caterer #1
lepas dah book dewan both side decide proceed dengan caterer, yang ni pun ayah banyak surf, tatau nape on caterer solely suh ayah tengok, rasanya dia lebih arif.. so ada 2 caterer yang dishortlisted kan, basicly tengok package, performance diorang, capacity and ofcourse pricing wise.. so 2 caterer ini, satu di ampang, satu di damansara.. so hari ahad kitorang sama2 pegi, me and family except elang, sudah tentu ada adlie & mak.. so first pegi yang kat ampang, dia bukak for food testing pukul 11 ke 1130, kitorang sampai ngam2 jugakla, masa sampai dah ada 2 famili dalam tu, office dia tak berapa besar so mcm terkial2, hehe, kitorang duduk then lama juga tunggu dia serve sebab pic tak ramai, yang uruskan luar ni sorang je, so dia suruh makan..
nak jadikan cerita masa itu saya ada food poisoning, situasi yang sangat teruk, atas bawah nak keluar je, so kitorang pun makan, observe la sume ape yang patut, masa saya mkn tu mmg tak rasa ape, tastebud mcm dah tak berfungsi, so i was depending on family opinions la, dah makan2, rasa2, then masa discuss tu i knew for sure la akan jadi masalah, first thing, her hp was ringging non stop during the discussion, letak je ada call, letak je ada call, and those call came from potential clients, yang tatau jalan nak datang, btw kan boleh buat research dulu, even ayah pun dtg dulu cari tempat so that on the day takla sesat2, adlie pakai gps, atleast la cuba la cari jalan mcm mana nak dtg, ni memanjang call tanya jalan, dari sejauh2 tesco ampang tu dah sesat jalan, cos kalau dari situ dah tatau jalan mmg confirm sesat, sebab caterer ni agak masuk kedalam.. so dah potong stim kat situ, she did say sorry la ofcos.. bukan salah dia pun..
then caterer ni takde package dewan, too bad, dia ada package rumah sahaja, kalau buat kat rumah mmg just nice package dia cos foc dia quite alot, tapi kalau dewan boleh jugak kan, contra everything, bila masa contra ni ada hal jugak, because somehow contra dia tak kene benda, contoh package photographer change dengan red carpet, mcm agak tak make sense disitu, tak payah la cite panjang la kot and the best thing while were discussing nak contra dia cakap kat mak adlie, kami tak makan duit akak kalau kita contra2 ni, masa ni dah pissed off gila, kalau tak boleh submit to our idea just say no lah n this is first discussion belum nak engage ape2, sorry to say la pr very agak bad.. kenapa nak cakap pasal makan duit org, sebab mmg mkn duit org? ntahla..
and then dewan jkr boleh letak maximum 60 table yang 10 seater, tapi caterer ni dia limit to 30 table je, kurang tak apa tapi lebih tak boleh, our plan is we actually would like to utilise the hall up to maximum capacity, bukan apa sebab majlis combine, when it comes to peak hour im not sure whether we can accomodate the guests, bukan peak hour im sure okay, so to be safe nak guna maximum, so at this point of time i knew already i cant deal with this, ye saya dah buat muka sedikit, caterer tak willing to go down to our request so no hard feeling, serious, which caterer im not gonna reveal here, cos this is merely our personal experience due to our nature of arrangement sebab buat kat dewan and so on so fourth and it may be vary to others.. situasi tak sama, and i knew lotsa happy clients settled down with this caterer, saya anggap mungkin dah bukan jodoh dengan caterer ini.. alhamdulillah awal2 ni dah dapat petunjuk, kalau dah letak depo mungkin agak sukar lah nak deal..
still apa yang disukai tentang caterer ini ialah, makan di sana bukan packed away, kalau satu famili datang satu famili la makan, kalau 2 org datang 2 orglah makan..
fuds from 1st caterer.. acar buah look yummy..
caterer #2
then we proceed to other caterer, kebetulan dia buat open day, tapi tak open day sangat kot, cos masa kitorang dtg takde la ramai2 pun, kitorang je, and pejabat dia dekat rumah, so terasa agak welcome la disitu, so sampai2 terus discuss, ayah dah dapat full quotation from caterer sebelum tu, so ada gambaran juga lah bila nak berbincang.. yang attend tu lelaki dan sangat baik la dari segi pr, dari segi advise pun bagus, mcm dalam blog caterer itu.. and dia akan dengar dulu dgn sabar apa arrangement kita, apa request kita then dia bgtau apa yang dia boleh buat on that part..
then yang paling penting caterer ni dah 2 3x cater majlis kat dewan jkr, so dari segi arrangement buffet table, meja makan, pengantin table sume boleh serahkan pada di, and then diorang pun tau camne pantry kat dewan jkr so takdelah risau sangat.. sebab maybe akan involve sedikit masak memasak kat sana for this one menu and sangat heart their glass setting, glass setting in a way, pinggan cawan kaca, barrel air kaca, then bekas nasi mcm kat hotel tu, so nampak proper.. and on tables sume up to us either nak max 60, 50, 40.. so oklah disitu.. sebab previous majlis kat dewan jkr yang diorang cater i think their arrangement is maximum 60 on tables, rasanyalah kalau tak salah..
and yang paling seronok la as customer when they willing to give and take, cos majlis combine, tapi combine pun taklah ramai sangat sampai beribu2 lemon, hehe, so ada benda yang dia boleh bagi free, ada benda yang dia boleh beri discount, ada benda yang dia tak penah buat then dia try buat, serious mmg boleh dibawa berbincang..
even dengan caterer ni seems okay, looks okay, sounds okay, but its just a beginning, a proper credit/complaints will come out soon after the wedding but so far so good.. alhamdullilah, cos we only have 2 caterer that we've shortlisted, in any way both pun screwed up mana lagi nak cari.. :)
one thing sikit la, as informed to him majlis ni combine (again), and for food testing they gave cuma 1 set take away, then ayah yang mintak satu lagi, cos we going back to different house la kan me and adlie, takkan aku je nak rasa, what about adlie's famili kan, then bagi satu pun actually tak cukup, at least i want mak, ayah and meself rasa.. no picture taken sebab semakin sakit, hmm.. should ask them to give us 2 sets lagi whenever we are nearby their place soon.. after all dah book kan? ya, nak mintak nanti.. and masa tu pun i did not taste their food pun, sebab balik terus kejar bilik air, pastu dah mengigil2, then lelap jap..
then i need to meet up adlie again later in the evening sebab nak jumpa tenant bagi tenancy agreement, masa ni dah pucat2, masa adlie dah almost half way fetching me i feel like telling him to patah balik sebab mcm tak larat, then kesian pulak dia pegi sorang, so siap2 jugalah.. then sampai kat hot spring dah mula hujan lebat selebatnya, dan kilat kuat, so tau kan saya ialah phobia kepada hujan lebat dan kilat yang meletup2, so the only choice meet up kat clubhouse sekankang kera tu, and they came hubby and wifey, so keluar jugak la dari keta, walaupun rasa nak pengsan sebab kilat meletup2 kuat sana sini.. org tak tutup telinga aku duk la tutup beria2.. so they took the agreement to mati setem and later pass to us back when we pass to them the key.. with this sudah ada org sewa rumah, lega sangat, cuma sebulan sahaja myr0, and to bear the installment kalau takde org sewa mmg sangat burden especially when your money sume blowing to the wed preparations..

