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| Innovative Names in Catering |
Houston’s catering industry is just as renowned as its restaurant community, giving planners great flexibility when it comes to organizing the culinary elements of their events. Whether to utilize a restaurant as a turnkey event venue or to seek out the expertise of a catering vendor is a decision that planners should make only after they weigh the pros and cons of each possibility. On one hand, restaurants offer teams of well-trained staff, name recognition and a ready-made ambience, all of which are vital elements to a successful event that planners don’t have to worry about. On the other side, catering services offer more flexibility and allow planners to take complete creative control of the event. It’s really a matter of how each planner goes about their process.
Melangé Catering & Special Events is one of Houston’s most renowned catering services. Their expertise includes corporate affairs of any size, and they bring a creative edge to their projects for finished products that are truly stunning and unique. Their long list of catering/production credits include the Republican National Convention, Houston’s Freedom Over Texas 4th of July Celebration, the Grand Opening of Foley’s at Memorial City Mall and the Galleria, the Museum of Natural Science Gala and the Houston Zoo Ball.
Melangé features menus specifically designed with the corporate planner in mind. With the Melangé breakfast menu, attendees can start their day off right with a diverse selection of morning treats, including savory and sweet grilled bagels, fruit and cheese Danish pastries and exemplary French toast. For lunch, the available midday menu features savory restaurant-quality entrees, such as Mediterranean chicken, herb crusted salmon, traditional meatloaf, cranberry glazed pork loin and pecan chicken.
A beverage and snack menu that includes ice tea service, coffee service, assorted flavors of bottled juices, raspberry cheese tortes and fresh sliced fruit and vegetable trays is also available, ensuring that attendees are taken care of even during session breaks.
Aside from their featured menu selections, Melangé also offers boxed lunches that showcase some of the best sandwich creations around. Lunch box sandwiches are made with fresh deli meats, the best produce and daily baked bread. All sandwich selections, including smoked ham, turkey breast, and roast beef and provolone are complemented by chips and cookies for a perfectly satisfying meal.
Sushi Bars-to-Go
When it comes to finding the right cuisine for a group of corporate business professionals, planners can never go wrong with sushi. Using sushi restaurants as the location of business lunches and corporate dinners has grown in popularity that they now rival the traditional steakhouse as the culinary retreat of choice for professionals from virtually all industries. Just a few years ago, the enticing thought of bringing the world of sushi to general event venues was just a dream for many planners. The expertise and environment needed to prepare and serve sushi was thought to be too great an expense to justify the delicious luxury. Considering how expensive a plate of sushi is at a Japanese restaurant, we would say that such thinking is correct if it wasn’t for the amazing catering service provided by Sushic, LLC.
Sushic, LLC is the go-to expert for private events of all varieties, from small get-togethers of 10 guests to banquets of more than 2,000 attendees. Their signature sushi bar program provides professional trained chefs and all the ingredients needed to make sushi at any given location. Guests can enjoy the many tastes that sushi has to offer while planners have the peace of mind knowing that everything behind the bar is in good hands.
What makes Sushic, LLC a reliable provider of corporate catering? Sushic puts quality and food safety above all else, which is essential when dealing with any cuisine with raw-based ingredients and prepared for large groups. Sushic’s successful formula for multi-unit environments is the result of extensive training, the implementation of HACCP policies, strict food supervision, a set of standardized preparation practices and raw material replenishment programs.
Utilizing a sushi bar set-up can prove to be an alluring attraction for meeting attendees not expecting such innovative catering concepts. Not only will guests enjoy a healthy meal that’s packed with protein and necessary carbohydrates to get the brain juices flowing, a sushi bar can be a delightful form of entertainment, as attendees will enjoy watching the chefs make their intricate culinary creations. With the promise of great food and an entertaining attraction, Sushic’s sushi bar program is definitely a worthy catering investment.
For smaller events, we also suggest that planners look into the renowned services of Mikimoto Sushi Catering. The team at Mikimoto Sushi is headed by a 5-star master chef; the result of which are sushi creations that are as beautiful to look at as they are delicious to eat. Their sushi bar buffet is available as an on-site catering option with planners able to customize the offerings to their preferences and/or budget. Options include nigiri sushi (tuna, salmon, red snapper, crab meat and shrimp), assorted rolls (tuna, spicy tuna, California, cucumber and rock and roll), miso soup and sushi condiments.
