I will give y'all a SNEAK peak at the wedding venue. Since it is not "officially" selected, I am going to keep you in suspense. But let's just say it is COMPLETELY what I was looking for at a great price! Well, actually -- I have to do it on a Sunday morning because the Saturday night was super expensive.

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Last question that I could definitely use your input on. You know catering is always a stress when you're trying to stay in the budget, SO I'm trying to be creative here.

I spoke w/3 caterers from the preferred vendor list and was not impressed with some of the breakfast selections. They reminded me a lot of hotel breakfast -- eggs, breads, bacon/sausage, and potatoes. But before I ramble about that, I will get to my point/question.

There is one particular catering company that fuses Latin & American food into very eclectic, unique, and tasty (from the sounds of it) dishes. BUT their breakfast menu was -- womp womp! Continental breakfast? No thanks. As I was looking at their menu, I was ENTRANCED by their canapés section. According to Wikipedia, a canapé or canape (Spanish/French for couch^[1] and known in Italy as tartina) is a small, prepared and usually decorative food, held in the fingers and often eaten in one bite. Like so:

To give you an idea of the fusion -- one of the canapés was a "Plantain crusted chicken w/queso panela, spicy black bean sauce." YUM!! One more example: "Ceviche cups - gulf shrimp, citrus cured white fish avocado, corn tortilla cups." Turns out that for a selection of 5 different canapés it would cost $15 p/person. THEN I could add a breakfast taco station (comes with tortillas, variety of meats, veggies, cheeses, & salsas) for $4 p/person, plus a tropical+local fruit bar for $4 p/person = $23 p/person.

The concern is that there might not be a lot of food, BUT I think having 5 canapés to choose from, fruits, AND a breakfast taco bar would leave everyone "content" with an eclectic, tasty, and unique experience. Maybe no one will be "so full" -- but hey, feel free to contribute to the wedding and I'll add another dish for you :P I think this was the best I could do to combine unique flavors, a decent price, and satisfy most people.

What do y'all think?

For comparison, here is a typical brunch/breakfast menu another company presented me:

"Scrambled Eggs w/Fiesta toppings (cheddar cheese, pico de gallo), southern grits or hash browns, waffles w/fresh syrups, bacon, sausage, busicuits & croissants, jams, 2 choice of juices, coffee, and decaf w/condiments" = $25 p/person.

A lot of food? Yeah, definitely. But unique? Tasty? Um, no...

Granted, there was another company that offered: eggs benedict station, mini quiches, belgium waffle station, mini breakfast pizzas, and fruit salads -- but that totaled to about $28 p/person. I could leave out one of the stations to save money, so what do you think of that?

Help! Need your opinion!