Buffet idea...a bit corny, maybe?

I looove looove looove tapas and eat it it as often as possible (and if olives/cheese counts as tapas, everyday). I like this idea, as long as the English tapas is sausages-on-sticks You could label the platters with little flags and signs...Dim sum, antipasti, tapas, etc...Oh, maybe with the native word/symbol for "love"?

My venue offered a (Spanish) tapas buffet and we were very tempted but having tried to feed it to both of our parents on separate occasions to, shall we say, not overwhelming support, we decided against it.

ETA: Japan/sushi might fit as well?

We love tapas too hence the idea! We go to a little cuban restaurant above my grandads local pub and the food is AMAZING! Im thinking of asking the ladies that own it to knock up the cuban part of the buffet? i love your idea of the little flags maybe with a little fact about the country or maybe some trivia?

Love it! Not corny at all

Ooo, ooo, ooo ... love it!

I'm not so sure about "different food for the sake of it" but if you can somehow incorporate things from different countries that have meanings - places you've been on holiday, where your friends originate from, etc etc then I think it could work.

I think it sounds great, and with the little flag canape sticks too...

A friend of ours had a fusion wedding and the buffet went from Indian at one end (samosas, curries..) into tradtional english buffet (sausage rolls, scotch eggs..) and then into an East End buffet (jellied eels, whelks...). The variety of food went down a storm!

If you could link it to your own experiences that would be ace but not a bad idea even if not!

Hmm the thing is we havnt traveled much only really been to a few places in greece, spain, america and england, but we do make an effort to go out and try foods from all over the world! id love to travel and im really interested in other cultures so i think im going to take a closer look into how i could work this in!

I don't think you necessarily need to link it to your own experiences. I love the idea, but I'd make sure you go the whole hog and don't do it half heartedly. The flag idea is great.

Sounds ace!

I went to a great party last year where they had different food stations (I know this is popular at weddings in the US). The one I went to had a sushi chef making things up for you as requested, an oyster bar, a BBQ and a bowl food bar providing all sorts of comfort food. It worked really well.

I think it sounds lovely...much nicer than just a boring buffett ?

I think that sounds like a fab idea! As a guest, I would be *well* chuffed to have that much variation in a buffet as I adore sushi, tapas, and mexican. And to have it all on one plate would just be mmmmmmmm ?

Think it's a fab idea - certainly better than the usual sausage rolls etc. I'd certainly like to see something like this and there's just soooooooooo much variety you should be able to keep everyone happy.

Sounds lush, I would be made up with that as a guest. Not corny at all!

*edit* oops wrong thread! serves me right for having multiple browser windows open, blame my short attention span!

On topic: I like the idea of the around the world buffet - I would be totally up for that!

Wrong post, my little chickpea.

I wish I had thought of this idea!!!