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Vegetarian entree ideas for formal wedding
I'm the banquet chef at one of DC's nicest hotels. Can I ask where the big day is taking place? We might just cross paths in the near future. Either way, I'd still like to help.
We do many weddings for the 100-200 person range. Some things that we do:
- Coconut rice with curried vegetables and terriyaki tofu (this is also vegan)
- Vegetable lasagna with Sheep's milk feta and roasted tomato sauce (served in individual dishes, placed on a larger plate with a little mache salad and some wild mushrooms)
- Grilled vegetables in phyllo with medditerranean cous cous and aged balsamic
- Fried polenta cakes with grilled vegetables and a roasted red pepper sauce
There are some others, but I like these the best. One thing that I can tell you for sure, is that you can't please everyone. People will tell you to stay away from tofu, mushrooms, eggplant, pasta, etc... But come on, you should just pick something that will make you happy, it is your day. I can also tell you that a risotto can definitely be done for a crowd, we do it well for a hundred plus people all of the time, so if your caterer is comfortable with it, it shouldn't be a problem. The only thing about something like that is to try and stay on schedule with your dinner. If you tell the caterer or whoever, that dinner is at 8, if you are serving fish and risotto, it is in your best interest to try and stay on track for 8 o'clock. If you decide to delay until 8:30 at the last minute, your fish is already cooked and becoming less delicious with every minute that passes. I hope I was of some help, maybe we will run into each other.
