Wedding Blog

I maaaay have mentioned that my wedding planning had hit a wall. HOWEVER, I got to spend the entirety of this past week looking forward to our tasting. Honestly, we booked our venue with absolutely no knowledge of how the food would taste, so this past Friday had the potential to be very good *fingers crossed* or very, very bad.

Mr. BG and I went with my parents and his mom. We were about 15 minutes late (stupid snow), and in the excitement of it all, like a total doof, I forgot to take pictures. SO I’ll do my best to find replicas.

We had chosen our tasting menu beforehand, and here’s what we tried:

Hors d’oeuvres - Spanikopita, Coconut Chicken, Sesame Chicken Tenders, Scallops Wrapped in Bacon, and Maryland Crab Cakes.

Since I am a vegetarian, the only one I got to try was the spanikopita - but MMm. Not that I’ve ever met a spanikopita I didn’t like, but still. Everyone else made short work of the rest, and the favorites emerged: Spanikopita, Coconut Chicken, and Scallops Wrapped in Bacon.

Soups - Cream of Tomato and Butternut Squash & Apple.

The soups were by far the highlight of my night (maybe because I could try them both?). This was really a sticking point for us, since both. were. amazing. Normally, you’d think, tomato soup - how good could it be? Good, yes, but it’s just tomato soup, right? Well, this tomato soup was DIVINE. But in the end, there’s just no resisting the sweet wonderfulness that is butternut squash, and alas, our decision was made: Butternut Squash and Apple.

Salads - Arugula with Almonds & Strawberries, Tomato, Basil, & Fresh Mozzarella, and Greek.

My feeling on the salads was this: I liked the idea of the first two before we even sat down, just because they were different. In the end, I don’t think I had a favorite - they were all good. But, in keeping with the sweetness theme, the strawberries won the battle, so our salad will be: Arugula with Almonds & Strawberries.

Entrees - Chicken Piccata w/ Lemon Caper Sauce, Eggplant Rollatini, Slow Roasted Herb Rubbed Prime Rib, and Petit Filet w/ Baked Stuffed Shrimp.

So our game plan was this: we wanted a beef, a chicken, and a vegetarian option. For beef, I think we had a winner: the Petit Filet w/ Baked Stuffed Shrimp. From what I hear, it was pretty tasty - plus, since we’ll be in Maine, I don’t know if we could get away with not serving our guests some sort of seafood, so this seemed like a win-win option. For chicken, what we know is that nobody particularly cared for the Chicken Piccata - as Mr. BG said, “it’s just too lemony - I know it has a lemon sauce, so I should expect it, but… still.” So we are opting to go with another menu option, “Feta Roma Chicken,” which, I dunno, sounds yummy - if you’re into meat.

The last thing to decide was the vegetarian meal - not only am I a vegetarian, but we expect a fair number of our guests to opt for the vegetarian meal, so I had been giving this some particular focus. And even before I went, I had my reservations about eggplant - I heart eggplant, but when eggplant is tough, it’s - ew. So when I tried to cut the eggplant with my butter knife and got nowhere, I knew this was not going to work. I mentioned (hopefully politely) that it was a little tough for my tastes (”maybe I’m just picky about my eggplant…”), and asked for other options - as it stands now, it sounds like we’re getting a Roasted Vegetable Primavera.

All in all, it was a good time - until the entrees hit, everything was phenomenal. In fact, even after the salads, I went back and polished off all the bowls of soup. And for the most part, the entrees were, from what I hear, yummy indeed. However, I can’t help but find myself slightly bummed that, for what we’re paying (plus an additional fee to have the vegetarian meal as a third dinner option), one of the meals is a bowl of pasta. I am thinking about emailing our coordinator to see if they can come up with something else, but I’m not sure if I’m just being picky.

Did anyone here feel disappointed after their tasting? Should I just suck it up??