, hummus, pita, cheese and crackers, tapinade, summer sausage/smoked meats. Meal will be Buffet-type stations: carving station with turkey and roast beef (complete with kimmelweck rolls, true to FH's Buffalo heritage); salad station with iceberg, field greens, and pasta salad with asparagus and terragon vinaigrette; mash-tini bar (MYO mashed potatoes with fixins, served in Martini glasses). Beer and wine only bar (though if we have below 140 guests we may upgrade to full bar.) Cake for dessert (though we may forgoe the traditional wedding cake and just get several different cakes in a varity of flavors.) God I'm hungry now!

The only DIY food is the chocolate drizzled madeline cookies to be given as favors. We're serving Paella, Smoked Salmon, Chicken Skewers, Moroccan Roasted Vegetables, Spanish hard and soft cheese with berries and a selection of filled cupcakes. Oh, and lots of sangria.

A long way out from the wedding, we're planning to DIY it all. That may chanage as the date gets closer though... The plan is a BBQ, hopefully with a Mexican theme (fajitas, corn on the cob with spices, salads, tortillas, corn chips, dips) and punch (along with beer, wine etc.) for drinks. To me, it's perfect, but I'm a little concerned about some family members. And also about some of the logistics... We'll see though, eh?

i would like DIY cupcakes or something, but i do not know if its ambitious for me at least. in singapore, people rarely DIY and depend solely on caterers/hotel chefs. our menu will be international bbq buffet. oh i'm SO excited!

Our reception is at a restaurant in Dana Point and we're having a buffet. There will be prime rib, orange glazed salmon, pasta pomodoro, mashed potatoes, creamed spinach, plus a salad bar. We briefly considered DIYing the cupcakes, but none of us are expert bakers so we vetoed that idea.

We are using caterers for the main meal, which will be something simple and filling - at the moment we are thinking bangers and mash. Then we will have a DIY potluck dessert table.

Barbeque also!

No DIY at our reception but still very budget. We are planning a quiet registry (city hall in the US) ceremony which in my home town of Sydney is located in Chinatown. Then off for a family Yum Cha (or Dim Sum for you northern hemisphere people) for about 40 people in a private room at a fancy chinese restaurant. Still only $20pp!

Looks like we may be DIYing the cake after all. My sister experimented with cake balls recipes and apparently they were a pretty big hit.

No DIY here, just good, cheap, Chinese food from a local Chinese Buffet. We have our choice of 3 appetizers, 5 entrees and white and fried rice for just around $6 a person. Not bad since our guestlist is currently over 200!

Planning a late evening wedding and we are thinking of a wine and cheese "tasting". Along with various cheeses we'll include some fruit, nuts, tapas and crostini with various toppings. For dessert possible an ice cream sundae station and/or creme brulee/cupcakes/individual cheesecakes all DIY

We're getting married in the late morning, so our around-noon buffet is kinda-brunchy-ish--we're having a buffet with egg frittata, home fries, sweet sausage and bacon, garden salad, baked rigatoni (we're from pittsburgh, there has to be pasta of some kind at the reception), and a carved roast beef station. We're also having fruit salad, fresh cut veggies, and cubed cheese and pepperoni for appetizers. We're getting married in a state park--no booze allowed, so we're doing coffee, iced tea, and sparkling cider/juice for the toast

We're serving guests a selection of tapas served family style and their choice of marinated tilapia w/ lemon butter sauce or Lamb Chops w/ a sun dried tomato rosemary herb sauce over couscous. Since we're having 300 guests, we're leaving the cooking up to the professionals at our reception venue, A Spanish tapas restaurant in the Chicago burbs. The groom's name is Stewart, so I'd like to serve Stewart's Soda at the reception in Strawberry, Orange and Birch Beer (for the kids). We're still working on a signature drink in either red or orange. Ideas welcome!

Mexican Food! Pork Chile Verde, Shredded Beef, Rice, Beans, a Taco Bar and chips and salsa! For drinks we will be having Margaritas and Sangria :) Best of all, Mexican food isn't expensive at all! The catering costs all came out under $2400

We're having an outdoor, relatively casual day (focusing on having FUN!) in August in Oregon. We're doing everything DIY! During our cocktail hour, we will have served cucumber slices with red pepper hummus and kalamata olives, toasted bread with pesto/mozz cheese/tomatoes, and sweet chilli prawn skewers. We'll also have other things set out on a table - veggies, hummus, crackers/cheese, etc. We're doing "gourmet BBQ" for dinner. We're renting a BBQ trailer and doing flanken style ribs (sliced thin, off the bone, and in an incredible marinade), 1/2 chicken breasts (probably two types of marinade or rub), grilled veggies, BBQ beans (family recipe), potato dish (still deciding), spinach/cranberry salad, pesto pasta salad, and garlic clove bread. It's making me hungry just thinking about it! Mmmm...

roasted pear salad, filet and salmon, marinated asparagus, basque potatoes gratin. mediterranean appetizers during the cocktail hour (i'm italian) and cases of guinness for my boy (he's irish). wedding cake and groom's blackberry pie.