Wedding Reception Menu Ideas

Choosing an entire wedding menu can be overwhelming because there are just so many options available. These wedding reception menu ideas cover every potential course of the dinner in order to help you make sense of what food comes first and give you some ideas of the most popular and delicious foods for each course.

Hors D'oeuvres

Hors d'oeuvres are usually served during the cocktail hour and may be stationary or passed by waitstaff. Some popular options for hors d'oeuvres include scallops wrapped in bacon, a cheese and fruit platter, coconut shrimp with ginger sauce, chicken satay with peanut sauce, beef croquettes and beef teriyaki.

Appetizers

You may serve appetizers as the first course of a sit-down meal, but they are not usually part of a buffet. Some of delicious appetizers for your wedding guests include fresh fruit cocktail, shrimp cocktail, French onion soup, Italian wedding soup or lobster bisque.

Salad

The next course is the salad course, which may be part of a buffet as well. Popular salad choices include garden salad with vinaigrette dressing, caesar salad or antipasto salad.

Sorbet

Sorbet is a wonderful palette cleanser. It is the consistency of ice cream and tastes just as delicious. It clears the mouth of all previous flavors and prepares the taste buds for the main course. Popular flavors of sorbet include orange, lemon and strawberry.

Main Course

The main course may be part of a buffet or served as the next course at a sit-down meal. Some couples offer their guests a choice of entree. Some of the most popular choices include filet mignon, chicken marsala, surf and turf, baked haddock, bake stuffed shrimp and chicken picatta.

Dessert

Dessert is often the wedding cake, but may be enhanced by other desserts as well. Consider serving ice cream with the cake, or even chocolate-covered strawberries. You may also want to offer an assortment of coffees.

References

• The Knot