All of these sushi favorites are available for one week in advance a la carte orders in addition to other popular requests, including yellow tail, super white tuna and fresh water eel. Available side orders include Japanese fried rice, Japanese pan fried noodles and spring rolls.
Melangé Catering & Special Events is one of Houston’s most renowned catering services. Their expertise includes corporate affairs of any size, and they bring a creative edge to their projects for finished products that are truly stunning and unique. Their long list of catering/production credits include the Republican National Convention, Houston’s Freedom Over Texas 4th of July Celebration, the Grand Opening of Foley’s at Memorial City Mall and the Galleria, the Museum of Natural Science Gala and the Houston Zoo Ball.
Melangé features menus specifically designed with the corporate planner in mind. With the Melangé breakfast menu, attendees can start their day off right with a diverse selection of morning treats, including savory and sweet grilled bagels, fruit and cheese Danish pastries and exemplary French toast. For lunch, the available midday menu features savory restaurant-quality entrees, such as Mediterranean chicken, herb crusted salmon, traditional meatloaf, cranberry glazed pork loin and pecan chicken.
A beverage and snack menu that includes ice tea service, coffee service, assorted flavors of bottled juices, raspberry cheese tortes and fresh sliced fruit and vegetable trays is also available, ensuring that attendees are taken care of even during session breaks.
Aside from their featured menu selections, Melangé also offers boxed lunches that showcase some of the best sandwich creations around. Lunch box sandwiches are made with fresh deli meats, the best produce and daily baked bread. All sandwich selections, including smoked ham, turkey breast, and roast beef and provolone are complemented by chips and cookies for a perfectly satisfying meal.
Sushi Bars-to-Go
When it comes to finding the right cuisine for a group of corporate business professionals, planners can never go wrong with sushi. Using sushi restaurants as the location of business lunches and corporate dinners has grown in popularity that they now rival the traditional steakhouse as the culinary retreat of choice for professionals from virtually all industries. Just a few years ago, the enticing thought of bringing the world of sushi to general event venues was just a dream for many planners. The expertise and environment needed to prepare and serve sushi was thought to be too great an expense to justify the delicious luxury. Considering how expensive a plate of sushi is at a Japanese restaurant, we would say that such thinking is correct if it wasn’t for the amazing catering service provided by Sushic, LLC.
Sushic, LLC is the go-to expert for private events of all varieties, from small get-togethers of 10 guests to banquets of more than 2,000 attendees. Their signature sushi bar program provides professional trained chefs and all the ingredients needed to make sushi at any given location. Guests can enjoy the many tastes that sushi has to offer while planners have the peace of mind knowing that everything behind the bar is in good hands.
What makes Sushic, LLC a reliable provider of corporate catering? Sushic puts quality and food safety above all else, which is essential when dealing with any cuisine with raw-based ingredients and prepared for large groups. Sushic’s successful formula for multi-unit environments is the result of extensive training, the implementation of HACCP policies, strict food supervision, a set of standardized preparation practices and raw material replenishment programs.
Utilizing a sushi bar set-up can prove to be an alluring attraction for meeting attendees not expecting such innovative catering concepts. Not only will guests enjoy a healthy meal that’s packed with protein and necessary carbohydrates to get the brain juices flowing, a sushi bar can be a delightful form of entertainment, as attendees will enjoy watching the chefs make their intricate culinary creations. With the promise of great food and an entertaining attraction, Sushic’s sushi bar program is definitely a worthy catering investment.
For smaller events, we also suggest that planners look into the renowned services of Mikimoto Sushi Catering. The team at Mikimoto Sushi is headed by a 5-star master chef; the result of which are sushi creations that are as beautiful to look at as they are delicious to eat. Their sushi bar buffet is available as an on-site catering option with planners able to customize the offerings to their preferences and/or budget. Options include nigiri sushi (tuna, salmon, red snapper, crab meat and shrimp), assorted rolls (tuna, spicy tuna, California, cucumber and rock and roll), miso soup and sushi condiments.
All of these sushi favorites are available for one week in advance a la carte orders in addition to other popular requests, including yellow tail, super white tuna and fresh water eel. Available side orders include Japanese fried rice, Japanese pan fried noodles and spring rolls.
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