Catering for Events

Japanese Bento Set

I recently volunteered for an event that took place in Coquitlum. Coincidentally, I was assigned to hand out lunch boxes to a group of very hungry kids after their morning rehearsal. And there were more than two hundred of them. So, how do we feed these many kids within forty five minutes? The answer was, catering. And what kind of food would be most appropriate? Well, the answer would be Japanese or Chinese lunches. In addition, the whole day event also involves about thirty volunteers, including me, who were served with breakfast and the Japanese box lunches too. And in addition to that there were another two hundred or so guests that were served with a selection of cakes, salads, sandwiches, wraps, fruits, biscuits and sweets. The whole event, involved a lot of food.

Japanese Bento Set

The lunch boxes for the kids came in two main lunch set with five items. The first pre-packed Japanese Bento set had fried noodles with chicken, four pieces of sushi, a small portion of salad, two pieces of dumplings and three pieces of spring rolls.

Whereas the second set of Bento were basically the same but had chicken teriyaki with some vegetables instead of the fried noodle with chicken. And it also has the four pieces of sushi, a small portion of salad, two pieces of dumplings and three pieces of spring rolls. 

The Bento sets were delivered by Kaya Sushi on Austin Avenue in Coquitlum and according to the person that placed the order, they had missed out a portion of steam rice in the boxes. Because of the rice mishap, a group of kids had to wait for another twenty five minutes for the left behind Bento set to arrive. So, the delivery was not completed in time.

Sandwiches, Tortilla Wraps, Cheeses Salads and Fruits.

Then, in the later session's sandwiches, tortilla wraps,  salad sets and fruit sets were delivered by Austin Gourmet Caterers which was also located on Austin Avenue in Coquitlum. There were several trays of each of the sandwiches, wraps, salads and fruits spread out on five tables with addition platers of crackers, cookies and chips. The organizers were pretty good with their estimation and by the end of the event there were hardly any food left on the tables. Of cause, there were some leftovers that were taken home by some of the volunteers. In spite of the chaos that was initiated, the organizers with the help of the volunteers managed the event really well.

Sandwiches

Tortilla Wraps

Fruit Set

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