To my beloved - Xiao Yue:"Happy birthday and a birthday kiss for you, my little sweetheart.Today you turned into 1, and mummy hopes you can grow up happily and healthy in this family."
Today is her birthday, and yesterday we have celebrated for her at home by having a small party, with some friends and relatives showed up to make the party more merrier.
After breakfast, we were busy tidying up our house, lining up chairs for guests, pumping colorful balloons for decoration..Xiao Yue was taking her morning nap at this hour.
About 11.45am, caterer Mei Hao 99 arrived setting up the tables with skirting for the buffet with 10 courses including drinks. They took about 15mins to get all done. Pretty fast. And they were earlier than I requested.
We were not sure how many people will turn up and whether the portion of 30 from the caterer is enough. Hence, we ordered also sushi and maki platters. Sushi platter 52pcs at 39.90 and maki platter 26pcs at 19.90. Collected at 12noon.
At about 1pm, the cake ordered from Yiling cakes arrived too. The cake is really big, with only 2kgs. Looks like a 2.5kgs cake. The cake was done just like what I saw from their website. Very nice cake. I will be buying from them again for any occasions, since their cakes are affordable and variety choices for any kind of occasions.
Thanks to Chai! He was the first to arrive. :D
Friends and relatives arrived after one and another. This is Xiao Yue's cousin, Bryan, 2yrs+1month old.
Xiao Yue seems to be a little frightened seeing so many people in the house, and everyone was trying to play with her. But she was just acting cool, and sticked to me and daddy.
Time for singing birthday song for her. She was happy checking out the big birthday cake.
And here are the birthday presents for Xiao Yue from our guests. Thanks to all..
Comments for the catering foods and cakes:
Mei Hao 99:
- pretty well decorations, with a pot of fake flowers on the plant watering can from IKEA.
- food served hot, with warmers and candles.
- the portion ordered is considered OK. Some of our guests take-away for their favorites. Luckily, else I will have to consume for the whole week. :D
- the seafood fried rice not so nice, because the rice are still hard.
- sambal prawns were not so fresh, but the sambal gravy is pretty tasty.
- vietnamese spring-roll and you-tiao with sotong paste are so-so.
- Thai style sliced fish which is fried sliced fish with Thai sauce. The fried fish by itself is pretty plain. You need to add a little bit of the sauce on the sliced fish, the sauce is good.
- pork ribs with orange sauce, braised curry chicken is very nice. A lot of potatoes and curry gravy. Most of my guests like it. The next time when I will order again, braised curry chicken will be in the list.:)
- brocolli with chinese mushrooms is the only vege. All the brocolli covered with mushrooms, and this dish consider OK. Drink and dessert are also enough for all. Eventhough hot weather, there are still remainings.
Yiling Cake:
- there are few choices for flavor of the layered cake:- strawberry, chocolate, vanilla, and some that I can't remember. I chose vanilla, which I think most people will accept.
- 2kgs is enough to serve 30pax with some buffers. I think enough for 40pax.
- Between the cake layers, there are 2 layers of creams. You won't feel too much creamy, and the vanilla cake tastes good.
- Last but not least, affrodable cake with nice design for special occasion.
