Nadeen’s Wedding

Nadeen’s wedding took place in London on the 21st September 2013. The family started coming in from the 14th. We did a lot of preparing from then on.
Sunday September 15th we had a lunch shower for the bride at a pub in Tedley, England.

The food was delicious. I had lamb steak with mashed potatoes.
They also served Sunday roast with Yorkshire pudding. For dessert we had
Eton mess and Summer Pudding. In the evening we all set around and made the party Favours. The Party favours consisted of almond covered candies.

On Wednesday the Marquee was put up and we had a dinner for the groom’s family, who had come from Ireland.
For dinner we had:-

Shrimp Cocktail
Beef Bourgania with mashed potatoes
Eton mess

Shrimp Cocktail

Thursday for the Mandavo we had
Dokari
Bhel Puri
Samosa
Carrot Halwa
Vagarala Chana
Lamb Biriyani
Apple and Plum Crumble with whipping cream
Baklava

Dokari 1

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Friday for dinner we had:-

Salad
Chicken Curry and Rice
and the left over Biriyani from Thursday.

These are the handkerchiefs the bride gave to her parents on e wedding day.

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Saturday the wedding was at Trunkwell Mansion House and the ceremony started at 1.30 pm. This was followed by Cocktails, Champagne and Sherbet in the Garden.

The original Trunkwell House dates back to 1190 but was pulled down and rebuilt in 1878. The house is evident in the early records of Beech Hill. In 1881 the Census revealed that Trunkwell was a small village in itself. Even today it stands in 34 acres of beautiful Berkshire countryside.

Trunkwell was also well known in the area for breeding race horses. The most famous horse to come from the Trunkwell stables was the winner of The Oaks in the 1880’s.

In 1937 the Udall family bought Trunkwell House and its beautiful grounds. During the Second World War the house was opened up to evacuees to provide shelter and safety. The house was a family home until the son of the owner converted the house into a hotel.

For Cocktails we had:-

Chicken and vegetable samosa
Paneer tikka
Chilli Paneer
Alo Tikki
Roast Beef in Yorkshire
Salmon pate on a pancake

This was followed by a wedding Breakfast in the marquee. Breakfast was a three course meal served.

Goat Cheese and Tomato Tart
with Fresh Thyme set on a Herbed
Salad with Grain Mustard dressing
Chicken with Honey Lemon and
Thyme
Rosemary and Sea Salt
Roasted New Potatoes,
Snow peas
And Lemon Butter Sauce
Or
Roasted, aged, prime Beef Fillet
Dauphinoise Potatoes,
Honey Roast Baby Carrots
And a Light peppercorn Jus
Or
Wild Mushroom Risotto with
Asparagus and Rocket Salad
Finished with Parmesan
Cream and Chives
Dessert
Vanilla and white chocolate
Box with Raspberry and
Shortcake Centre
Coffee and Tea

There was dancing after dinner.

The cake was made by my sister, the Bride’s mother. It was a 3 tier cake, the bottom was fruit cake,
The middle was vanilla sponge cake and the top was a lemon drizzle cake.
The flowers (roses) were made with Sugar paste .

Cake flowers