by Errolyn
Now after all those pics, a little bit about my vendors!
The restaurant we had our dinner at was Ishq Restaurant at the Main Lobby of the Crowne Plaza Mutiara Hotel in Jalan Sultan Ismail, KL. Looking at it in its normal ala carte arrangement gives you a nice cosy feeling but it's nothing compared to when the place is made up to look gorgeous for a wedding! Ragesh the manager was effusive, happy and accomodating from the beginning to the end. We very easily negotiated a winning combo for both sides and nearer to the actual date, we met up a couple of times to finalise seating arrangements (table layout), flowers and tech equipment - that sorta thing you know. You never realise there are so many things to decide on until you are actually in the moment. So! For you new brides out there, how do you do it? You won't be able to think of everything yourself so just ensure that you either:
1. Try to think of as many as you can, with the help of friends, family and fiance (in that order! Hahahah - just joking) and decide the colours and height, arrangement, volume, quality etc. It helps if you have a picture in your head.
2. OR you can do what I did! Which is make decisions very quickly as and when they come up, bearing in mind all other decisions that have already been made. It also helps if you have good visualisation techniques or a good imagination.
For example, we picked the colour of the tablecloths, napkins, chair covers, table flowers, table names etc. the second way. I guess with me not being a Really Fussy bride, it helped. What's a Really Fussy Bride? The sort who buys postage stamps 1 year in advance to paste on the organic envelopes created with interlaced hydrangea petals that she will be sending out her 12karat gold bordered and texted invitations in. So. It Helps.
Hehehehehehehehe.
The fact that Ragesh and his team were very helpful and knowledgeable was a godsend. Some duties we had: try the food, choose the menu, set the price, choose the alcohol, test the projector, test the sound system, rehearse the grand total of 1 time our grand entrance down the curving grand staircase and realising that I need to be on the right of Ju Han so he won't block the whole world's view of me….and remembering to actually do that on the night itself! He helped us with room bookings, car parking, flowers, the dummy cake, even talent for the night if we wanted but which we didn't use!
All in all, it was a pleasant experience working with Ragesh and the Ishq Restaurant team. It was smooth sailing from start of negotiation to the end - payment of bill. Of course I don't have any experience of working on a wedding with other hotels.
The lighting was gorgeous, the flowers and deco was great, I loved the fact that there was a water feature in the middle of the restaurant and I absolutely loved the outdoor patio with its exposed roots and climber plans softly illuminated by up raised spotlights and listening to the gently trickling sounds of the tiny waterfall. It certainly made my dream of an intimate, cosy wedding come true! Oh yeah! The food was excellent too - though I think the Main Table didn't get to eat very much at all! I know I hardly took 2 bites! SIGH!
We had a total of 18 tables with 14 on the ground floor and 4 more (with their own buffet spread!) on the top floor. They can actually hold more on the ground floor but I wanted to clear some space for my first dance.
What was also good was the free flow of drinks and free use of projector and screens which some hotels charge for. But best of all was that the food was good and the ambiance perfect! They are open for lunch and dinner 7 days a week so go ahead and check them out! You can call them at 03-2144 3440 and no, they are not paying me for this! The prices are definitely affordable for a good meal in a nice restaurant.
Thanks Ragesh and Ishq for making it all happen!
Now after all those pics, a little bit about my vendors!
The restaurant we had our dinner at was Ishq Restaurant at the Main Lobby of the Crowne Plaza Mutiara Hotel in Jalan Sultan Ismail, KL. Looking at it in its normal ala carte arrangement gives you a nice cosy feeling but it's nothing compared to when the place is made up to look gorgeous for a wedding! Ragesh the manager was effusive, happy and accomodating from the beginning to the end. We very easily negotiated a winning combo for both sides and nearer to the actual date, we met up a couple of times to finalise seating arrangements (table layout), flowers and tech equipment - that sorta thing you know. You never realise there are so many things to decide on until you are actually in the moment. So! For you new brides out there, how do you do it? You won't be able to think of everything yourself so just ensure that you either:
1. Try to think of as many as you can, with the help of friends, family and fiance (in that order! Hahahah - just joking) and decide the colours and height, arrangement, volume, quality etc. It helps if you have a picture in your head.
2. OR you can do what I did! Which is make decisions very quickly as and when they come up, bearing in mind all other decisions that have already been made. It also helps if you have good visualisation techniques or a good imagination.
For example, we picked the colour of the tablecloths, napkins, chair covers, table flowers, table names etc. the second way. I guess with me not being a Really Fussy bride, it helped. What's a Really Fussy Bride? The sort who buys postage stamps 1 year in advance to paste on the organic envelopes created with interlaced hydrangea petals that she will be sending out her 12karat gold bordered and texted invitations in. So. It Helps.
Hehehehehehehehe.
The fact that Ragesh and his team were very helpful and knowledgeable was a godsend. Some duties we had: try the food, choose the menu, set the price, choose the alcohol, test the projector, test the sound system, rehearse the grand total of 1 time our grand entrance down the curving grand staircase and realising that I need to be on the right of Ju Han so he won't block the whole world's view of me….and remembering to actually do that on the night itself! He helped us with room bookings, car parking, flowers, the dummy cake, even talent for the night if we wanted but which we didn't use!
All in all, it was a pleasant experience working with Ragesh and the Ishq Restaurant team. It was smooth sailing from start of negotiation to the end - payment of bill. Of course I don't have any experience of working on a wedding with other hotels.
The lighting was gorgeous, the flowers and deco was great, I loved the fact that there was a water feature in the middle of the restaurant and I absolutely loved the outdoor patio with its exposed roots and climber plans softly illuminated by up raised spotlights and listening to the gently trickling sounds of the tiny waterfall. It certainly made my dream of an intimate, cosy wedding come true! Oh yeah! The food was excellent too - though I think the Main Table didn't get to eat very much at all! I know I hardly took 2 bites! SIGH!
We had a total of 18 tables with 14 on the ground floor and 4 more (with their own buffet spread!) on the top floor. They can actually hold more on the ground floor but I wanted to clear some space for my first dance.
What was also good was the free flow of drinks and free use of projector and screens which some hotels charge for. But best of all was that the food was good and the ambiance perfect! They are open for lunch and dinner 7 days a week so go ahead and check them out! You can call them at 03-2144 3440 and no, they are not paying me for this! The prices are definitely affordable for a good meal in a nice restaurant.
Thanks Ragesh and Ishq for making it all happen!
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