Thursday 23 April 2015

Catering: Planning a Typical Nigerian Wedding Menu

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Your Wedding dress is set, you have selected the best location for your reception, so what next? Foodyes food is the next major deal. Food is important as well as the ceremony. Your guest has to be feed and entertained. Have you ever heard people say; “I have to eat before going to that wedding in case the food is not enough or I don’t like the food served in the reception.” Yea I have heard that a lot of time. 

In planning a Nigerian wedding, catering is one of the most stressful parts. Whether huge or small one. Therefore, a lot of details must be considered when planning your menu – finding the right caterer or catering yourself, carefully sorting out menu to march your event and satisfying your guests. Here are some foods you need consider when planning your wedding.

Typical Nigerian Wedding Menu                          
  • Spring Rolls
  • Samosa
  • Masa
  • Chin-chin
  • Stick Meat
  • Prawn Crackers
Main Dishes
  • Jollof Rice
  • Fried Rice
  • White Rice
  • Fried Plantain
  • Moi-Moi
  • Vegetable Salad
  • Chicken in stew
  • Fish in stew
  • Beef in stew
  • Goat Meat in stew
  •  Assorted Meat in stew
  • Fried Snail
  • Yam Porridge
  • Meatball Sauce
Soups/Solids
  • Egusi
  • Ogbono
  • Efo Riro
  • Afang
  • Pounded Yam/Eba/Semovita/Amala/starch

Remember, most Nigerians are not very adventurous with food. They stick to what they know, so do the needful, don’t waste time and money trying to be adventurous. 



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