Orchid Country Club

suelynn, ur hubby teochew mah? Me half teochew... kekeke, me a Yam lover lor...

frankly, not many places offer yam paste or good yam paste nowsaday... OCC is one of the better one I have eaten
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same goes for the Yam basket. tt day I went to Chervon wedding... aiyo the Yam basket was so so BROWN... I think its more like overcook lor... disappointing...

Kekeke...
 


Hi estee, yup i was at the reception meeting the guests. glad i went down coz able to meet up with ppl otherwise during the dinner no time to o ard chit chat. mi pics not out yet so when itz out, den i share. =)
ericia, mi grouper was steamed soya sauce style. everyone was very impressed with the food.
plus i still have feedbacks fr different groups abt the ballrm. they all said very grand. all tot we muz have spent a bomb on the dinner. so quite pleased with it.
i like yam too but since selected the 3rd menu, so do without it. but i remembered even the banquet op mgr oso told mi choose 'or nee' coz itz like their specialty.
 
rabbit> I am teochew but my hb is nt. He loves Yam paste alot cos he likes sweet stuff. My mum loves yam too but her fav is yam basket. kekeke. Planning to get the Yam Basket with scallops as well.

pierced> wat kind of feedback they give? Manage to break even? Initially wanted teochew style fish, tink can go for cantonese style since mostly said its nicer.

I have a forum fren who said the dinner they went the fish nt fresh, tink its hard to pls everyone.....
 
suelynn, friend's comment ... ur friend when go to OCC for wedding? Cos last year bef I book, many told me food not nice too wor... but I remember 6 years ago, it was SO NICE... imagine the impression left on me is so long.. heee...

Hmmm... for me, friend's comment is good and relatives comments is also good lei... no negative comment. Actually their service is also good... 3 waiter to 2 table wor... some hotels cant even lift up to this standard :P

Cheers
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My fren went like 2 weeks b4 pierced wedding. I dun really care la cos even 6 star hotel oso got their own negative comments. Famous rest like tung lok oso kanna ppl's say.

Best is to enjoy n take ppl's comments with pinch of salt. OVer ald mah wat they wan rite ahha!
 
Hi Suelynn,
i got the $538 menu & the portion was really alot when we went 4 food tasting, feedback on tat day was tat many tables couldnt finish the food, hehehe... hv u gone down there 2 take a look at the ballroom?

Hi rabbit,
I wanted 2 be there at the reception as I was worried i wont hv time 4 small grp fotos if i were 2 go there b4 march-in. But 2 bad, my makeup artist took quite awhile 2 do my hair as mine was reali straight after rebonding & it couldnt take the curls until a few trials, haha. so by the time i went down, it was abt time 2 march-in liao. felt rather bad though cos din get 2 reali talk 2 my frenz. but no worries, i'm sure they'll understand. =)

Hi pierced,
rmbr 2 show me ur fotos wen out k, hehehe... i've got some of dem uploaded in friendster, i'm in ur profile so u cn go chk it out wen u're free k... =)

Hi all OCC brides & grooms 2 be,
I've got a fren who went 2 chk out OCC recently & he was told tat they hv no more waiver of corkage charge, maybe u all will wanna bring up tis particular issue 2 the co-ordinator b4 signing the package 2? keke...
 
monkichi> really glad to hear that the portion is big. I been there twice ald, once to the wedding show and another time was to try the food at the yishun lake resturant.

Gosh no more waiver of corkage, nt even a bottle ah? Wat abt if we buy wine fr them???Headache lei..
 
Suelynn, previously in the package (stated in black n white), we were told no waiver of corkage.
But due to our # of tables, we neg when we are abt to sign the contract.
Can be negotiated one... Dep on ur commitments.
 
Hi suelynn, long time no log in here. no worries, all the comments to me were all gd ones. they liked the food, atmosphere of the whole ballrm. many were impressed at how grand it was. so itz really all up to ppl to comment. i had some comments on how sweet the bird nest was but mi colleagues on the other hand told mi it was gd. mi MIL the best, commented portion too big!

suelynn, like rabbit said can be negotiated on the wine. like we managed to get our coord to waive it off for 80 btls and he agreed as long as we guarantee another barrel of beer. which was quite ok since 1 barrel not enuf. juz a tip, ppl nowadays dun really drink a lot and if there is control over the wine, some guests dun even know there is wine. so i only manage to finish up 40 btls. beer only managed to finish 1 and 1/2 barrel.

hi monkichi, i saw ur pics liao! u looked very pretty!! i liked ur Eg too. i havent gotten mi pics fr mi PG so u will still have to wait.

