Need suggestions for food items for < 30 pax

[cherrygal]

I attended a rich men’s lunch party before and as the rich men were all older folks, they actually got the servants to prepare a respectable Teochew Porridge feast like those at hotel buffets. You could easily buy or whip up the stuff needed for a porridge buffet.


You could include some dimsum items like what Nebbermind suggested as well.

[cherrygal]

Agree with Nebbermind that older folks are more traditional in taste. They either like Nonya stuff or typical Chinese dishes. Cannot be too hard or dry either. At buffets, my dad will only touch the laksa / mee siam, pau, dimsum etc and DESSERTS.


Don’t forget to include a nice dessert like chendol or bubur hitam.

[Funz]

Haha, good that you mentioned porridge. I bucked the trend and served porridge at a few of my family gatherings since there are now more elderlies. It was a hit.


Chicken porridge with toppings like shredded chicken, abalone, century eggs, you tiao.
Raw fish salad
Kong Bak pao
Jiao zi/guo tie

[buds]

Cherrygal, I love bubur hit am. :drool:


Funz, description of details for porridge buffet sounds scrumptious too. :drool: Gives me good ideas to set up for the babies/younger ones as well in future especially since the adults normally love my spicy dishes.

Jennifer, sorry.. didn't realize that \"oven\" part. Err.. we normally don't need reheating. It's wolfed down super fast once it arrived and this is normally for small gatherings of 3 to 5 families. :oops:

[Funz]

At my last gathering I served fish beehoon soup. Haha. Kill 2 birds with 1 stone, the old ones and the young ones. The rest were happy to take a break from all the rich food they had over CNY.


Prawn noodles & laksa used to be my favourites for gatherings but the old ones are conscious about cholesterol so cannot pull that menu out so often.

[heyhoe]

I need suggestions, 5 vegetarians and 5 non-vegetarians are planning to come to my place over the weekend. Any easy stuff to cook for them? :scratchhead:

[ammonite]

Grill/bake veg and marinated tofu on higher shelf of oven, put kebabs/chicken/fish on lower shelf. Check if the vegetarians can take onion and garlic before you grill the veg.

[Jennifer]

MIL called this morning- FIL thinks there is too much meat items.


Our original menu needs revision.

1. Basmati rice http://www.marthastewart.com/316432/basmati-rice-with-onion-and-ginger

2. Stir Fry assorted mushrooms

3. Roast chicken parts marinated in curry paste

4. Braised pork belly served with bun

[Funz]

Jennifer:

MIL called this morning- FIL thinks there is too much meat items.


Our original menu needs revision.

1. Basmati rice http://www.marthastewart.com/316432/basmati-rice-with-onion-and-ginger

2. Stir Fry assorted mushrooms

3. Roast chicken parts marinated in curry paste

4. Braised pork belly served with bun

Change the chicken to fish?

or instead of pork belly, change to sayur lodeh, will go well with the chicken and basmati rice.

[Funz]

heyhoe:

I need suggestions, 5 vegetarians and 5 non-vegetarians are planning to come to my place over the weekend. Any easy stuff to cook for them? :scratchhead:

Vegetarian ah. Wah challenging. What kind? Garlic, onion, eggs & dairy products allowed?

Vege beehoon
tauhu goreng / gado gado
chap chye
vege springroll/samosa
chicken wings
otah
satay