Sarah and Nick's wedding

Today was the bersanding ceremony for Nick and Sarah at the Empire Hotel. The affair was really grand and was held at the Indera Kayangan Ballroom. We had the food which we tested and tried and commented on a few weeks earlier. The food was overall ok. The starter was a lot better and they did improve the dressing with the pomelo bits in the dressing. The soto ayam was nice too and not too heavy. I thought it was weird they had put sambal belacan on the table along with some sort of acar but no cucumbers on the side, plus this was not really on the menu. The fish was not as good as before I don't know why maybe because this time they cut it a bit too thin and fried it too long hence it was a bit dry and not as succulent. The curry was much better and thank god we saw no hairy bits of skin today! The rendang like before was excellent and beef was very tender, the prawn was nice although this is the first time I tasted buttermilk prawn which had mayo in it. The pakis I thought was a better substitute to the mixed veg we had last time but if I had my choice I would have preferred it as a sambal rather than with coconut milk, but our UK friends liked it and it tasted good. As for the desert - sago gula melaka and coconut cream was I thought better presented during the food testing session and they had more coconut cream , I couldn't finish it today as it was too sweet.

Nevertheless My sisters and I sat on the same table with 4 of Nick and Sarah's friends from the UK and we had a really good time in conversation with them and we didn't do too badly finishing off most of the dishes despite there being only 7 of us on the table!

Overall I was extremely proud of the lovely flower arrangements done by my staff of Reda Florist, so much so that I took pictures of the flowers and forgot to stand up and take pictures of the groom and bride when they came in to take their place on the dias..oh and even the cake had fresh flowers adorned on them too but since it was placed in the middle of the room I was too shy and felt awkward to go in front of it to take a shot! The hand bouquet was a bouquet of fresh orchids and Zimar also made some flower buttons using the same flowers for members of the same family.

Congratulations once again Sarah and Nick and here's wishing you both the best of luck for your ceremony in the UK this coming summer!