I'm looking for food and decorating idea's for an Oriental themed dinner party. So far serving various sushi's

Question

and a big seaweed salad. I have plum wine, saki and oolong tea for beverages. I have a beautiful sushi dinnerware set to serve it on. What else can I do to make everything spectacular? Please, put on your thinking caps and come up with some great ideas to make this a night to remember!

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Lettuce Wraps.  

get the core out of the lettuce then run cold water in the hole so the portions come off whole.  

Any type of filling will do, the guests can fill them and they are a great finger food.

Answer 3

chop sticks

Answer 4

Oriental is a rug Asian is a people!

Answer 5

personalized fortune cookies.  google it!

hope that helps...

Answer 6

asian lanterns and those silly asian headbands tourists always wear. You can get a couple japanese/english dictionaries and make everyone try to use them to speak japanese at the table for a while. Fortune cookie games like having everyone say their fortune out loud then add the phrase "in bed" to it!

Answer 7

add fancy chianese lights, rugs, anything to match the dinner, so it will be like eating in china. or whatever theme your going for

Answer 8

Be sure to include some veggie sushi.  I for one (being alergic to sea food) would be very hungry if someone served sushi only.

Answer 9

Hi

How about calling it an Asian/Oriental themed dinner party instead? You can widen your food, beverage and decoration choices. This way your dinner party is going to be a bit exotic too!

For the food, you can consider having :

Japanese sushi

Chinese Tim Sum

Vietnamese rice wraps

Indian curry chicken

Malaysian Satay (meat on skewers) dipped in peanut sauce or Teriyaki sauce

Chinese Fried noodles or rice

Korean Kim Chi (Preserved cabbage in chilli) and BBQ or

Chinese Claypot (seafood stew, chicken stew or vegetable stew)

(If you are unable to cook these dishes, try Chinese/Japanese/Vietnamese/Korean

takeouts or deliveries).



For beverage:

Japanese sake and green tea (served on Japanese tea cups)

Chinese shaoxing or oolong or honey Chrysanthemum tea (served on Chinese tea cups)

Singapore Sling (served on tall glasses)

Fresh coconut juice (served with the husk and decorating it with flowers like orchids)

Indian Masala tea (spiced tea served on metal cups)

You can also serve cold mix juices or fruit punch on your Oriental bowls or china

For decorations:

Chinese red paper cut out of the word "Xi" found in Chinatown - it means happiness or joy

Chinese mini lanterns or parasols- can be found in Chinatown

Chinese sweets tiffin

Japanese door curtain - with Japanese girl or cherry blossom motifs

Vietnamese hats

Indian oil lamps or picture of Indian women in saris

Japanese and Chinese chopsticks and spoons

Japanese/Chinese motif table cloth

Japanese Ikebana (flower arrangements) or Chinese Bonsai (also flower arrangements)

Mandarin oranges and red packets

Chinese knots

Mini Korean toy drums

(The above decorations may not be easy to get, try printing out the various countries famous buildings or symbols from the internet. eg Great Wall of China, Korean drums and costumes, Japanese Mount Fuji, Indian women in saris or Taj Mahal etc and paste it on poster boards around the party venue

OR print out flags and national flowers of some of these Asian countries and paste it all around?)

Arrange on your table a mixture of curry leaves, cherryblossom flower petals, mandarin orange peels and spread it along the table. This act as an exotic potpourri.

Why not get your guests to come in colorful Asian costumes? Friends in Japanese Kimonos, Chinese Cheongsam or Vietnamese costume.

Borrow or buy Chinese/Korean/Japanese/Indian music CD. You can play a compilation of different Asian music to set the mood for your colorful dinner party.

May you have a great party!

Answer 10

You should eat at a lower table with pillows on the floor. Decorations should be of fans, lanterns, and oriental tapestry of Cherry Blossoms.