Actividades: Here are some ways to make the whole experience different. Tables Table skirting are a thing of the past. When buffet tables used to be rectangular and dressed with skirting velcroed on, tables today go "undressed". Instead, simple, elegant and unskirted tables are used. A minimalist concept is popular. Look out for creative ways for food presentation. For example, use metal tables for a more chic industrial look, use large leaves and flowers to give visual freshness and colours. Food service Instead of pre-plating food, serve them directly from woks, pots and serving trays onto plates at the table. Even though this implies a higher cost in getting more service staff, guests can decide how much they want to be serve at the table. At a buffet spread, use serving trays, woks, paella pans, cast-iron skillets, and heated bricks or marble slabs to keep the food warm and give it an warm and original presentation, it also adds a "home-cooking" feel. You can also try risers where you can display food on tiers. Go blocks Forget about the traditional round tables. Squares and rectangles are in. You can experiment with putting them together, combing rectangle and square tables to get different table configurations. Even plates can go squares. Square china are easy available and you can even find them in different colours. Small is nice When serving canapes or nibble food, just a waiter with white gloves passing the tray is a thing of the past. Guests demand more appealing presentation in their nibbles. For example, serve soups in shot glasses, bite-sized hors d’oeuvres are served on little plates, trays with video-screens are also a great way to serve food with a difference. Interaction Since most banquets have predetermined menus, why not get the service staff to give a small presentation about the courses. So guests know what they will be served next and what is so special about the dishes. You can also send the menus via email or put them online on your event website, complete with photos and nutrition values about the different dishes. People these days want information about their food. For a less formal event, why not print the menu on the black T-shirt of the service staff? You can save printing menus! Apart from all the logistics and decoration that you can improvise during your banquet, think about the food experience when deciding what the menu should be, how food are to be served, how many service staff will be required, what kind of information to give to the guests that will help enhance the whole food experience.