We had the tasting for our venue tonight. It was amazing. Granted, the food won't be as good at the actual wedding, but even if it were only 60% as good, it would still be good food.
The highlight was actually this salad that was a mesclun salad with pears, candied pecans, goat cheese, dried cranberries, and a cranberry vinaigrette. It didn't sound that great, but as soon as we tasted it, we were floored.
All in all, we got to try 20 dishes. Very very tasty dishes.
They were going to charge us for the tasting but refund the money as soon as we sign the contract, which was going to be okay with us. But when we were done they completely comped the whole thing, even the four glasses of wine that we ordered.
The couple sitting next to us chatted us up a bit when they were finished, and the lady told me that she holds 4-6 dinners at another venue (that is catered by the same chef and staff and event management) every year, and that she's never had a bad experience.
That pretty much seals the deal for us with our venue. We are going to sign the contract very very soon.
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4 comments:
I am against the idea of charging for tastings, so I totally like this place on that basis alone. Awesome!
i actually don't care about venues charging for a tasting. everything i've read says that charging for a tasting is totally fishy and crappy, but i can empathize with a venue that's just trying to do business and not get taken by couples flaking out on them. even if we had paid (it was supposed to be $35 and refunded when we signed the contract), it was still the best $35 meal i've had.
are you having a sit-down dinner? sounds like it, but i dunno! i still wonder if our cocktail reception will work if everyone is used to sit-down dinners. I mean, there WILL be tables and technically a buffet w/ stations. I just don't want people to be sitting their butts down all night eating!
-T
nope, we are doing passed appetizers and stations for cocktail hour, then buffet for dinner. good god, i don't think i can deal with a sit down dinner. i like to eat too much!
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