Planning for a wedding celebration is one of the most
stressful milestones of one’s life especially in Singapore. Such events can
take up to a year of planning! Selecting an auspicious date, dinner venue,
wedding photos, photography & videographer for actual day, invitation
cards, door gifts, lunch/dinner venues, customary proceedings for the different
ethnic groups and the list goes on.
Let’s talk about the Chinese ethnic group in Singapore for
their customary wedding proceedings. Different dialect groups even have
different practices! I’m in my early 30s and speaking from experience, I
presume this is the ‘busiest’ time of a Singaporean’s life where you got
invited to countless weddings from close friends, associates, colleagues, army
mates or even family members such as cousins. Or house warming and baby showers
which I’ll come to that on my next article.
A Chinese wedding will usually involves getting a band of
good ‘brothers’ and ‘sisters’ to assist you on your big day. As shared earlier,
different dialect groups have different practices but most will start the day
early in the dawn when the sun is yet to rise. The brothers will get to the
groom family’s house for an early breakfast, getting all the stuff prepared and
to pick the bride in their well-polished cars. The sisters might even start the
day earlier by sleeping over at the bride’s house! This is the moment for girls
talk before the bride ‘marrying off’ and of course, coming up evil plans of
‘torturing’ the brothers when the groom is to pick the bride in the morning.
Now, I’ve been called upon duty umpteen times as a ‘brother’
since the wedding of my close mate of 20 over years. I’ve seen and knew enough
of how a Chinese wedding proceeding goes by, deeply etched into my memory, kind
of a routine if you have such invites of 6-10 per year and for a few
consecutive years!
And most will agree that morning proceedings will usually
end up with a lunch buffet at the bride place. This is after fetching the bride
to the groom place for tea ceremony with the bride’s parents and seniors, and
back to the bride place again for tea ceremony again. Can’t we just have it at
the bride’s house first before commencing back to the groom place! Ok, so mine
most recent was a customary proceeding without the buffet lunch! Omg! How can
they have left this out? It’s a long day since morning and all the brothers and
sisters deserved a decent luncheon. Instead, the couple ordered grab-food which
I find not that presentable and the food is pretty cold due to the fact that they
had ordered 2 hours in advance! There are many providers that do buffet delivery in Singapore and I made my research to choose a decent one that meets my budget!
C’mon, there are plenty of affordable buffet delivery in
Singapore! If the couple wish to deviate from the ‘norms’, they are still tons
of options out in the market to choose from; mini buffet delivery in Singapore or even hightea catering for 30 pax. This number is sufficient based on my experience and
its definitely not going to cost a bomb. I’m not saying this friend of mine is
stingy as his dinner is at Sofitel Sentosa and he’s just trying to be different
for the luncheon. A lunch catering will still be the most optimal arrangement
here. There is Lexin Catering which I find most reasonably priced and the food
quality is good from my last grace of a baby shower.
There are really many different caterers out there in the
market to choose from. And caterers nowadays don’t just have the normal buffet
delivery. They have changed with times! Now you have tingkat service, mini
buffet, mini-celebrations, high-tea buffet and so on. Won’t you be impressed?
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