Hospitality for Guests: A Summary of the Key 'Culinary' Points I Chose for My Wedding ♡

Hospitality for Guests... is All About the "Food"＊

Hello, I’m Nagisa from marry.

A wedding is a place where many guests come to celebrate us.

Therefore, I think many brides and grooms want to say, "We want to serve delicious food to our guests!”◎

Of course, I shared the same sentiment of wanting our guests to enjoy tasty food, so I pondered a lot about the menu.

If we had unlimited funds, we could serve a custom course featuring A5 rank wagyu steak, foie gras, caviar, and seasonal lobster... but that’s just not realistic, right?

So this time, I’d like to share the points I focused on when deciding on the menu＊

Points I Considered When Choosing the Menu ① Taste＊

From the moment I decided on the wedding venue, I was determined to choose a place known for "delicious food!" So, I booked a bridal fair with a tasting and went for a visit♩

Of course, the food served at the bridal fair may not be the exact menu for the wedding.

However, if the food at the bridal fair is just "okay," it's likely that the food on the wedding day will be similar.

So at the very least, I wanted to choose a place where I could think, "This food is delicious!" based on the tasting at the bridal fair. (I can’t help but think that if the food is not great at an event meant to entice brides and grooms to sign contracts, something is off.)

I don’t believe I have particularly refined tastes, but I was surprised by how often I found the food at bridal fairs to be unappetizing.

Even though I usually find everything delicious when I eat out, I seemed to encounter many wedding venues that just didn’t appeal to my palate.

As I compared various options, I found myself thinking, "None of these are particularly good, so I guess this one will do..." But ideally, I should have been choosing a venue because I thought, "This food is excellent! I want my guests to enjoy it!"

I believe it’s best to look for a wedding venue that offers food you truly find delicious through tastings, and I’m sure my partner felt the same way＊

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Points I Considered When Choosing the Menu ② Temperature＊

I also placed great importance on whether the food at the wedding venue would be served "warm"＊

Therefore, I made sure not only to assess the taste of the food but also to check if soups, bread, and other items were served warm◎

At weddings, where meals are served to dozens or hundreds of guests all at once, it’s common for food to not be warm, don’t you think? (I’ve experienced this quite a lot...!)

If a dish is supposed to be warm (or even served hot), but is instead lukewarm, it diminishes the enjoyment of the meal...!

Thus, when deciding on the food, I think both "taste" and "temperature" are crucial♩

@ngs0606

Points I Considered When Choosing the Menu ③ Not Too Many Unknown Ingredients

After successfully selecting a wedding venue known for its delicious food, the next step is to decide what types of cuisine to serve (Japanese, French, fusion, etc.) and at what price point.

Is it a 10,000 yen course, a 15,000 yen course, or a 20,000 yen course...? This can vary significantly depending on the wedding venue.

I opted for French cuisine, which had four grade options:

① The cheapest course

② The middle course

③ A slightly better course

④ A custom course

The options available in each course were three types based on price, along with a custom course created with the couple's consultations (of course, this was the most expensive!).

I found the standard courses to be sufficiently delicious, so I initially ruled out the custom course.

I decided on the middle option, which is the second course. While the cheapest course was good enough, it featured duck as the meat and sea bass for fish, so I went with the regular course instead＊

@ngs0606

One reason I didn’t choose the more expensive course was that it had unfamiliar ingredients, which might be challenging for older guests like grandparents.

I felt hesitant to serve them a meal full of unfamiliar, katakana-laden dishes, especially since they rarely eat French cuisine...!

Moreover, I simply thought the standard course tasted better (and my partner and both families’ mothers agreed).

The standard course used familiar ingredients like sea bream, which I believe allowed guests to eat with confidence (?).

I did upgrade the meat to the slightly better course. In the standard course, there was only one type of meat, but the better course had two options, which I changed to.

@ngs0606

Wedding Cuisine Should Be Things You Find Delicious and Want Guests to Enjoy Most♡

I’ve shared three points I considered when selecting the wedding menu＊ After several tastings, it became clear that the flavor compatibility of wedding food can be quite distinct. In my case, it wasn’t that “everything was delicious and I was just unsure,” but rather that I felt there wasn’t a single place that had food I thought was truly “very good.”

Initially, I thought more expensive meant better, but often, a higher-priced menu simply had unfamiliar ingredients that could be difficult for guests. Since everyone has different tastes regarding what they find “delicious,” I believe it’s essential to think about how to provide a satisfying culinary experience for them＊

@haruno45

For brides-to-be now selecting their wedding venue and menu, I encourage you to choose a venue that serves food you personally find delicious and one that your guests will enjoy♡