This past weekend we helped a wonderful young couple celebrate their marriage with friends and family at a backyard tent wedding. This non-traditional couple had big ideas for their big day that included fun passed hors d’oeuvre and stations that represented their backgrounds and celebrated their lives.
The passed hors d’oeuvre included our signature mini Caesar salads in parmesan tuile cups, mini Philadelphia cheese steaks with whiz and grilled onions, quintessential pigs in a blanket, chorizo and grilled corn quesadillas and chicken satay with spicy peanut sauce.
Stationary hors d’oeuvre during cocktail hour included a garden vegetable crudite accompanied by roasted red pepper and spinach dips. The other, a bruschetta station, included four types of crostini toppings.
The couple chose to pay homage to their individual heritages by serving dishes from Korea, Belgium and Memphis.
The Korean station’s dishes were served from woks with subtle Asian décor. Mandoo, a steamed dumpling filled with chicken and potato, vegetable japchae, a vegetable stir fry with sweet vermicelli noodles and grilled beef bulgogi served with lettuce, offered guests a taste of classic Korean fare.
The ode to Belgium included pommel frites served from delicate paper cones, with several dips and toppings. Moules marinieres, a dish of mussels sautéed with white wine, shallots, parsley and butter, finished off the station.
The next station brought guests to the southern United States with Memphis style barbequed pulled chicken served with our homemade corn bread. Molasses baked beans and baked macaroni & cheese rounded out this station.
Dessert was no less exciting then dinner with a Belgian waffle station offering made to order waffles with a hazelnut cream topping. The bride and groom cut a waffle and shared it “Lady and the Tramp” style finishing the bite with a kiss. Just another example of an option other than a wedding cake, and a very delicious one at that.
This fabulous tent wedding was exquisitely understated with taupe linens on the guest tables and ivory linens, with grey rattan accents. I hope this wonderfully non-traditional wedding will inspire other young couples to celebrate in any way they choose.
