Peach Garden @ Hotel Miramar

"Peach Garden's latest inclusion of the Chinese restaurant at Hotel Miramar now offers the exclusive private venue for your memorable and romantic wedding banquet."

26 May 2012

Key says:

There's a wedding show at Peach Garden, Hotel Miramar on 26 May 2012. The food is really good, the banquet ballroom is customisable, there's a list of door gifts available for choosing and some of the decoration is good. However, both the hotel interior and exterior is not nice enough and so this is definitely not on our list.

Pat says:

My friend introduced me to Peach Garden's food, he claims that it is very nice. Therefore when we saw in TODAY's newspaper that there was a wedding show on Peach Garden at Hotel Miramar, I was delighted and signed up for both of us. A restaurant wedding wasn't part of our "ideal" wedding plan, but nevertheless we were open for options.

The program of the day was live band, consultation with the sales staff, buffet lunch, bridal fashion show, a talk on Chinese wedding traditions and a talk on personal investments.

I personally enjoyed the live band and the buffet lunch. As per what my friend had said, the food was very nice indeed. I would have considered Peach Garden, if not for the fact that places that could fit 250 pax were distasteful in infrastructure and design or places that were more ideal could not fit a big guest list. A pity indeed. But I would certainty go back for the food.


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New Asia Bar, Equinox, Kudeta

Key says:

These are some possible less common areas where we initially thought of holding our wedding. Commonality for these 3 places are (i) excellent sky view, (ii) less traditional venue and (iii) informal and chill put ambience.

However, the price of reserving these places for a private event isn't cheap and hence we have given up the idea of holding at these venues.

The Jewel Box @ Mount Faber

"With the stunning combination of nature and design and venues that feature magnificent views of the city and harbour vista, The Jewel Box makes an exclusive and impressive alternative to conventional wedding venues."

20 May 2012

The Jewel Box held a wedding fair. There are four places available : Diamond Place Ballroom, Black Opal, Empress Jade, Sapphire.

Pat says:

1. Diamond Place Ballroom:
• Bad points: Central four pillars blocking stage views from the back and the sides, decorations are abit plain
• Good points: Able to cater 250 people, window view of the Singapore cable car ride
2. Black Opal:
• Bad points: small, able to cater approx. 80 pax
• Good points: bar, cozy and awesome decorations and view of Sentosa, cable car ride and plantations
3. Empress Jade:
• Bad points: small, able to cater appox. 60 pax. able to see buildings and constructions sites
• Good points: oriental style, good for traditional weddings and view of Sentosa and plantations
4. Sapphire:
• Bad points: quite big but limited space area for round tables, the design of Sapphire has many structures that limits space. (open-air hence heavy rain might pour into the space)
• Good points: bar in the centre, open-air concept, very relaxed feel, good for chilling

Overall: I would prefer Black Opal for intimate wedding affairs. But since our targeted guest list is around 250-300 pax, consider Empress Jade (for relative) and Sapphire (for friends). Two different themes to cater for two different groups. Sad to say, it might again still be too small. Transportation wise might be a problem as we might need to cater for buses or cable car rides for those without cars.

Emcee!

P.S: Love the emcee for the event. She made it very entertaining.









Key says:

The ambience of Saphhire is somewhat we are looking for but sitting space is limited. There is a possibility to combine Saphhire with Empress Jade but we would need to move up and down during the dinner which is not practical. Also, in the event of during wet weather, rain would pour into Saphhire making it a less ideal venue. The emcee for the event is indeed very good and if it's within the means of our financial capabilities, there might be a possibility to engage her. Overall Jewel Box would be ideal if our invitation list is less than 80.


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Pat says: planning is key

In Singapore, it's difficult to go thru the normal process of a relationship. Many a times, a couple would actually get a house before the guy proposes to the girl. Why? Because houses are in demand and they take super long to build!

That being said, was the situation that happened to us. We were lucky to be able to get a house in our first attempt!

So while the house is being build and all, preparations of our wedding need to be done. I wanted a wedding out of the normal ordinary. It doesn't have to be very expensive, just must include the personal touch. Walls have never been a fan of mine, so a place without walls or seemingly without walls (windows etc) would suffice.

Looking through photos in pinterest, I figured I prefer the English wedding then anything else. The liveliness, fun and playfulness of the wedding enticed me.

In order to have an awesome wedding, planning ahead is the key.