Monday, August 13, 2012

Food Tasting

Yesterday we had a MAJOR item crossed out from our wedding to-do list - food tasting from our caterer, VS&F!

I was thinking that it's just a normal lunch, a simple table with samples of our menu, and a short meeting with our contact person ...But no, it was actually VS&F's huge food tasting event, which they do about 2x a month in The Grand Terrace (QC). So, it's like a mock wedding reception of VS&F to showcase their foods and partner suppliers, with guests having different orders. LOL.

Day before this, they clarified that they can provide only the tasting of our selected 4 main dishes. I didn't know that this actually meant, they'll provide something else for the rest. Yes, we had COMPLETE meals from appetizers to desserts, to tequila shots!

Some pics: (sorry for the poor quality of pics, I just took bits and pieces randomly, and I used just my phone!)

 Blue lights - took this one to figure out if it'll match our reception as well...

 Elation mobile bar - I just love the colors there. but nah, what we need is a BEER BOOTH!

Lou's personal favorite is this - "Tiniim na manok". THIS WILL BE IN OUR MENU :) Sorry it has already been chop-chopped - it no longer looks appetizing. hehe!


assorted desserts - not in our actual menu, coz we'll be having native desserts ;)
Too bad, I loved all of them!
 

With our mums... :)


I love VS&F for letting us "take home" the entire chicken. I guess coz they can't serve this to other tables anyway. mweheh. Imagine, one whole chicken for "tasting"!

All in all it was a happy bonding moment with our moms. We went home really full, while I went home full AND HOPEFUL that our guests will be satisfied as much on the big day. :)
 

5 comments:

Cie said...

hehe, bigla ko tuloy na-miss ang wedding preps! ganyan talaga magpa-food taste ang mga caterers, pampered ang "prospective" clients! we've been to a lot before finally choosing the ONE! btw, is this just an ordinary food tasting? or is it your FINAL food tasting? kasi pag final food tasting, dapat i-serve nila lahat ng nasa menu nyo :-/

ledabrigino said...

i believe this is the final :( cge, i should ask kung meron pa isa (may isa pa kaming meeting for the linen selection!)

I don't think at this point that we're gonna change caterers though, kinuha na namin sila sa wedding expo pa lang, coz they're the only known caterer WITH NO OUT OF TOWN FEE! :D and that's a really big thing for us... hehe

Cie said...

masarap naman food sa VS&F! :-)

napaisip ako sa "out of town fee" -- oo nga noh, out of town nga pala wedding nyo kasi bulacan na yun... all the while iniisip ko somewhere in fairview lang, haha! =D

ledabrigino said...

oo noh, imagine most caterers charge +10-25% for out of town charges! having about 200 guests, napakalaking natipid namin (and i think this is because VS&F is just in fairview!) what's more, they gave us 20% discount kase booked-on-the-spot.

tsk. kaya kahit di pa namin natikman yung native foods nila that time, sabi namin BAHALA NA, manalig at magtiwala nalang sa pangalan kumbaga.. can't think of anything more practical than that option! hahaha!

Cie said...

haha! good thinking and good decision ;-) yup, somewhere in fairview lang ang main office nila... same goes with hizon's :-)