it was more like a wedding in the middle of the forest! the location takes you away from the city's bustle and being remote as it is conjures up feelings of old kampong life. not that i had any first hand experience, but sure feels that way!
months ago our client requested not only a dessert bar but a conceptualised buffet area as they were only expecting 100 guests. being curious as we are, we agreed! why not?! we weren't cooking anyways and began sourcing for vendors to provide some mains and appetisers etc.
so here we present to you our first conceptualised buffet area comprising of mains/appetisers, desserts and drinks!
a long winding road lined with trees led the way to this remote mosque...
menu for the day - these were the complex dishes we had to handle!
a string of flags made from kain pelikat created the backdrop to the main buffet line
the exciting part of the project was not so much of the dessert bar but really incorporating traditional desserts into the set up!
agar-agar gudir, wajek in banana leaf cones, putri salat, pulut and mini epok-epoks served on a wooden tier. we requested for these desserts to be made in pinks for obvious reasons. haha.
gado-gado presented in clear glass serveware, our design aimed to bring out the textures presented by all the ingredients. we wanted to bring out a very raw, back to basics layout but a sophisticated finish overall for the buffet area so food were placed in home-style serveware as opposed to standard chafing dishes.
then we added a tiny table of the typical modern day desserts for the young folk!
our final 'station' - the drinks! true to kampong style, we offered guests some chilled bandung (a concoction of rose syrup and milk for those unaware). instead of the usual drink dispensers we thought serving bandung in colorful glass bottles chilled in tin buckets was more old-school...
tea and coffee were available too! hot water was dispensed from old-fashioned flasks!
it was an eye opening first experience doing a whole buffet set up. you have to give it up to caterers who do this everyday! but leaving you now with the pictures above would be telling you just half the story of this event.
half way through our client's solemnization event, rain clouds gathered and threatened to pour. we were afterall right smack in a water catchment area of singapore!!! so in 15-20 mins or so we relocated the entire buffet area indoors. it would have not been possible without the help of kind people at Kasai Sayang! so thanks guys!!!
if you're wondering whether this is a new service, well not really. only by special request and special circumstances. we strongly believe in doing new things...but at the core of this company, we want to do things well foremost! catering is a whole new realm, very much different from desserts which is so easy peasy compared to handling main courses etc.
and also if you're wondering why pink turns up often on our blog (i just realised this scrolling through recent posts!), i assure you its not a twc favourite color, we don't have favourites here and are more than eager to work with blue, yellow, red, orange, black, green or whatever new hue you have in mind. (and secretly i may just be begging clients to choose other colors, pretty please!)
wishing readers the best of battles with the rest of the week!
