Monday, February 05, 2007
Feeding the Multitudes
April here. I'm buckling down this week on the catering options. If you have a preference on what we're eating, how we're eating it, and various ovo-lacto-pesca-vegetarian options, now's the time to speak up!
We've seen some interesting variations on this lately.
Last summer our friends Caitlin & Rich did their reception at Gino's (a much beloved Southeast Portland Italian spot, for those of you back east). It was very tasty and elegant. (Alas, no sign of Louis Prima!)
As good as it was, I confess to wondering at the volume of Italian red wine flowing, and if the wedding party would have noticed if tin cans and dust bunnies had been served.... it was one of those incredibly happy nights.
Then there was Helen and Patrick's wedding. A very elegant affair at the Portland Art Museum. The Museum's preferred caterer is Salvador Molly's, an outfit known to the scurvy dogs of Portland's food scene as the home of "Pirate Cookin'". Despite this rather ominous tag-line, the food was extremely tasty Asian fusion. An easy contender for my top five best wedding meals.
But arrrrrrr matey--when the bill came! Given the Museum's strict rules, and H & P's short timeline for wedding planning, SM's "pirate" moniker turned out to be stunningly accurate.
Where's our middle ground?
It's tricky. We want everyone properly fed, but after all this IS happening in August. No one's going to be hankering for a big steaming plate of Beef Bourguinon when the weather is 87 degrees.
Columbus has some nice options, but for the first time, I find myself fantasizing about the possibilities had we done the wedding in Portland--massive bowls of etoufee from Montage! Or a chic little spread from Le Bouchon? Perhaps just a big convoy over to our favorite conveyor belt sushi place in the Pearl?
Back to reality.... I've got a few leads, including Steven's Catering (got rave reviews from Nan at the Bridal Expo), Polaris Grill, Made from Scratch, La Tavola. And I'm still not ruling out the barbecue. If anyone has intel on Basi Italia, or Z Cucina, email me, or post here.
We've seen some interesting variations on this lately.
Last summer our friends Caitlin & Rich did their reception at Gino's (a much beloved Southeast Portland Italian spot, for those of you back east). It was very tasty and elegant. (Alas, no sign of Louis Prima!)
As good as it was, I confess to wondering at the volume of Italian red wine flowing, and if the wedding party would have noticed if tin cans and dust bunnies had been served.... it was one of those incredibly happy nights.
Then there was Helen and Patrick's wedding. A very elegant affair at the Portland Art Museum. The Museum's preferred caterer is Salvador Molly's, an outfit known to the scurvy dogs of Portland's food scene as the home of "Pirate Cookin'". Despite this rather ominous tag-line, the food was extremely tasty Asian fusion. An easy contender for my top five best wedding meals.
But arrrrrrr matey--when the bill came! Given the Museum's strict rules, and H & P's short timeline for wedding planning, SM's "pirate" moniker turned out to be stunningly accurate.Where's our middle ground?
It's tricky. We want everyone properly fed, but after all this IS happening in August. No one's going to be hankering for a big steaming plate of Beef Bourguinon when the weather is 87 degrees.
Columbus has some nice options, but for the first time, I find myself fantasizing about the possibilities had we done the wedding in Portland--massive bowls of etoufee from Montage! Or a chic little spread from Le Bouchon? Perhaps just a big convoy over to our favorite conveyor belt sushi place in the Pearl?
Back to reality.... I've got a few leads, including Steven's Catering (got rave reviews from Nan at the Bridal Expo), Polaris Grill, Made from Scratch, La Tavola. And I'm still not ruling out the barbecue. If anyone has intel on Basi Italia, or Z Cucina, email me, or post here.
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Hey you guys! Thanks for letting us know about the new posts. RELAX and enjoy this planning! Oh so many vendors will be there along the way to tell you what you're SUPPOSED to do! And they'll be WRONG for YOU! How can you get it WRONG in the eyes of THE couple who are GETTING married and the people there to ENJOY the SHOW? Just ask us if you get stumped. As April will recall, we did it elegantly on a budget that would make Martha Stewart commit hari-kari on a cake knife in a porta-john.
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