Now comes a series of New Year holidays, and hence corporate parties, which are held in various restaurants and cafes. At such events, a lot of food and alcohol, and heavy food, and alcohol - strong. Very often, such feasts are exhausting, many overweight them, allowing themselves excess, and spoil their professional reputation. To avoid unpleasant consequences of this kind, it is worth looking at an alternative option - to organize a buffet table right in the office, at the workplace. Or you can make an exit buffet, if it happens in the spring, summer, early autumn. After all, the occasion for the party is not only the New Year, it can be the birthday of the company, and the employee's birthday.
The main advantage of the buffet is that the food on it is light, and there is not much of it. After all, the main thing in a cocktail party is communication. Such an event will help employees from different departments get to know each other much better than a regular corporate. It will not be possible to hide behind the dinner table, barricaded with a plate of salad. If you want, you do not want to, but you have to talk to each other. By the way, the lack of chairs, which gives dynamism and mobility to such an event, has another plus - in an empty space next to the table you can arrange a playground for fun contests and games.
But what are the best dishes to prepare for a buffet table? First of all, this, of course, canapé. Small pieces of cheese, ham, olives, strung on skewers - an ideal option "for one bite." Canapes can also be sweet, then on skewers string fruit.
It is difficult to imagine a buffet with no dishes like tartlets. These are small baskets of dough, where all sorts of salads are placed. Dough tartlets can be very different. They are ideal for serving eggs. Also, like canapes, they can be sweet if you fill them with fruit and whipped cream.
An excellent solution for the dessert part of the buffet is mini-cakes. They are much more convenient than traditional cake, which needs to be cut and laid out on plates. An amazing decoration of any most exquisite buffet is chocolate fondue. There is a small fountain on the table, from which hot chocolate flows. Nearby are the fruit and skewers. Fruits are placed on a skewer and then dipped into a fountain.
As for hot dishes, here it is worth paying attention to mini shish kebabs. Due to their small size, chicken hearts and liver are best for them. And also mini octopus and shrimp. However, nobody prevents to make a mini-shish kebab from traditional pork and mutton. But still preference is given to the first option, as chicken offal and sea bastards - more refined, intricate, and most importantly - an easy option.
Another option for a hot dish for a buffet table is the baked hats of champignons on skewers. If desired, they can be filled with salads.
And finally, the most modern variant of a dish for a buffet table is rolls and sushi. Now they are very popular, and they are eaten by almost everyone.
Alcohol for a buffet table should be as light as food, and also be combined with a general menu. In addition, if it is a business buffet, there is no point in leaning on a drink - it is important to save face. Refuse from such drinks as vodka, cognac, tequila. Replace them with champagne, light young wine. In principle, you can do without alcohol at all.
To have a buffet table was successful for you, it is worth remembering the general rules of conduct for such events. You can not put yourself in a plate too much food - you can always go back to her table. Do not stay at the table too long, let others also put their food. If you are on a diet, keep a glass of drink in your right hand, and put the food on the left - so you can eat much less. And we will repeat again - be careful to sort out with alcohol. You can not smoke where the buffet is held. If it is a matter of placement, then everything is clear, and if the buffet is held in the open air? In this case, the person who wants to smoke must move away from the table, so as not to make smokers breathe smoke.
To summarize, I want to note a huge plus of a buffet table - you do not have to order expensive banquet halls and spend money on expensive strong alcohol and fatty dishes, as well as pay animators. So to everything else, the buffet is an economical option, as well as easy to prepare, and, despite this, spectacular. Yes, and effective, because it perfectly combines the team. Therefore, the next time when there will be a question about a party for the whole team, choose the form of the reception - a buffet table and you will not lose it!