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Cheese/cracker display, vegetable display, fruit display, mini kobe beef burgers, mini hot dogs, chicken finger bites, cheese stromboli, and scallops w/ bacon. Fun summer foods!
I am SO excited about our cocktail hour.
Stations:
Local apples and cheeses
Good things wrapped in bacon station (bacon wrapped dates, bacon wrapped scallops, bacon bruschetta, bacon wrapped lamb)
Passed:
Mushroom risotto balls
Corn fritters
Lobster tostadas
Jarlesberg crab puffs
We had a very small wedding so a very small cocktail hour so we just had homemade potato chips with blue cheese and scallions and mini crab cakes with black bean and avocado salsa. It was absolutely delicious and everyone raved about it.
@KatNYC2011: "Good things wrapped in bacon station"... I LOVE this!! MMM dates :)
@MrsMaine: My caterer suggested it and I was SOLD. Bacon = amazing. Bacon wrapped dates = even MORE amazing.
Table setup of cheeses,olive bar, veggie crudite
Raw Bar~clams, shrimp, oysters, seafood salad, crab legs
8 butlered hor d'oeuvres~stuffed mushrooms, chicken satay, mozzarella & roasted pepper crostini, beef wellingtons, pear & brie filo, shrimp pot stickers,mini crab cakes,sushi tuna pizza
We are serving cheeses, breads, home made dips, antipasto platter, nuts, fruit and veggie platters, smoked salmon something, and prawns. Our reception is a cocktail lunch so all the more substantial and impressive stuff will be save for later (ie. when I am there to eat it!).
Nadda, its too expensive. We're can only have food catered by the venue and they charge minimum of 4$ per person, so thats about $500 after tax and gratuity NO THANK YOU. It'll be about 5pm so they can wait an hour for dinner. I did, however, want to serve fruit kebabs!
I had to look at our menu from last year...I must admit it brings back tasty memories :)
- Crab cakes with pepper aioli
- Vegeterian Asian spring roll with mustard soy sauce
- Mini asparagus gruyere quiche
- Chimichurri beef skewer
Yum! Nice choices, everyone! We're doing an antipasto station in honor of my Italian heritage:
Prosciutto, Fra'Mani salumi, focaccia, breadsticks, olives, fresh mozzarella, grilled eggplant, sun-dried tomatoes, grilled portabella mushrooms, and marinated artichoke hearts.
Everything is passed: Mini shrimp & grit cake, Grilled watermelon cube w/ balsamin & feta, & Ham & cheese on sweet potato biscuit. There is also open beer & wine.
3 passed hor d'ouevres for our cocktail hour:
I wish I could go sample them again right now!!!
Fiitting with our tropical/beach venue:
- Jumbo BBQ shrimp w/spicy mango sauce
- Fish ceviche
- Smoked fish dip on wonton crackers
- Brie & berry puff pastries
- Tropical fruit skewers (pineapple, strawberries)
Hot apple cider and spiced hot chocolate and maple taffy on snow (La tire sur la neige).
My guests will be arriving around 6:00 to the venue, so we're going to start serving food right away. I am planning on a candy buffet in yellow and green.
We are still deciding but it looks like:
-Roquefort and Walnut in cucumber
-Salmon Canape with Dill
-Mini Quiche
-Slice of veal on french bread (not the exact description but I can't remember)
-Shrimp Spring Rolls
This thread is seriously making me hungry. I'm going to have to send out fiance for some food pretty soon!
We are planning on having:
- Mashed Potato Marini Bar- LOVE this idea our caterer came up with. They serve you delicious homeade mashed potatos in a martini glass and let you put your own toppings. Toppings are butter, chives, normal salted bacon, sour cream, green onions, and applewood smoked bacon.
- Shrimp Cocktail
- Fruit and Cheese Platter
- Mini Sirloin Sliders on sourdough bread w/ a summer pesto sauce.
We are having a crudite, melanged veggies, fruit, assorted cheese and crackers,antipasto, bacon wrapped scallops with a mango chtney,fried wonton with seared ahi tuna,mini beef welligtons, mini kobe sliders,chicken satay with sesame,mini pastries stuffed with crab meat and goat cheese,lobster stuffed mushrooms, and a few others that i cannot remember right now :)
Cheese and crackers, and veggies... most likely. Not sure yet if there will be alcohol. But at least sweet tea, lemonade, and water :)
Not decided yet, except on one thing, one of our chef's specialties: chocolate-maple chicken wings!
oh man.
likely will also include: stationed cheeses, stationed hummus, passed asparagus tips w/ different mayo dipping sauce, and some other vegetarian, seasonal option.
We're not decided yet, but likely: veggies and cheese stations, mini crabcakes (one of my fave things ever), bacon wrapped scallops (ick), brie tarts, spanakopita, caprese crostinis, mini spring rolls
if I can convince the chef to do it for same price as the above stuff: nachos, potato skins, boneless wings, crab rangoons and mozzarella sticks with the cheese and veggie stations :)
"Cheeses of Massachusetts" table, "Mediterranean mezze" table (hummus, pita, grape leaves, etc.), mushroom phyllo bites, bacon-wrapped scallops, edemame puree in a cucumber cup with thai chili sauce (soooo much better than it sounds), crostini with pesto, mozzerella and tomato
Beverage:
Coffee bar in lounge
Open bar with suggested wine
Coke/water/ etc
Food (Hand passed):
Scallops wrapped in bacon
Maryland crab ball
Fruit/cheese platter
Coconut shrimp
passed appetizers:
stuffed mushrooms, honey pear bruschetta, mini shrimp and crab melts.
Display: whole smoked salmon with herbed cream cheese, capers, and crackers. Candy buffet.
Drinks: will be open bar with wines and beer, along with our signature drink a pomegranate bellini.
Bar:
Limited open bar (beer, wine and soda) with carmel appletinis and mimosas as signature drinks (this will be available for the whole reception too).
Food:
Mini cheeseburger sliders
French fry cones
Condiment bar (with ketchup, ranch, blue cheese, bbq, hot sauce, parmesan cheese, whatever else we come up with)
International cheese and bread display
Crudite display with dip
@Pilotsgirl09: OMG we're doing "pomosas!" (Champagne and pom juice) I haven't seen anyone else doing that yet.
brushetta
calamari
cheese, fruit, veggie, cracker display
lil' meatballs thing -a- magiggers.
booze!
Fruit/veggie/cheese/cracker crudite display. Passed appetizers are Thai chicken satay, stuffed mushroom caps, bruschetta, mini crab cakes. The bar will be open plus we'll have a passed signature drink, the Midnight Kiss (champagne, vodka and blue curacao).
@elivt: ummm.. chocolate maple chicken wings......hhmmmmmm....Are they good???
This is what we are having for cocktail hour;
It is so delcious.
We had servers pass appetizers and also guests' choice of cocktail, wine, and homemade sangria.
Appetizers were:
bacon wrapped dates
baked stuffed calamari
crunchy potatoes
spanakopita
Sushi station with tuna and california rolls, 4 passed apps - Crab cakes, Andouille sausage wrapped in puff pastry, Bacon wrapped scallops and cornbread crisps with blue cheese, walnut and honey (SO yummy). Open bar as well
Let's see:
We did cheese and crackers, mini quiches, mini meatballs, and mini hot dogs.
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Well the question is pretty self explanatory. What are you serving for cocktail hour? We're still in the process of narrowing down our choices. Food overload!