Can I have peoples opinion on this?
Though both myself and my fiance were born in the UK our families are respectively from Serbia and Russia, and over there they have very different food at the weddings and also much, much more food. (and drink!) To be honest our familes would be offended to have just one meal.
Therefore and besides I like this idea, so -
We are planning and have already booked the caterers, we will have a very multi course dinner, that will go on for hours, with gaps in between for dnacing and everything else. You can just go back to your table whenever you wish. It some ways its a bit like a buffett, but our food will be nearer meze / tapas.
And we'll have various platters and plates on each table. Meat (chops / cuts / Handmade susages and burgers), various fish, veggies, different potatos, rice, cuscos, many salads, ham, stuffed vine leves, various pastries, sauces and lots of tradional Serbian and Russian dishes as well and much much more. There will be dozens of dishes.
We'll have a sweet table with sweeties, various cakes, puddings and fruit. Guests will be able to help themselves or ask for a waiter to bring them something.
We are supplying all the drinks, with carafes of vodka and Slivovitz on each table, along with wine and water. Beer and soft drinks will again be available via the waiters.
I am very happyy with this setup, and we'll have a mixture of Serbs / Russians and English, (almost split a third each) at our wedding and this along with the fact that we'll be observing all the fun traditions from all 3 countries along with traditional dances should in my opinion make this a very fun wedding.
The reason I am asking, is that on Friday some of the other mums at the school I was taking to who had asked me about my wedding seemed to think that this was an awful idea. I felt it was almost like a raceist attack with them telling me that people wouldn't like that foriegn food and setup, and I should just have a roast chicken meal.
So what are the hitchers opinions?
