Wedding Food Stations--Anything New and Interesting?

[DaisyM]

Besides the typical seafood bar and display of cheeses...have you attended an event with a really interesting and delicious food station?

[pinehurst]

I went to a very small wedding about 12 years ago that featured an absolutely great raw bar: various oysters, cherrystones, some (cooked) shrimp, crab (lump, King), lobster for the squeamish, plus ceviche, seaweed salad, etc. It was light, lovely, and refreshing and since we were a small group and the (very thoughtful) bride and groom knew their guests shared their love for seafood, it was absolutely well-received, and adjacent to a couple of bartenders custom mixing martinis and Bloody Marys. Hit the spot on a summer night.

[KaimukiMan]

Dim Sum (chinese dumplings for lack of a better term)

[ferret]

Artisanal sausage and variety mustards/dipping sauces. Not the prettiest, but very good.

[iluvcookies]

Nothing excites me more at an event than a make-your-own sundae bar. I don't care how old I am, I love ice cream.
The hosts provided this at an anniversary party I went to last year and it was a lot of fun--not just for the kids!

[viperlush]

My favorite by far has been the mashed potatoe bar. Both white and sweet potatoes with a variety of toppings served in martini glasses. My BF's mom and I still talk about how much we liked it at a wedding we went to 4? years ago. That same wedding also had a stirfry station where they served stir fry in mini take out chinese food cartons.

Sushi also isn't bad.

What I don't like are the pasta stations and the carving. The pasta is usually over cooked and the sauces boring. And I never understood the carving stations when there is steak as a meal option.

[DaisyM]

I agree about the pasta stations. It never works.

[Kontxesi]

Oh my goodness. The stir-fry station sounds amazing! Not sure how well it would jive with a country/rustic theme, but I may have just figured out what I'll be feeding my guests. :)

[MGZ]

Fifteen - twenty years ago, I went to a wedding with a caviar station. Osetra, sevruga, and an American whitefish were accompanied by blinis, chopped eggs, onions, etc., as well as an ice tower of shots of chilled vodka. Generally, I find the standard stations at a wedding kinda cheesy and avoid them. This one was a whole new animal.

[Big Bad Voodoo Lou]

I went to a friend's swanky wedding in 2007 that had a caviar station with everything you described. It was AWESOME. My wife and I don't drink, so while everyone else was queued up for the ice-chilled vodka, she and I lived out one of our fantasies of gorging ourselves on caviar. It didn't seem overly popular, but we wanted this wonderful young couple to get their money's worth!