{"id":791,"date":"2012-09-10T13:30:25","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T13:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themanorrestaurant.com\/blog\/?p=791"},"modified":"2023-01-03T14:45:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T19:45:34","slug":"cocktail-party-menu-carving-station-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/cocktail-party-menu-carving-station-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"Cocktail Party Menu: Carving Station Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_792\" style=\"width: 443px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Carving-Station-Trends.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-792\" class=\"size-full wp-image-792 \" title=\"Carving Station Trends\" src=\"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Carving-Station-Trends.jpg\" alt=\"Carving Station Trends\" width=\"433\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Carving-Station-Trends.jpg 828w, https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Carving-Station-Trends-258x200.jpg 258w, https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Carving-Station-Trends-496x384.jpg 496w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carving Station Trends<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When <strong>budget wedding<\/strong> guides say to \u2018cut out the carving station\u2019 as a way to save money, they\u2019re talking about <strong>weddings <\/strong>that are planned in non-bridal locations, and self-catered. At an <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knowlesrestaurants.com\/\">upscale wedding reception venue<\/a>,<\/strong> carving stations are included in the entire <strong>wedding catering package<\/strong>. So you can very well include a carving station, or two, in your cocktail party plan.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also a fallacy that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highlawn.com\/us\/new-jersey\/weddings-special-events-venue.html\">wedding<\/a><\/strong> guests don\u2019t want carving station items during the <strong>cocktail party,<\/strong> since they plan to have a meat entr\u00e9e during the dinner hour. Guests actually look forward to carving stations, so that they can enjoy a variety of <strong>fine gourmet wedding foods<\/strong> during your entire wedding event. If a guest chooses a slice of roast suckling pig at the cocktail party, for instance, their wedding meal is more enjoyable with their choice of chateaubriand, free range chicken breast, venison or filet mignon.<\/p>\n<p>Carving stations are very popular <strong>cocktail party fare,<\/strong> since wedding guests don\u2019t get these particular tastes often, nor do they get finely-cooked, juicy, tender, grade-A meats during their weekly dining experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the most popular carving station choices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pork tenderloin<\/li>\n<li>New York-style pastrami<\/li>\n<li>New York-style corned beef<\/li>\n<li>Vermont turkey<\/li>\n<li>Roast leg of lamb with garlic and rosemary<\/li>\n<li>Tequila-lime marinated flank steak<\/li>\n<li>Orange and rosemary-scented roast suckling pig with pineapple chutney<\/li>\n<li>Corn fed baked Virginia ham<\/li>\n<li>Peppercorn crusted sushi grade ahi tuna loin with red onion, tomato and caper relish<\/li>\n<li>Seared tuna loin with lime vinaigrette dressing<\/li>\n<li>Apple and ancho braised brisket of beef<\/li>\n<li>Herb roasted sirloin of beef with horseradish cream<\/li>\n<li>Boneless ribeye of bison with chipotle mayonnaise<\/li>\n<li>And more\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some carving station choices may cost a bit more, according to market prices, and our <strong>catering manager<\/strong> can help you custom-select your pair of carving station flavors to complement the additional <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/netlz.corank.com\/tech\/all\/cat\/upcoming\/wedding\">cocktail party stations<\/a> <\/strong>and foods you desire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When budget wedding guides say to \u2018cut out the carving station\u2019 as a way to save money, they\u2019re talking about weddings that are planned in non-bridal locations, and self-catered. At an upscale wedding reception venue, carving stations are included in the entire wedding catering package. So you can very well include a carving station, or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,37,123,36,72],"tags":[196,484,507,483],"class_list":["post-791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-party-planning","category-wedding-ideas","category-wedding-menu","category-wedding-planning","category-wedding-receptions","tag-receptions","tag-wedding-ideas","tag-wedding-menu","tag-wedding-planning"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}