{"id":869,"date":"2012-11-15T10:30:47","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T10:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themanorrestaurant.com\/blog\/?p=869"},"modified":"2023-01-03T14:45:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T19:45:34","slug":"carving-station-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/carving-station-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"Carving Station Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_872\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Carving_Station_Trends.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-872\" class=\"size-large wp-image-872\" title=\"Carving Station Trends\" src=\"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Carving_Station_Trends-577x384.jpg\" alt=\"Carving Station Trends\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Carving_Station_Trends-577x384.jpg 577w, https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Carving_Station_Trends-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Carving_Station_Trends-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Carving_Station_Trends.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-872\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carving Station<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Your <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/netlz.corank.com\/tech\/story\/cocktail-Party-Menu-Carving-Station-Tr\">wedding cocktail party menu<\/a><\/strong> is one part of your Big Day that guests look forward to the most, and they have great expectations that the food will be excellent, the presentation elaborate, and the choices plentiful. Since guests travel so far to attend <strong>weddings,<\/strong> it\u2019s smart to talk with your <strong>wedding caterer<\/strong> about creating a <strong>cocktail party menu<em> <\/em><\/strong>that will surprise and delight your friend and family.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The key to sensational <strong>cocktail party stations<\/strong> and <strong>buffet stations, <\/strong>even <strong>stations for wedding brunches<\/strong> is to offer foods that guests don\u2019t see at every other <strong>wedding<\/strong> they attend. After all, guests may regularly go to <strong>Easter brunch<\/strong> or <strong>bridal shower brunches<\/strong> and find the \u2018usual\u2019 carving stations at every one.<\/p>\n<p>For your <strong>wedding<\/strong>, talk to your <strong>catering team<\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pleasantdale.com\/executive-chef.html\">award-winning wedding chefs<\/a><\/strong> about adding new gourmet choices to your carving stations, so that your <strong>wedding menu<\/strong> stands out as the best-ever.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the top <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/pleasantdaleblog\/category\/party-planning\/\">carving station trends<\/a><\/strong> that have helped define our menus:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pork tenderloin with mushroom duxelle en croute<\/li>\n<li>Coriander and cumin-crusted pork loin stuffed with air-dried apricots, lingonberries and black currants<\/li>\n<li>New York-style pastrami<\/li>\n<li>New York-style corned beef<\/li>\n<li>Vermontturkey (especially for <strong>fall weddings<\/strong> and <strong>winter weddings)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Roast turkey breast with cranberry orange compote and gravy<\/li>\n<li>Corn-fed bakedVirginiaham<\/li>\n<li>Poached ham with white wine and quince<\/li>\n<li>Roast leg of lamb with garlic and rosemary<\/li>\n<li>Roasted leg of lamb stuffed with garlic and feta<\/li>\n<li>Tequila-lime marinated flank steak<\/li>\n<li>Roast suckling pig (dependent on market pricing)<\/li>\n<li>Peppercorn-crusted sushi grade ahi tuna loin with red onion, tomato and caper relish<\/li>\n<li>Apple and ancho-braised brisket of beef<\/li>\n<li>Boneless ribeye of bison with chipotle mayonnaise<\/li>\n<li>Adobo marinated flank steak with chimichurri sauce<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Again, the more unique your carving station choices, the more your entire <strong>wedding cocktail party<\/strong> and <strong>wedding dinner<\/strong> gets elevated, and it may look to guests like you spent much more than you did.<\/p>\n<p>And be sure that <em>you<\/em> make time to visit your own carving station, so that you don\u2019t miss out on these <strong>gourmet catering<\/strong> tastes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your wedding cocktail party menu is one part of your Big Day that guests look forward to the most, and they have great expectations that the food will be excellent, the presentation elaborate, and the choices plentiful. 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