Hi im having a buffet for my reception food as were having a large number of guest and a good few children would like a few ideas I thought sandwhihces cheese, egg, ham & tuna, large bowls of salad, quiches, sausage rolls, pork pies, cocktail sasages, pickles, pizza, chicken nuggets, cold meat, gataues, cheese cakes, crisps, mints for after keep nice breath lol, garlic bread, i need as many ideas as possible please help as were having a large amount of people and want a large selection most ideas cam from the buffet hamper they do in park catalgue of whihc im an agent so used that and i always liek a mint after ive ate so thought of thoose but please help
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CommentAuthorbecky -mrs firth
wat i did for my partners bday was get a huge roast of chicken n beef we cut it up and made a meat platter then had tea cakes so people could pick their own! dont 4get chips n dips/ crisps i always htink a buffet aint complete wiv oyt them! wat about desserts/
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CommentAuthorMrs (Dove) Pidgeon
I like things like onion bhajis, spring rolls etc on buffets. Cold meat and cheese platters. Quiches
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CommentAuthorMoomie
For our evening buffet, we're having mini burgers and mini lasagnes - mini anything seems to work well
CommentAuthorbecky -mrs firth
u doin it ureself? i give u a tip if u r! asda the deli indian counter u can go and ask 4 boxs of the onion bhajis etc and the shamis ( long things) cut up into half or 3's
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yes im doing it my self well kind of my mum and a few friends are helping but yes our selfs yes another thng in park was wedges and dips and spring rolls aswell
moomie im trying to keep it to finger food as much as i can expect puddings as we will have a large amount of peopel so dont want them to feel they have to sit and eat
becky yes ill have to try that then also got 2 large spare cheast freezers one mine and one a friend has said we can us at her house so been getting a few bits form icelands already and freezing them
CommentAuthorGregorysGirl
We are doing our own buffet too, quite lucky that we can order food through h2b works food catalogue at discounted price. So I have made a list of stuff I like, including the normal stuff like pork pies etc. but also mini crostinis, mini burgers, canapes, patisserie style cakes and pastries, prawns in batter, pate, bread rolls and lots of cakes! Going to get fresh strawbs from supermarket though as it is probably similar price and having a candy buffet too for big and small kids alike, lol. Ordering lots of cheeses and crackers too, as me and h2b love eating that sort of thing, practically lived off it in France! Just have what you fancy, and if your guests don't like it they can lump it or go to McD's after your wedding is finished, lol. :) xx
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CommentAuthorAbi4tomboy
oh yes and you can get mini corish pastrys from tescos and places like that to thats a good idea and cheese and crakers yes didnt think of that oh yes i wil have lots and lots of sweets and choclattes thats my fav bit lol,,,, my mum works in a kitchen so we will have all her large ovens to cook everything in so we can get it all easily done and yes im not worryed if they dont like it theres a chippy down the road most people are comeing to drink more than eat but still my and my h2b like differnt things and we are food lovers so want a good buffet.. were also having sponge cake instead of fruit cake for are 3 or 5 tier wedding cake havent decide yet and also having 200 cupcakes done aswell in our colour scheeme red and ivory was having red icing with ivory flowers on 100 and ivory icing with red flowers on the other 100 does that sound ok?
CommentAuthorGregorysGirl
I think it sounds like you are feeding the entire world, lol, so yeah it sounds good! How many guests have you got coming, 200 cupcakes would keep me busy, lol. I have to say my personal favourite from going to buffet weddings as a child was the cocktail sausage, cheese and pickled onion on a stick, all stuck into a foil covered melon, made to look like a hedgehog, god i hope that has a name, lol. But delish and will probably make one for my wedding just for me! :) x
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CommentAuthorAbi4tomboy
oh yes thats a good idea ill use that lol and well we havent got exact number as my h2b is a traveller and if u watched the program last night it all goes by word of mouth people all around turn up just to meet up so it could be loads and loads lol or could be not too many but with our familysno food will go to waste ive asked for a rough idea of numbers and just asking peple we see ofen we have got 100 people but thats not 1/2 his family let alone extras so not sure lol
CommentAuthorGregorysGirl
I remembered that your h2b is a traveller just after i posted, as i started that thread and have been reading the posts on and off. I watched it last night with my h2b and that is the one thing that i wondered about, how do you know how much food to put on when you don't know how many guests are going to be there. I would get so flustered about it, but at least you know that no food will be wasted. Don't forget about stuff like tortilla crisps or bread sticks with lots of dips, i love dips, lol. Listen to me talking like I am coming to your wedding, feed me feed me! ;) x
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CommentAuthorAbi4tomboy
well your more than welcome lol as i probs wont no some people there lol and yes ill jst do a good spread and varity of food and if there any left saves me cooking lol and if theres not enough for everyone then im not going to worry beacuse they should of got there quicker lol as long as im feed i dont care lol reason were doing so many cakes is i have a real sweet tooth and love the fancy cupcakes with big icing just hoping there enough for me to take some home lol
CommentAuthormym72
We're thinking of doing our own catering when we have our evening reception - and found Costco is really good for bulk buying of food (they do trays of sandwiches, large square pizzas, indian/chinese snack boxes etc) and are really reasonable.
CommentAuthorAbi4tomboy
oh ill have 2 luk if i got one local then
CommentAuthorXLittleMissMe!X
Don't forget things like salad for those watching their figures and veggie options too.
CommentAuthorAbi4tomboy
yh we will have veggie cos my sister is 1 so cheese n tuna sandwhiches goin 2 do salads also cheese n onion rolls aswell as sausage rolls also will have salad so ppl can add sandwhich or eat as a side how the fancy
CommentAuthorSoon2BBlackwell
When i did the buffet for my boys christening we did a massive joint of beef, ham and pork, cheese board and grapes, chicken drumsticks, bread rolls, salad, sausage rolls, crisps nuts etc. We decided to do the meat instead of making a ton of sandwiches and having loads of one flavour left.
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CommentAuthorXLittleMissMe!X
I still think that the 70's knew how to do a good buffet. I'm still a big fan of cheese and pineapple on a cocktail stick ;)
CommentAuthorAbi4tomboy
yh but to do meat for what could be 200+ people it would cost a fortune lol
CommentAuthorMrs fairytale
we thought about this question long and hard and after talking to our venue about costing and numbers etc.. we have decided to have a giant ploughmans table, with all different types of cheese, crusty breads, pickles etc.. and its in our price range plus i love a good ploughmans lol xxx
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CommentAuthorAbi4tomboy
were not 100% on numbers as the evening do is open invites and we also will have alot of children there
CommentAuthorLiz3yy
We plan to have mostly cold finger food, mini quiches, sandwiches, cocktail sausages, sausage rolls etc... with mini desserts for our evening buffet.
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CommentAuthorMrs fairytale
yeah we dont totaly know how many we have coming, u could always have something like the ploughmans table, but u could also have a sweety table which im sure the kids would love xx
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CommentAuthorAbi4tomboy
lizz3yy thats along the lines we were thinking nice and easy
