wedding wonderland

So many memories, so many emotions. Of course, I am talking about our dear friend's wedding. Thankfully, this is a place where we talk with our mouths full, so I am relieved from discussing all of the amazing mixed feeling that come along with such a big event, and I can limit myself to discussing perhaps the best wedding food ever.

My highlights (in no particular order):
1. butternut squash ravioli from rehearsal dinner. i hate squash, yet continue to think about these little nibbles.
2. kobe beef thingies at reception cocktail hour. yum. i feel that i demonstrated amazing self-control, as it did not steal the tray from the server and run out of the room to devour them all in privacy. i looked it up on the reception place website- it was a fried wonton, topped with a little slice of kobe beef carpaccio, topped with scallion creme fraiche. i think that this is my answer to the question "if you could eat only one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?"
3. tuna tartare at reception "asian pagoda station".
4. chocolate ganache filled cream puff things
5. "shrimp in a glass" passed items at cocktail hour. i can't even remember exactly what they were- shrimp somehow stuffed? corn salsa at bottom of glass? they get major points for presentation. also very tasty.
6. caprese salad amuse bouche- not really an original item as this flavor profile has been en vogue for the past several years. they get mad points, however, for presentation and for translating a standby into a perfect single bite: cherry tomato layered as follows on amazing stiff blade of grass type skewer: tomato half, basil leaf, fresh mozz slice that is same diameter as tomato, other tomato half.
7. although wedding food was delicious, feel that rehearsal dinner edges it out for the best overall meal of the weekend. several courses, perfect pacing...i was perfectly satisfied but not overstuffed. and of course, am still very proud of-----
8. the time i wrapped salami around a piece of fresh mozz from the antipasto plate at rehearsal dinner. sheer genius.