I dislike nouvelle cuisine myself but i feel that i cna reclassify the wedding meal as a snack and if i'm hungry after I'll get something (I know food in italy is relatively expensive compared to the US) That's my answer to people who complain about vegan wedding meals as well. I really hope your future father-in-law was just making a sincere but basically gruffly humorous complaint (I often do that,) and not making a threat.