As it is perfectly said in the film Band Baja Baraat, “Mehmaan ye Lightein-Shietein sab bhul jaate hai....unhe yaad rehta hai khaana!”
And there we couldn’t agree more. Your wedding cuisine is one of the most important things your guests are fond of. And when finalising a wedding cuisine, always try to keep things simple — complication leads to confusion and wastage of food.
Select dishes that are loved by you and loved by all, choosing one or two of your favourites and three or four of your guest’s favourites.
But, how do you keep the wedding cuisine minimal yet tantalising for your tongue?
Well, just read on.
1. Choose your favourite cuisine
Choose a cuisine you love and would have any time. Surely, accommodating various tongues can be a herculean task thanks to a number of options available such as Gluten-free, Low fat, Purely Indian, Regional, International Cuisine, and many more.
Just choose whichever you are most fond of eating and savouring. This way you’ll be defining the cuisine to only one area, and not overlap to multiple cuisines, which leads to less confusion amongst your guests.
Also, choosing one cuisine helps in cutting the budget as your venue/outsource caterer won’t have to prepare multiple varieties of food, thus reducing the costs.
2. Stay with one
You don’t have to include everything in your wedding cuisine. Of course, you’ll be having appetizers, main course, vegetarian & non-vegetarian, desserts, and beverages scattered around your wedding venue, however, stick to the best one in each category.
This will help your caterers focus on the quality of dishes rather than quantity, making it a scrumptious and divine experience as you savour.
3. Choose Traditional
Going with traditional wedding cuisine is the most sought-after option. After all, it allows you to be less worried about experimenting with different cuisines and dishes.
Moreover, choosing traditional over experimental helps the caterer prepare exactly what they know and have practised for a long time. This also makes your work easygoing as you don’t have to look for special commodities and resources for special cuisines.
4. Go with seasons
The options you might have thought of as cost-cutting and the safest can turn out expensive if considered off-season dishes. Go with season oriented dishes, for which the commodities and resources are available at low costs.
Keep everything simple by taking advantage of seasonal ingredients. Doing this would be effortless for the guests to choose among the dishes, thus savouring and enjoying the familiar tastes and flavours.
5. Discuss with professional
If you find yourself scratching your heads while choosing cuisines and dishes from a variety of options, then you must take help from a professional.
A good piece of advice from our end will be roping in a caterer, considering all the contemporary trends at the table, and then choosing favourites from that list. An experienced caterer will surely help you sort out the dishes that fall under your taste buds and also go in hand with your budget.
Having several discussions and meetings with professionals and your family members will help you come to a perfect decision for the wedding menu.
A professional will be advising with cost-cutting options that are alternatives to expensive favourites of the guests. They will help you design a personalised menu according to your needs and specialised for your wedding function.
Now, did you get the idea of how to choose a wedding cuisine that is simple yet delicious?
If yes, don’t forget to ask these questions to your wedding caterer before finalising for your Big Day.