Hi vonz, why dun u drop a mail to OCC to request for a quote and menu? coz most of ours here are previous quotes which i thk may be diff fr the one they quote now.
 
hi suelynn,
maybe u wanna negotiate wif dem? during my time, i.e. signed in oct 2004, my package stated there'll be waiver of corkage as long as we fulfil their min. 40tables. They din noe what was my no. of tables b4 i signed up wif dem either. anyway, wen me went down the 1st time initially 2 enquire on the package wif hubby & parents-in-law, my in-laws actuali asked dem whether they'll give additional barrel of beer if we hv at least 60tables & they said likely no prob. but beri sad cos nearing my AD, my co-ordinator says she tried asking her manager but cun bargain 4 another barrel though we hv 74 tables, nearing 80 when they give a barrel 4 40tables so my MIL quite upset wif dem abt tis loh. so gd 2 ask & get dem 2 cfm in black & white b4 signing up k. =)

Hi matt,
i've added u previously in my friendster liao, hehehe. my name there is xiu-estee. yeah loh long time nt here liao ah, juz switched job b4 wedding so nw lots wrk 2 catch up on, hehehe. so u muz be feeling reali anxious huh, gonna be a daddy soon liao, so xin fu. =)

hi pierced,
thks 4 ur comments leh. actuali hor, my frenz they all commented my makeup artist nt reali gd cos i looked pale in the morning & during dinner, i agree also leh, cos my wedding fotos also a little bit pale pale 1... u've got ur bridal fotos? cn share share?
 
We plan to sign the contract after cny or something...I wanan book 40 tables but cos its the min it mite be hard to negotiate for more waiver.....Cos we estimate we shld have abt 50 to 60 tables. Reason why we cant even have a rough estimate cos my mil simple jus tell us a number of tables that she want without even estimating....

Angry n upset but cant show, my parents even hint to her n she simply jus brush off n say its hard to estimate, cos some mite die, some mite have kids, some mite haf gfs/bfs etc....
 
jwnbride> the food is nice, all had very gd comments. My mum loves the ee fu noodles n fish...dad said everything nice, hb likes the chicken
 
godo morning!

Ya, for me, we have 53 tables, finished 48wine(we bgted 60), 3 hard liquor n 2 barrels of beer. Actually how many of wat is pretty hard to guage... depend on ur crowd!

Suelynn, I think when u sign contract that time, the co-ordinator will talk more... then u bring in the corkage issue loh
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Monkichi, how are u? See that you have beautiful photos to share. Can share with me mah
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JWNbride, maybe you no scroll to read our 'chat'... we were talking n praising 'YAM'...kekeke their yam dishes
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V nice lor!
 
Hi estee, mi havent got mi AD photos yet though. mi PG still busy with it. still gotta wait...sigh... hee...i didnt really noticed the MU being pale but dun worry coz u are so pretty so dosnt really matter that mmuch. =)

hi suelynn, better to play safe as we act planned for 56 tables at first but later on we keep cutting down to a fewer no of tables. we act told our coord later on 46 tables but end up changing it to 43 coz last min ppl really kept calling up to cancel and mi parents had frenz coming without spouses so it makes up for the extra uninvited ppl. even mi ILs invited their frenz without asking for confirmation so it was very diff to guage the total no.
u can cfn the actual no of tables one wk bef the wedding. that's what i did, but bear in mind that muslim they die die got no extras as i had an uninvited muslim guest and no matter how much the cost, they cannot prepare.

JWN, yup u should scroll up to the previous few pgs to read as we commented on several dishes we have tried.
 
JWN> like what the gals suggested, scroll to read more.

pierced n rabbit> thanks for the advice. I still have 1 mth plus to decide 1st.....Really in dilema, anyway who noes what will happen 1 yr plus later rite..
 
Hi All,

Thanks for the info. Both our parents wanted to make sure that the food is good. So, should be trying out yishun lake soon.....: )
 
Hi suelynn
i actually emailed some questions to my co-ordinator on wavier of cockage. My Hb & i decide to forgo the One Night Anniversary stay in deluxe room for more wavier. And they agree.

