Food Sampling @ The Ritz

We were honourned to be invited for a food sampling dinner at the LiYen Chinese Restaurant in Ritz Carlton last night. It was a 7 course dinner with chinese menu and western settings. There were 20 of us and we were seated in a banquet setup (Long table).
The room was decorated with Oganza orange drapes, twig balls wrapped in red oganza cloth; hung from the ceiling. The tables were setup in a fusion style, with chopsticks, fork and knife. The table runner was bold red in color and was further enhanced by a couple of candle holders and fresh flowers.

We started off with a very light and interesting appetizer - 2 hot Appetizers, salad prawn and deep fried prawn. I personally liked the starter. It's light and was decorated in a very appetizing manner. Followed by a huge bowl of YinYang sharkfin soup. The main course was cod fish layered with honey. The next dish was Stir fried chicken. By then, I was 110% filled! Next dish was beancurd roll with a papaya carved 'Fook' character on top. Everyone was amazed by the precision of the carved 'fook'. It was then followed by a Lotus leaf glutinous rice dish, ending with a Pamelo and sago dessert.

These are the pictures taken during the dinner. We were each presented with an individual menu with our names printed on it. =) We were also asked to comment on the presentation and the taste of the food.

And lastly, the food in the Ritz is highliy priced! We were told the dinner costs approximately RM250++ per pax! wow!!!

The Room

The Food

Brides Ideas

I buy bridal magazines whenever I go to the bookstore now. Got 2 of them; the Female Brides, June2006 edition and NiuYou (modern brides) June2006. Both has quite a good coverage on what you need to prepare, directories of vendors, hotels, venues, photography, gowns, makeups, gowns, wedding planners, and etc. Quite comprehensive.

To date, I have 3 different set of planning schedule template, which says what need to be done prior to your big day. Ben just did a check and found that ... phew! we're still on schedule, 6 - 8 months prior to deciding on your wedding venue that is! As our tentative date will be March 2007, about 8 more months to go. *nervous nervous* Still can't seem to make up our mind yet. I believe you have all the right to be choosy and picky for the event of your life..haha!

Still have alot of things to prepare, the photoshots, invitation cards, themes. Well, maybe not that much but ... deciding on one venue and vendor needs lotsa research and courage. It's like making the choice of your life, similar to choosing your partner...isn't?? *wink wink*

I do diaries |My Best Friend's Wedding|

I was watching this program last night, The I do Diaries - My best Friend's Wedding. The idea is that 2 best friends came together and decided to get married at the same time; well almost, one week after each other's wedding.

They both are entirely sponsored to have their Dream wedding! But the catch is the brides are not allowed to participate in their own wedding, not a single details. The decision is entirely up to the best friend. The best friend will decide on the venue, the gown, the wedding cake, the theme, the invitation cards and the gift for the guests, even the brides makeup. Yes! Not a single detail can be reviewed till the wedding day itself. The bride will be blind-folded when they do their bridal gown fitting.

It was soooo interesting!

But that someone has to really understand what we really want laaaaaa......

Searching for the perfect place

Where will be the perfect venue to hold the most important day of your life? We started going to hotels in town to sight the venues and enquire about wedding packages.
The first hotel we went to was Ritz Carlton. Remember going to that place to enquire when we were planning for our registration last year. Quite like the place because of it's classiness and coziness. We both want a small do for our wedding and coziness is an important element for us. Have been there few times already with both our parents and the Ritz reprentative have been very helpful and professional in assisting us. We even met up with the decorators and florist. But, I'm still not quite satisfy with the wedding hall, the 2 huge poles in the middle is just disturbing factor. Went to sight the actual wedding preparation, but it haven't blew me away. hmmmmmm......

While we were at the Ritz, the representative also took us to the JW Marriott, which is associated with the Ritz. Both hotels have their own selling point; JW Marriott for its grandness while Ritz for its coziness. Besides, JW Marriott has a minimum order of 50 tables, which we both feel it's a bit too many people.

So we decided to search for few more options. Went to Le-Meridien just yesterday. My mom's cousin's wedding was held there and I thought the decos and ambience was quite good. The only down side is the wedding package - doesnt include a lot of things, e.g. the Pre-dinner Cocktail, the jazz band and etc.

We then went to KL Hilton, which is just next door without making prior appointment. Hence haven't seen any of their wedding packages yet.

Planning to go to few more places like the Sheraton Imperial and Mandarin Oriental.

Preparation in action

Those who knows us know that we both like taking pictures a lot. kakaka