~ venue ~

in the midst of preparing my nikah, m also starting

to plan n prepare for my reception whc

insyaAllah will be in april 2010..

so of coz one of the big issue is venue la kan..

there are several things my mum, sis n i look into

when selecting the reception venue.

first of all will be the location of course.. whether it is

easily accessible to all our guests..

parking.. parking hv to pay or free for our guests..

ample space or not.. accessibility of parking to the venue..

the hotel/hall facilities.. surau, toilet, etc.. surau is very

important of course becoz we're muslim kan..

and it is important tat we take into consideration tat our

relative needs a comfortable surau to pray n rest too..

n toilet of coz whether it is clean or not la kan..

then we also need to consider the capacity of the ballroom/hall..

how many can they fit? will it be cramped?

but to us, above all those mentioned above,

food is the utmost priority.. mesti kena sedap,

good service, served hot to our guests.. coz

most places or weddings tat we've been to,

even tho they were held at hotels, always

serve lukewarm food.. barely warm..

and of course before even searching or deciding

between convention halls or hotel ballrooms,

we need to look at our budget first la kan.. tis

shud be d 'first of all' hehehe..

we (my mum, ajoy & i) hv listed down a few

venues tat we might wanna consider.. however,

we hv only been to sacc convec, sime darby convec

and prince hotel..

sacc convec to me out la.. coz we dont even knw

whether the food is nice or not in the first place..

it's juz tat the place is very new, and of course

very clean sbb very new la.. but management

wise, i find the ppl behind sacc convec need to

change to be more proactive n corporate like,

instead of still hiding under their gomen attitude..

coz most gomen offices skang pun da lain.. tp tis

one, ntah la.. d manager didnt appeal to me la..

sime darby convec's food is superb from wat i

remembered way 2-3 years back.. haha.. lama

giler.. i remember the choc cake, n i know my

friends along n izwan wud remember their bread pudding..

nothing is off about sime darby.. i like it.. big hall..

very nice staff.. cuma, bcoz they're not hotels kan.. so

they dont have rooms for our committee members to get

ready.. function rooms je x enuf coz there's no shower..

as the bride, our hospitality suite mmg ada shower, but

xkan semua org nk shower kat situ.. there's only one..

so most probably, sime darby is out kut..

prince hotel.. food is superb.. service is superb.. and they

hv rooms for our committee members.. my sis held her

reception here too.. tat was how we got to knw the food was

great.. tat was y we came back.. unfortunately, the ballroom

is quite small.. so instead of wanting to hv 500 guests, i can

only fit 400 guests.. but, my heart is set wit prince jugak

becoz of the food..

becoz we go mana2 wedding pun, ppl talk bout the food kan..

pelamin or other details of the wedding usually org x perasan

sgt.. unless da buruk sgt2 la kan.. hahaha!

but i havent placed any booking yet, still in contemplating

position.. so if u know of any other place with great food, do

drop me a comment k.. tq.. :)