Hello all you brides to be,
I have a beautiful venue that I plan to sign with soon, but their food & buffet options were very boring and would not fit the theme to my wedding at all. But they said I can bring in my own food and drinks! I'm still going to opt out and have them handle the bar, as well as I'm hiring a DJ to emcee the entire night, play music and host karaoke during the reception. My venue is huge, and way more than is needed for my 40 person wedding, but I wanted the extra space to have buffet tables of drinks (hot and cold), food and deserts, along with a movie theater sized popcorn machine, a inflatable axe throwing game and a photo booth.
I'm have a renaissance fair inspired wedding, with the entire wedding party dressed in medieval attire - hence the importance of our banquet. We have the help òf my 4 teenage children and my 2 cousins, so I figure for 40 people we could manage something fitting for our November event.
We have decided to have a soup and salad buffet, along with a sandwich bar to accommodate everyone's dietary needs & preferences (plus the rustic simplicity of it really goes well with our theme). So far I have figured the selections out, and have made sure to stick with selections that can be prepared ahead of time without being overly time consuming, but still come across as seasonal and elevated from your typical sandwiches at home.
As I'm going through my checklists of other elements to plan I came across table menus. Now I know there is no need for menus with the type of buffet we are having, but I was thinking maybe I should make a sandwich suggestion menu with pairings to help people think out of the box, or maybe soup/salad suggestions that go well with a meat or condiment option on their sandwiches. I would probably have these printed up and displayed on the dinning tables for people to look over while they're waiting to go up.
Thoughts? Does this sound like a good idea, or am I just complicating things?