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Five Things To Think About While Planning A Wedding

Tuesday, 8 March 2011 22:31 by adm

A wedding is an important milestone in a person’s life, and all couples wish for a perfect wedding. While a barbeque could provide great food for informal dinners, when it comes to a wedding, you need specialised wedding catering services to cater to your distinguished guests. Other than food, many Indian wedding caterers also have a list of popular Asian wedding venues, from which the location of a wedding can be selected.

There are many things you will need to consider before choosing one of the Indian wedding caterers for your wedding. Some of them are:

  • 1. Budget: The pomp and splendour associated with an Asian wedding can lead to it becoming a very expensive event. After a couple finishes budgeting for the venues, invitation cards and clothes, there may not be enough funds to spend on wedding catering services. Hence, it is important fix a portion of your budget for catering in advance, to avoid potential hassles later.
  • 2. Type of cuisine: If you decide on the dishes to be served at your Indian wedding beforehand, then your choice of caterers will be quite limited. Many catering companies offer menus with Chinese, Lebanese, Thai and French cuisine. Find out what they recommend, before making up your mind on the type of food you want served at your wedding.
  • 3. Time and venue: Some people wish to tie the knot on the beach, while some imagine the hills or a castle as the ideal wedding venue. The season during which you plan your wedding, as well as the location could affect the availability of some types of food. Hence, it is important to learn if your caterer can deliver top quality cuisine to all Asian wedding venues or not.
  • 4. Variety of food: Some couples may prefer a limited number of dishes at their Indian wedding so that food does not go waste, while others may want a wide selection from their caterers. Ask the wedding planner from the catering services company if they can suggest something unique (like an exotic dessert), which would add something special to your wedding.
  • 5. Taste the food: Most professional wedding catering services will have no objection if you ask them for a sample of the dishes they serve. No matter how well reputed a caterer is, or how mouth-watering a dish looks in a photograph, it is important that you taste a sampling to get an accurate view about the culinary skills of a particular caterer.

Curry Special is one of the leading Indian wedding caterers in London, and can be contacted on 020 8518 3003.