Another Quality Class Event

This must surely be an amazing week for me! Just yesterday, I went to a superbly managed Friday prayers at Ahmad Ibrahim Mosque and just two days later, I was entertained to another fantastically-organized event!

What event was it?

A wedding lunch at Choa Chu Kang.

Unity in Colours!

The moment I arrived at the scene, I was struck by the colour-coded setting. Everything, from the wedding dais to the kompang (Malay drum) ensemble to the buffet table skirting to the decorations hanging from the ceiling to the table flower arrangement....was in various shades of green. It certainly made the event look unified...whatever that means.

Excellent Welcome

The welcome was extremely warm and in Malay tradition, the proud parents of the groom/bridegroom welcomed visitors. I felt included in the festivities and this probably allowed me to further enjoy the banquet. Ladies and gentlemen, warm welcome = happy guests = more $$$ in your green packet = make profit from the banquet.

"Tea-Watcher"

Even more amazing was that the organizers even had the foresight to arrange for a "tea-watcher". What's that? Simple, a tea-watcher sits near the hot beverages section and makes sure that the tea/coffee dispensers are adequately filled with coffee and tea and also keeps an eye on the milk and sugar cubes. I was filling my cup with tea and from the corner of my eyes, I noticed that the tea-watcher realizing that the milk was depleting. He bent down to the left side of the table and very casually took out a tin of evaporated milk and proceeded to pour it into the near-empty milk jug. Let me ask you, which other caterer would think of such important and many-times-sorely-missed details?

Sparkling Clean Plates Anyone?

So what about the plates? Surely, a wedding lunch is the occasion to stuff one's self full and today was no different. But a buffet featuring the most delicious of food can be horribly ruined by the presence of - urgh! - greasy plates and utensils. Fortunately though, the plates were sparkling clean - no trace of the ever-yucky greasy residues - and were strategically placed within the easy reach of the hungry hordes. Yes, even 80 year-old makcik can reach the plates very capably!

Great Food!

The food was absolutely scrumptious...I felt like I was in gastronomic nirvana chomping down on the fluffy bryani rice, chewing on the supremely tasty beef rendang, savouring on the black pepper prawn...oh, oh! Mama mia!

I Just Had to Compliment Them!

As someone who could not resist complimenting the organizers for their professionalism and dedication, I wrote a short sms to the caterer whose handphone number (on a namecard) I very conveniently found near the cakes section.

She personally called me back 6 hours later (about 8p.m.) to say how much she appreciated my compliments. Awww...how touching to know that someone actually did feel moved by my compliments!

This is definitely one wedding that restored my faith in properly and professionally-organized weddings!