Craig and I and his parents went to a tasting event at our wedding reception venue last night. It was, in a word, fabulous.
We were treated to a fashion show, got to meet with lots of vendors, and see the rooms set up in all their finery. The venue hosts a dinner once a month so you can see just what they have to offer as far as food, DJ, decorations, service, etc. It's like a reception, just without the dancing. They even had waiters passing appetizers, which helped us decide we definitely need the coconut shrimp as one of our offerings. The bacon-wrapped shrimp - not so much. I kept waiting for the chicken quesadilla girl to come back but alas, it was not to be.
We enjoyed a sit-down dinner of spinach and strawberry salad with poppyseed dressing, followed by Beef Wellington, crispy chicken in alfredo sauce, mashed potatoes with shallots, sage, cream and butter, and grilled asparagus The beef was delicious, the chicken was okay, the potatoes were scrumptious and I don't eat asparagus. We decided that we wouldn't have the spinach salad - it was delicious, but I don't want pictures of me and my guests picking seeds out of our teeth.
The highlight (0ther than the open bar) was the 6 different kinds of MacArthur's cake they offered at the end of the meal. Craig's mom and I went to get some, and I choose lemon and vanilla bean. She chose a chocolate layer cake, and mocha cheesecake. Oh. My. Gawd. Each and every one was fantastically sinfully delicious. After our huge dinner, and having just a bite of each one, I was stuffed. The lemon was definitely my favorite.
I'm glad that we went and got to sample the food and see the rooms set up as they will be for our reception. One less detail to worry about.
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MacAurther's Bakery did our cake for our wedding! It had to be the best wedding cake I had ever had and all of my guests agreed! We choose to do a 3 tier cake, in each tier was a layer of white cake and a layer of chocolate cake with a raspberry filling in between then a raspberry drizzle on the plate. It was perfect and the best of both worlds!
Hey there! I've been a bad blogger pal lately, but today I've caught up on your blog! Mine has been a bit boring lately, but we are going to be traveling a couple times in the next couple weeks (Greenville, SC & Atlanta, GA) so come check it out later. I'm glad to see the wedding stuff is coming along! How fun!
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