masa ni hujan lebat gila, and later tak berapa hari ada tanah runtuh, kalau perasan la, tapi involved amansiera side, but still just across the templer rawang highway, clear shot from our master bedroom balcony, scary ya, cos very near to the tanah runtuh tu ada rumah... yang masih belum org duduk, rasanya area tu belum official lagi ada org duduk..

so sudah selasai we went to curve makan kenny rogers, parking susah, sudah give up sebab dah petang, we seldom went there petang2, salu pagi thari dah ada kat sana.. and get my fav cuppcake tu lah.. then balik..

then selesai semuanya pulang.. itulah dia experience berjumpa cuma 2 caterer, pada hari diri ini tidak sihat, kalau 5 6 caterer tataula mcm mana ragamnya kan, so the next day tu we have booked the second caterer.. and the following following phone calls to discuss on add-ons and stuffs kedengaran bagus.. mintak2 dapat bodek lagi, soooo now we have to finalise things ape2 sume la nak add on ke ape and get a rough quotation from them so that we have a clearer picture on the budgetsssss side.. :) my expectation to them takde la that very high above the sky with the birds flying happily, tiba tiba? its just that i hope they can deliver their best la as per prior discussion.. insya Allah... bukanlah perfectionist cuma berharap semua berjalan dengan lancar, adat menjamu orang, mestilah kita nak yang terbaik..
caterer juga sudah booked, so far kami berdua adalah yang terpaling awal booked mereka for august 2010, pending add-ons and final quotation..