Most Popular Four Maki Choices for Wedding Catering

With 4 choices of Sushi, catering customers can choose four different Maki rolls for their events. In case of Sushi choices, most customers choose very similar items, so it is kind of easy to rank top three choices for Sushi. However, when it comes to Maki rolls, customers choices are really up to their personal preferences. In this case, customers always ask for suggestions and there are some Maki items that Todai suggests to catering customers.

First, when customers choose Maki roll menu, Todai strongly recommends mix of light items and heavy items, and mix of cooked rolls and uncooked rolls to satisfy various customers. For light Maki rolls, Todai suggests California Sunshine roll and Shrimp roll. Most people know about California rolls, which include crab meat, cucumber and avocado. As the name tells, California roll is not traditional Maki roll, but it is the most popular roll in America. Even for some people who have never had Japanese food before, they might know the California roll. California roll is the simple, cooked, and popular roll to have for catering menu. However, some people think California roll feels so generic and has nothing special about Sushi catering. Therefore, Todai creates a new kind of Maki roll, called California Sunshine roll. It is basically California roll, but with extra crab meat with fish eggs on the top. The presentation of California Sunshine can spice up the buffet line and still sounds and looks familiar with California roll.


The next light Maki roll can be Shrimp roll. Recipe of Shrimp roll is very similar with California roll, but it includes shrimp in the roll along with crab meat, cucumber, and avocado. Even though the recipe is very similar, the taste can be very different with California roll because of shrimp in the roll and red and black Tobiko (Fish eggs) on the top.

Meanwhile, for heavy Maki rolls, Todai suggests Todai roll and Volcano roll. As the name tells, Todai roll is the signature roll of Todai Fairfax location. Todai roll includes Salmon, Tuna, Crab meat and Avocado, and Masago (fish eggs) and green onion on the top. Todai roll has the mix of popular raw fish, Tuna and Salmon, so it might not work for Sushi beginners. However, Todai roll is the most rich and fresh roll that Todai can suggest.


The last item Todai suggests is Volcano roll. It might be the heaviest roll Todai has, but the easiest to try among other rolls. Volcano roll has imitation crab meat and cucumber inside, and cooked salmon and cheese on the top. As Volcano roll should be served warm to hot temperature, this roll has to be cooked on the venue. Therefore, if customers want to order this menu, they have to check that caterers can use the oven on the site.

Top Three Sushi Choices for Wedding Catering

For Todai catering, among many other choices, clients choose four different Nigiri Sushi. There are some popular menus in Nigiri Sushi. Sometimes brides or grooms want to choose what they like, but this can be very dangerous. During the wedding, they have to feed hundreds of guests, and often times brides or grooms can't even notice what food they ate during the wedding. That is why they have to choose that MOST people like. During several years catering service, there are some similar items that most people like to have with high demand.
Top three choices for Sushi items are Unagi, Maguro, and Sake. What are those? Again, they are Eel, Tuna, and Salmon.
First, Unagi (eel) is the most popular item among Asians, so if the guests are mostly Asians, Unagi has to be in the menu. Unagi is known for high protein food, and many people love to have Unagi on their dishes. Usually, Unagi has dark brown color. As a caterer, we always have to have extra Unagi on site and ready.

Second is Maguro (tuna). Tuna is most common and popular raw fish throughout all ethnic groups and it has pink to red color. If the guests have never tried raw fish or Sushi before, Maguro might be the best choice for Sushi eating 101.

Third is Sake (salmon). Salmon has mild to strong flavored fish with orange color, so it might be uncomfortable for some guests, but if some guests are big Sushi fans, they will definitely look for Salmon Sushi from the buffet line. It is always good to have this kind item for some mania group.

Unagi, Maguro, and Salmon are not only good for their tastes, but also good for their presentation. With these three items, the buffet line is already colorful - brown, red, and orange. My last suggestion is to choose anything with white color as a fourth item. It can be squid, white tuna, snapper, or escolar.

New Catering Menu

Todai introduced the new hot food item recently. It is called "Beef-Stuffed Zucchini". As the name explains, it contains beef and zucchini. On the top of sliced zucchini, there is grounded beef with melted cheese, very similar with hamburger steak. It is oven baked. A food looks like hamburger steak seems to have very high calories and enemy of the nutrition diet. That is why Todai combined the steak part with zucchini. Zucchini is low calorie vegetable, and some people said that it is actually good for diet. It feels like to have hamburger without bread, but with vegetable. Also, it is one bite portion, so it is perfect for those who want to have a little bit of high protein food.

The presentation of food is also important, especially for catering menu. Green color of Zucchini can brighten up the dark part of cooked beef, and attract the customers' attention. Also, the topping cheese makes people to reach one of these heavens in the mouth. This new item is perfect for catering menu. It can be served as main dishes for the weddings or events. Considering the quantity of the food for catering, Todai tries to make small portion for each item, so people can try every food items on buffet line. If planners want to serve hor d'oeuvre during cocktail reception and want to have some slightly heavy item, this Beef-Stuffed Zucchini will be perfect to pass around during receptions or for appetizer.
As this new item was recently introduced in Todai, and so far it has not been introduced in catering site. If planners can add this item on their next events, it will be unique menu choice additional to sushi items.