Forevermore…

So there we were…

…at this sparkling new restaurant in Bintulu…

…for my niece’s grand wedding banquet…

We made it a point to go earlier so we would find a parking space near the main entrance so we would not have to walk very far – remember I had my two aunties with me and I am no spring chicken myself either. Good excuse, eh? Hehehehehe!!!!

They have an escalator but it was out of order. Luckily, there was also a lift that we could make use of to get to the upper floor. For one thing, the restaurant has a very peculiar design – to get to the washroom you will have to go out one door and then go all the way down the staircase to get there. I, for one, would rather take the lift again and use the ones in the restaurant lobby.

Everything was ready…

…neatly in place…

…waiting for all the guests…

…and the bride and the groom to arrive…

…before the event could start…

As soon as the happy couple made their grand entrance, they were ushered onto the stage for the cutting of the wedding cake…

…and then it was time for dinner to be served.

It seems like it’s the latest fad as far as the lighting of such venues goes whereby the colours of the lights would change alternating between red, yellow, green and blue and that, I find, is a nightmare for people like me without the sophisticated equipment and totally dependent on a cheap and simple digicam.

That was why I had a problem with the snapshots of the dishes served that night…

…as no amount of editing and adjusting could get them to look nicer in any way…

The food, I would say, was, at best, all right…

…not great and at times, even cold despite the fire down below…but I guess we could just put it down to the lack of experience, this being a new restaurant and they had yet to learn how to cope with such a large crowd. Service was good though, just that for a place this impressive, I would expect the food to be a lot better.

Anyway, that was secondary as on special auspicious occasions such as this, what would be the most important was the getting together with loved ones – family and friends…

*Facebook photo taken by one of my cousins*

…and the sharing of the joy of the bride and the groom and their immediate families. Congratulations once again, Diana and Kwang Siang, wishing the both of you love and happiness in abundance forevermore…

…and to my cousin and her hubby too on the wedding of their youngest daughter, thank you so much for the invitation. Cheers and God bless, all!