Event: Bernice Yvette's 7th birthday celebration
Date: November 4, 2010
Place: Arabian Homes (Multi-purpose center), Herra, Jeddah
A nice growing young lady deserves a fine birthday celebration. And with such a grand celebration, we wish Bernice the best of years to come. May your days be filled with sunshine and beautiful colors; and, your nights be filled with comforting dreams and wishes to come true.
The place is probably one of the nicest compounds we have ever been. It is quite, with pocket gardens everywhere, and the people (mostly European and American expats) are so cool! Tip: when you go inside, bring lots of baon of your English language (baka maubusan ka!)
The ambiance of the place could be likened to our very own Alabang town center (only smaller) with nooks of various stores. We saw a small Italian cafe, Bibliarch (for books & some office supplies), a pharmacy, and some more but were not able to identify as they were already closed that time.
While this is not our first to cater side-by-side with another professional caterer (remember
Unidecor events), this one is so special as we were put with two of the famous Pinoy restos/caterers in town - China Gate & La Paz.
Here's a very short story, and let us make yabang na rin kahit papano (allow us, blog naman namin eto....cheers!):
When we learned that we will be doing the gig with the two food giants here in Jeddah, we actually panicked thinking lalamunin kami ng mga ito. And so, the whole time during preparation, we were so nerve-crack. But then we made up of mind and decided, what the heck! we will just do our usual, i.e., making the most of what we have, and certainly giving our best!
And to our surprise (actually to our disappointment), the two giants never really bothered (at least, that's how we thought). Here's the picture of their set-up.
The left portion is that of China Gate and to the right, of La Paz
We intended to taste their food, but we were busy serving on another side of the room. And by the time we tried, ubos na food nila. So, we just leave the judgment to our guests, what they have to say to all of us (yes, all the caterers).
The theme of the party is 'luau' - you know, that Hawaiian thing. Since, we really have nothing to match that theme, we just put two sulo's and some shells on the buffet table.
Here's Artscooking set-up during the occasion:
Artscooking menu during the event: Roast Beef, Mongolian Chicken, Beef Asado, Chicken Teriyaki, Shrimp Rolls, Mixed Vegetables, Chinese Fried Rice, Fettuccini, Ginataang Bilo2x, and Cream of Mushroom Soup.
Cheers!
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Kukot, Ellen & Alice
Beef Menduo
Fish fillet in sweet & sour sauce
Chicken adobo & beef menudo
The chocolate fountai
Mixed veggies with quail eggs
