Your ideal buffet

[hopefully2019]

Hi guys,

I need some inspiration. If you could choose your favourite 3 things you like to see on a buffet what would it be ?

I'm planning my baby shower party for around 40 people. It's in the day time

Wanting some ideas!!! I've looked online but I'm curious what different individual people like to see at a buffet. Thanks guys xxx

[SpecialKRocks223]

Sandwiches. Preferably ham, tuna and egg mayonnaise.

Crisps

Sausage rolls

If I had a fourth - pizza

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[Titsywoo]

As much pastry as possible!

I'd say quiche, nice sandwiches and crisps

[Grinchly]

Olives
Salad chopped up small
Roasted red and yellow peppers
Hummus / tatziki and pita bread with crudités for dipping
Gazpacho
Chicken skewers

Avoid the beige

[ExpletiveDelighted]

Crackers and cheese
Greek salad
Crisps

No pastry unless its hot.

[ExpletiveDelighted]

Ooh yes to hummus, tzatsiki etc and flatbreads/crudites to dip.

[Witchofzog]

Def dips, crudites, salad olives n quiche. Maybe chicken legs. Coleslaw n potato salad too

[georgialondon]

Lots of cheese!

[buckeejit]

Looking forward to reading this thread. I always make tabbouleh, honey mustard pasta & would do a lovely red cabbage, red onion, apple, carrot & pineapple salad that sil made recently

[buckeejit]

And nachos & dips if possible

[glasshalfsomething]

Buffalo mozzarella and tomato
Crusty bread
Crisps

[Mum2jenny]

Chicken skewers, baby jacket potatoes with sour cream filling, and a nice tomato/ mozzarella salad with basil leaves

[ChilliMayo]

It's terribly 70s but I love love love to see vol au vents - chicken, tuna and prawn.
And proper Scotch eggs, not those supermarket ones with hard as bullet eggs.

[Oly4]

Yummy sandwiches
Chicken skewers
Crudités

[Jamhandprints]

Olives, French bread (already buttered unless it's a sit down at a table meal) couscous or pasta salad.

[Doilooklikeatourist]

Nice sandwiches in real bread ( not horrid sliced processed )
Sausage rolls
Huge salad bowl ( lettuce , cucumber , tomatoes , olives , feta , etc )
No no no no no to pasta salad

Pasta is only ever eaten hot

[AgeLikeWine]

Lots of sandwiches in really good bread.
Lots of tasty, fresh, colourful, herby, middle-eastern type salads.
Tasty lean protein options, eg spicy marinaded chicken skewers.
Cheeseboard
Freshly made, warm Spanish tortilla, still slightly soft in the middle.
Really good ice cream for pud.

No cold pastry.

[Mrsmememe]

Cheese and pineapple on sticks made into a hedgehog.
Cold mini pizzas
Potato salad.

There’s no compromise on the hedgehog by the way, if you’re gonna do it, do it properly.

[CherryPavlova]

A side of salmon, a gammon and an onion tart. Then the usual salads, bread and buttered new potatoes.

[EnriqueTheRingBearingLizard]

Looking forward to reading this thread. I always make tabbouleh, honey mustard pasta & would do a lovely red cabbage, red onion, apple, carrot & pineapple salad that sil made recently

As per buckeejit I like a Greek Salad too and decent potato salad.

Along with those sides I like a piece of poached salmon, homemade quiche or marinated chicken strips.

Mini desserts always look good on a buffet table too. Baked cheesecake, chocolate eclairs, tiny lemon meringue pies and macarons. That kind of thing.

[ExpletiveDelighted]

I agree that pasta should only ever be served hot, I can't bear pasta salad. Rice salad not much better. I love tabbouleh though.

[OhTheRoses]

cherrypavlova got there first. With a platter of salami and a salad of mozzarella pearls, cherry toms, black olives, basil leaves, a smidge of chilli flakes and garlic oil.

[Coffeeandchocolate9]

Pleeeaaassseee something thats not beige! gluten free, and dieting people will thank you!

Cucumber/celery/pepper sticks and dips
Roast potatoes or jacket new potatoes (covered in olive oil and seasoned well)
Sliced cold meats
Cheese board
Celery stuffed with cream cheese
Olives

[InDubiousBattle]

Sundried tomato tapenade, home made foccacia, cold meats and cheese.

[Mixingitall]

Greek salad
Quiche
Hummous
Pitta toasted and quartered for dipping
Crisps
Cheese board and grapes
Hams
Olives
Sliced fresh bread
Butter

Caters for all and you don’t need to make sandwiches.