Dinner is Served
July 11th, 2008 @ 11:45 am by Mrs. Gingerbread
One of the great things about having our reception at a restaurant is that our guests will get to decide what they want to eat when they get there! Here’s what we’ll be serving.
First Course
Roasted garlic caesar with light lemon vinaigrette and shaved parmiggiano
or
Herb crusted crab cake, sauce remoulade
Second Course
Squash ravioli, brown butter and sage sauce
or
Pan roasted sablefish, honey and soy glaze
or
Beef tenderloin with brandied peppercorn sauce
Third Course
Creme brulee with biscotti
or
Traditional tiramisu with creme anglaise
Fourth Course
Wedding Cake
Oh boy, a dinner with a dessert course followed by more dessert. That’s my kind of meal. 
Originally, the dessert choices were 1) mascarpone and raspberry cheesecake, framboise and shortbread crust or 2) warm banana and chocolate bread pudding, chocolate liquid center, and vanilla gelato. Sounds delicious, but I thought cheesecake or bread pudding would be pretty heavy to eat before having wedding cake!
I am a huge fan of sablefish AKA black cod so I am really excited that this is one of our main course options! According to the Canadian Sablefish Association, sablefish is one of Bon Appetit’s top ten hot food picks. Ooh, how hip of us.
Hi sablefish. I can’t wait to eat you again!
What item are you most excited about on your reception menu?
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27 Responses to “Dinner is Served”
This is just mean, GB. Now I’m hungry…
Our reception was at a restaurant too! I promise you guests will rave about it being the best wedding meal ever!
Your menu looks so yummy!
I am actually not all that thrilled with our menu. It is a little more “American grill” than I would have liked, but my FI and his family really love that sort of food, so that is fine by me. I won’t actually get to eat much of it anyways.
BUT…I am excited about 2 things:
1. Mozzarella, with ripe tomatoes and basil in the appetizer buffet. OH YUM.
2. The wedding cake that my best friend is making. She is creating a white cake with to die for caramel filling and a swiss meringue butter cream frosting, layered with white chocolate ganache. OH DOUBLE YUM!
ooo…I too am a fellow lover of Sablefish…that picture is seriously making my mouth water!
As for us, I think I’m most looking forward to is the Almond Encrusted, Brioche something or other, fancy schmancy French Toast - I love breakfast foods and am sooo excited that we’re having a Brunch reception! 
@lunapark: Mmm, brunch! What a fantastic idea. I’ll file that away in the “wedding ideas I wish I’d had” file
@Gerby: Your cake sounds AMAZING!
Those look SOOOO fantastic. Are you trying to provide for the vegetarians in the bunch??
if so…. caesar dressing *usually* isn’t vegetarian - it contains anchovies.
Not trying to be a bummer (just trying to help)!
you’re menu is so mouth-watering! 
@lyndsay: Doh! You’re right. I’m a pescatarian so you caught my blind spot. Thanks for mentioning it. I’ll bring it up to the restaurant and see if they can provide another option. Thanks!
Squash ravioli AND creme brulee at the same meal? Sounds heavenly!
That picture is making me wish I had more than frozen peas, year-old hot fudge, baby carrots, bread, and soda in my refrigerator right now. The sablefish looks *amazing.*
We haven’t had our tasting yet, but thanks for reminding me to e-mail the caterer!
Mmkay GB, so I read your post and was SUPER excited to read all of the comments. This post is DELICIOUS! Yummy food porn. Too bad there’s not more pictures.
@lunapark: Ooh that sounds incredible! I love french toast made out of brioche. My fav!!
@Miss Pomegranate: I’ll have to instruct our photographers to get photos of the food so that I can do a food porn recap after the wedding! Mmm, food!
Our appetizer was Honey Mustard Glazed Hot Smoked Salmon on toasted Israeli Couscous with sweet peppers, zucchini and butternut squash, citrus buerre blanc and crispy pickled shallot rings. Everyone RAVED about our appetizer more than anything else at the wedding. It was awesome. I still dream about it.
Um, can I come to your wedding? That menu sounds absolutely delicious.
Our cake was amazing, but I didn’t get to eat enough of it. Almond cake alternating with chocolate cake with alternating chocolate buttercream and one layer of butter cake with fresh chopped strawberries in the European buttercream.
*drools*
I was honestly LOL’ing @ Hi, sablefish, I can’t wait to eat you again hehehe
Ooh, squash ravioli, one of my favorite foods ever! Tough choices.
Dude. Ravioli and brown butter?? Your menu is so freakin’ awesome. And thanks for that Canadian Sablefish Association link. I’ve been looking for a new group to add on Facebook.
sablefish? Why, I’ve never heard of it!
Now I’m hungry!
yum yum and a little more yum with a side of yum
we are total foodies, so our big splurge was on the caterer - the tasting was amazing and we could not be happier!
Delish!!! But baaad news for people like me who are culinarily indecisive - too many amazing choices! Ha ha. (Just teasing, as usual.) Definitely hip.
Wow! They all sound fantastic! I would have trouble picking out what I want if I were your guest! I’d make my fiancé get the other choice so I could have a taste! haha!
And I think it’s a great idea to let them choose on the spot. I went to a wedding where all of my table mates wanted the OTHER option, than what they picked out 2 months before.
Sounds yummy! I am most excited about having traditional Louisiana foods at my wedding - ettouffe, jambalaya, meat pies, and fried turkey! Yes, there will be a few veggie options too, but that isn’t exactly traditional.
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Mrs. Gingerbread, Vancouver
Age and Occupation: 32, Psychologist
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Software Engineer
Engagement Date: Sometime in the fall of 2004
Wedding Date: July, 2008
Blogging Since: March 24, 2008
Venue: Rainforest wedding, beachfront restaurant reception
About Me: I recently moved to Canada from Southern California. Trying to plan a wedding in a new city, not to mention a new country, is tough, but the fact that we can get legally married here more than makes up for it! The wedding will be an opportunity for most of our family and friends to see our new city for the first time so it will be both a wedding and a reunion. Besides my future wife, I am also madly in love with a good bargain, Swedish pastries, Tivo, and my two dogs and calico cat (in no particular order).
I am not a fish eater, but after trying the salmon that is going to be part of our buffet, I may have to rething that! It’s so amazing!!! The beef is also going to be spectacular!
I have to say though, I am very jealous of your squash ravioli with butter sage sauce, it’s one of my favorite things in the world!