Help me plan a dinner for 120 people with $200~300

[foodguy]

Originally Posted by indesertum

IToo busy to take own pics but ill be stealing them as ppl upload. Ills sleep now and post on egullet later

figures. we do all the work and fat guy gets the pix.
glad it went off well and i like the idea of the gremolata with the tapenade.

 

[indesertum]

-_-; I apologize for the plating and general noobishness, but we did our best. Thanks for everything guys edit: I'm the dude with the topknot

 

[foodguy]

good job!

 

[Piobaire]

Looks great.

 

[indesertum]

Originally Posted by foodguy

good job!

Thanks a lot. Couldn't have done it without you guys.

It looks like it was whipped together without much time or effort, but man, we spent so much time planning out the menu, buying and prepping the ingredients, and we slaved away in that kitchen.

But I'm glad ppl really like it

Again, thanks a lot everybody Really appreciated the help

 

[CDFS]

It looks excellent. I'm glad everything worked out.

 

[foodguy]

Originally Posted by indesertum

It looks like it was whipped together without much time or effort, but man, we spent so much time planning out the menu, buying and prepping the ingredients, and we slaved away in that kitchen.
i think that's kind of the point most of us were trying to make. glad it worked out and you had a good time.

 

[Master-Classter]

Wow, great stuff. Good job!

 

[untilted]

yea came out nice!

is this some sort of valentine's day + chinese new year joint celebration?

how much did you spending on printing the menu?

 

[indesertum]

Originally Posted by foodguy

i think that's kind of the point most of us were trying to make. glad it worked out and you had a good time.

yeah. i'm so glad you guys persuaded me to do the chickpea pasta. ravioli would have been more time wasted.

Originally Posted by untilted

yea came out nice!

is this some sort of valentine's day + chinese new year joint celebration?

how much did you spending on printing the menu?

yeah it was a valentine's day + chinese new year thingy. we have one around valentine's day every year and the girls and guys switch it up every year.

the menu i'm not sure as I wasn't in charge.

 

[Hombre Secreto]

For someone with no professional catering/cooking/restaurant experience you should be very proud. I am glad everything came out alright. Congrats, dude.

 

[dragon8]

Glad it all worked out. congrats!

 

[oDD_LotS]

I've gotta say, I'm impressed with how well that turned out! I've cooked for 100+ quite a few times, and even with a sizable budget and a lot of dedicated talented people the logistics of bringing out an assortment of good food en masse while considering serving temps and plating is tough.

Good job.

 

[philosophe]

Nice job!

The vegetarians were probably delighted to get a dish with some substance and some protein. My better half, a vegetarian, is damned sick of protein-free vegetarian meals. At one fancy place we tried 9which shall remain nameless), the "highlight" of a tasting menu was actually three bites of cauliflower in a brown butter sauce. Beautiful bites, I assure you, but hardly much for dinner.

 

[akatsuki]

Been following the thread for a while - meal looked solid.

One thing, as a very picky suggestion, don't put the amuse bouche on the menu. The idea is that it is sort of a chef's choice, a whimsy, and not planned. Obviously that is a polite fiction, but the point is that people see the menu, get ready for it, and then - surprise - there is suddenly this little taste of something imaginative and whimsical.