Myself, my mom, and FH's mom went to our venue yesterday for the tasting and it went a lot better that I thought it would! The co-owner was there with us because our coordinator had a family thing to take care of. I worried he would be way too pushy and overbearing like he tends to be but both moms handled him well. The apps were pretty much decided on just have to run it by FH. We tried 3 of the 6 apps; they had these AMAZING mini cheese steaks with spicy ketchup (like no kidding tiny rolls and everything). These come at the small expense that they have green pepper in them so my mom can't eat them, but she said she was okay with that because she thought all the guests would love them. We tried lobster bisque soup that will be served in a little ceramic cup and you sip it, and we tried duck rolls which was kind of like an egg roll just mini.
We tried two salmon dishes and two beef dishes to decide which we would prefer! We decided on pistachio-crusted salmon and flank steak which let me tell you was phenomenal for the type of cut it is. We were looking to add a beef instead of chicken but without hiking the price so high and my parents said they would pay that extra cost. The chef said the steak was $5 extra to our package and I made sure mom was okay with it and she was! I am actually excited. I gave up on my whole cheese/meat apps to replace some of the 6 apps, because I just didn't feel like creating a big ordeal (with all this planning I have just not had the energy to make big deals of things that don't have to be). I think our apps will be great as is!
