Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Looking back: Dwi Tunggal Citra

They say food is the single most important thing of a wedding reception. They say if you run out of foods, or if it doesn't taste good, then the party's a failure. I half-heartedly agree with this, although of course to me, the bride, the number one priority is how I look.

Anyway, back to the foods. We didn't want to gamble with this, so we went a bit crazy on what to serve the guests with foods from Dwi Tunggal Citra, who apparently does not believe in online marketing since their web site and Facebook page are outdated.

I was a bit frustrated with choosing the menu, so I left it to the moms and sisters. The last time I saw, the order list was very long, I can't even remember what was in it. I do know, though, that we order eight Kambing Guling for 1,500-ish guests. Since I and Bangun are such huge fans of Kambing Guling and in most receptions it's pretty much gone in the first hour, we didn't want our wedding to run out of it. I think it kinda worked, because according to some of our friends and family, the lambs were still available until about 9-ish.

When you're standing there on the stage, it's very difficult to care or even notice anything going on with the caterers, so let's rely on testimonials from family and friends. Thankfully, none of them said anything bad about the foods. In fact, the biggest compliments we received were about the catering service.

You know how in receptions you see the waiters pushing around a lorry for the dirty dishes, put them in the pantry and then went back to serve the guests? Yeah, they don't do that in DTC. They have enough manpowers to serve the guests, take out the dirty dishes and prepare the foods in the pantry. Their head butler also walked up to the stage to give me, Bangun and our parents mineral water in the middle of the reception, during the Saman dance performance.

The decoration they gave, the flowers and centerpieces, were also exceptionally good. Very satisfying. Too bad I don't have any picture of it. But let me tell you this; I'm giving 7 out of 5 stars for DTC. Although the bill has single-handedly doubled the whole budget for this wedding, again, it was worth every single penny (and tear).


 



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