'food presentations' by the hotel's waiters at wedding dinners tend to be at best corny, and at worst somewhat painful to endure, depending on the level of complexity of the proceedings.
first, there's the music. typically, this would be strains of kitaro, or the dining room scene from disney's beauty & the beast, or some other spirited melody a'la excerpts from an Olympics soundtrack.
then you have the 'presentation' itself, which grand scale is sometimes capable of overshadowing the bridal entry! house lights dim, and food comes in on candlelit trays carried by waiters proudly relishing their moment of fame, amid misty clouds of dry ice. in a few weddings i attended, a waitress serving the main table's first course was hoisted up on a platform resting on the shoulders of two or more men as the little procession of waiters made its way across the red carpet. in the case of yesterday's wedding dinner, the strength of one of the men waned, he lost his grip, the waitress fell from the chair that was affixed on the platform, and the first course came tumbling after...
and this happened just as i was wondering whether these daring acts have ever encountered a fall before...
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