East Meets West Catering

ing, tasting menu, countless messages/phone calls throughout the planning process, all the way through to the amazing service and incredible food the day of our wedding, we were so impressed! The chef was able to blend themes from my husband's Dominican background into our food choices for the day and it all turned out delicious. Our guests are still saying it was the best food they’ve ever had at a wedding. Catherine served as our wedding planner guiding us through every last detail including our menu, place setting selection, and details for the day of. She and the chef ensured all the food came out hot even when our speeches went longer than anticipated. The waitstaff and bartenders were extremely professional and provided top class service. They were also all so fun once the party started handing out desserts on the dance floor and keeping us all with drinks in hand. Overall, we could not be happier with EMW and our wedding day was seamless due to their incredible work and planning. BOOK THEM! They will take your wedding to the next level!

ond providing us catering services, Catherine was super helpful in giving broader advice on timelines for the day based on her experience as a vendor, as well as tips when picking out our place settings. The food itself was incredible and we really appreciated the care EMW put into developing our menu. The passed appetizers were unique and the entrees were so yummy. The service was so smooth the day of our wedding as well. Everyone got their meals quickly and it felt so seamless throughout the whole night. I can't recommend EMW enough - they were an incredible vendor!

y groups, including some elders who have *extremely strong opinions* about food from their cultures. Our large, multiethnic friend group is more temperamentally chill, but with an intimidating breadth of cultivated palate and a number of food sensitivities. We had selected a nontraditional venue with (get this) not enough space to seat all of our guests at conventional tables and not enough ovens to cook food on site. And we were operating on a budget that did not seem commensurate with the number of people we would need to feed. East Meets West came to our rescue, led by our lovely event planner Catherine and executive chef Kevin. Their first draft menu was shockingly on-point, as if they knew us and our families better than we knew ourselves. It spoke to the full range of our heritage in creative and thoughtful ways, like serving both Chinese longevity noodles and Italian clam linguini out of takeout boxes. I'm very analytical, and one thing I appreciated was Kevin outlining for me his supply chain, day-of preparation and delivery logistics, and how he was thinking specifically of selecting culturally responsive foods that could be prepared and served under our venue's constraints. They helped us arrange a bit of an unusual tasting needed to win buy-in from our toughest familial customers, and we walked out of that with my wife saying "I am completely sold that they will be able to feed everyone and they will go home well fed having loved the food." We signed the same day. When the day came, everything was better than we could have hoped — the quality of the food was even better than the tasting, the way they planned the space left no one was waiting, and our guests went home raving (and, at our request, with leftovers in takeout boxes as 'party favors.') Our biggest/only regret from our wedding day is that we didn't get to eat more of our food; one of our favorite photos is of the two of us huddled in the corner of the venue wolfing down some food just before the dance floor opened. We would 100% recommend EMW to anyone, particularly those looking for caterers with the skills and creativity to carry off something nontraditional. We were absolutely thrilled and it was worth everything we put on the credit card. I wish we had more food photos, but here is one of the "luau" station with roast pork, bbq chicken, pineapple fried rice, and a tropical salad, all served atop banana leaves.

es for a great and successful event, and our guests were beyond pleased. Truly enjoy working with this team, and their quality and value for the money is unmatched!