- Banquet Styles
- Choosing your Wedding Reception Venue
- Fung Shui Tips
- Food Budget
- Tips in planning your wedding with a shortened period
- Wedding Planning in 3 months
- DOs and DON'Ts For Destination Weddings
- How to deal with "Wicked Weather" on your Wedding Day?
- Perfect pairings – What menus work for destination weddings?
Banquet Styles
Decide how you want your meal to be served during your reception. Here are some options you can choose from:
1. Sitdown
- Plated Service
- This is the most formal banquet style; each course is beautifully arranged and served in separate plates.
- Russian Saervice
- Waiters go around and offer each food item to the guests on a platter or serving dish.
- French Service
- This is similar to Russian service but 2 waiters will be serving; one to hold the platter and one to serve the guest.
2. Buffet
- Long Buffet Tables
- This is the traditional buffet set-up, items are arranged on one long table from the appetizers to the desserts.
- Food Stations
- Food items are grouped and place on separate smaller tables based on their category.
3. Lauriat
- This is a 9 course Chinese meal served on platters and place in a lazy Susan. This is served on a staggered basis and takes around 1 ½ to 2 hours. Charging is per table and not per head.
4. Cocktail
- This is the least formal banquet style. Food and drinks can be passed around by waiters or small cocktail tables are set-up. Guests are encouraged to mingle so there are less seats available.
5. Combination
- Can be a combination of one or 2 banquet styles. For example, a sit-down service but with a dessert buffet. Another example is to have a sit-down service for the VIP tables but buffet for the rest.