I feel safer using this method as its in black & white.
 
huey>If worse come to worse I'll use this method oso cos I tink corkage is very ex n impt....

Sorry, I forgot hw much deposit we need to place ald...Can someone help me with this? Thanks!
 
hi suelynn,
u may wanna try telling ur MIL tat u all will hv 2 pay 4 any additional tables & once the figures are given 2 OCC(even at the initial negotiation), there cun be changes anymore or difference by hw many no. of tables... or say the deposit wil be forfeited, hehe... maybe she'll get down wrkin on the names den... regarding the deposit, i'm nt sure whether there are any changes but i paid $3k the other time...

hi pierced,
hw abt soft copies of ur studio fotos? =) u muz be rather anxious abt hw ur AD fotos wil turn out rite? kekeke... tat time me was so excited abt dem tat i practically call my PG every other day, haha... btw, u giving out angbaos tis coming new yr? dunno cn siam nt, hahaha...

hi rabbit,
u've got mail... =)
 
Hi suelynn, yup but time flies by really fast, bef u know it, ur wedding will be over. hee... juz let mi know if u need any other info.

i thk mine was fine as mi coord did everything and he wrotee it all out. we checked the event order too bef confirming. so mi nite's stay was exchanged with another room on the same nite. anyway, like i said, i used the beer as a bargaining point too. yup, i paid 3k as well.

hi monkichi, yup, i have gotten mi studio pics already. juz collected mi AD album too with the soft copy so will slowly upload and share wif u all later on.
hee, ya lor, have to start giving out esp to parents and close relatives. some say can siam coz 1st yr no need give. mi fren say so fast juz give AP for AD now for CNY.
 
Hi chris, what do u mean by providing video? as in videographer?
there are only 3 menus to choose from and one package.
mine is prob outdated so u might wana get it fr OCC directly.
 
hi Pierced,

Paisei, I mean projector. I dun know how the bridal suite and the food as well. Any gals can recommend on the type of food that is nice coz my parents veri particular about food.
 
chris> if u manage to get the updated packages do let us know k.

For the bridal suite n food, u will need to do a search n read the reviews esp the food part, there were alot of talk last week n some weeks ago
 
Hi chris, yup, they got projectors and all the technical equipment and itz FOC. so u can use cds, vcds, dvds, Mp3s, etc...
the bridal suite was great. they gave mi the presidential suite so it was really comfortable.
food wise, nt to worry, most of their dishes are gd, depends on the menu u looking at but even the lowest priced package is pretty gd from all the reviews i heard and mi guests only had gd comments abt mi dishes. like suelynn said, try to look up our previous msgs on what are the dishes mentioned. too mant to decide on.
 
hi pierced,
haha, yeah me wanted the pics frm u... type 2 fast... u look great on ur AD!!! hehehe... the military march-in was so cool... ur wedding gown's design is special, ur bridal studio is??? i din hv much choices when i went 2 choose mine the last time... sad sia...

so who's the next OCC bride huh? =)
 
pierced> thanks so much for the pix, u look so radiant! who's ur fotographer huh?

Thanks Chris I got the package, nt much change fr last yr's jus tat the menu a bit diff, lesser choice...
 
Hi monkichi, thanks a lot. thk the MUA did a great job. mi gown was OTR and mi BS was mr and miss wedding club. thk was quite lucky to manage to choose that design. took mi a long while to decide.

Hi suelynn, thanks! mi PG is Ron lee. he's really gd and a frend of hb. if u want him next time, can recommend him to u. so u manage to get a clearer idea of the ballrm now?
izit? u mean now the menu not so many choices? thk u can request for the old one. they will be able to do it if they are able to. that's what i did for mine.
 
hey pierced,

i sms-ed u on ur wedding nite.. did u receive?
hehe i mia for long time hor =)
busy busy after long long break.. don't feel like working hahahha
 
hey moon! so long no tok to u too!!!
ya lor, like super not used to the wedding aft days...hahaha...

yup i did get ur sms! i wanted to wish u but woke up late and rush for mi cruise. hee...so how was ur wedding? got ur pics already? did u go for Hm?
 

pierced> I want ron's contacts as well, best if got his other portfolio!

Hws cny preparation? This yr like so rushed lei...
 
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