a Clean Finish @ Biba's

Place : Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Department : F&B
Restaurant : Biba's Cafe
Period : 1 Feb - 28 Feb
Scheduled Shift : 8am - 4pm & 2pm - 10pm

another department had been completed by me, Master Sean hehe...
i really like training in this restaurant..really learned a lot here...
especially their Biba's Magic to the customer
loved their service sequence too...it felt like a pro when following their sequence

BiBa's MagiC
*Always use Guest name when addressing them.
*Fold guest napkins when guest is not in seat.
*Change guest's soiled cutleries whenever the guest gets fresh food from buffet counter.

well i dont really liked the uniform actually cause it is so yellow LOL....
but thank god it is long sleeve hahahha...it's freaking cold there during the night time...
you know... no guest...

the busiest hours would definitely be in the morning ..
from around 7.30am till 10am
these hours are also the best time to work cause as we all know..
when you are busy doing something time flies like no ones business right..haha
so get to finish fast and can go hang kai kai at KLCC hehe...+ get to rest more at home
and also personal time is more compared to afternoon shift which is 2-10pm ...
it's like
wake up - go work - go home - sleep - wake up - ...continues~~~~

so ..... right
there are some pics and memories taken down by my SE W710i with the staffs there hehe...

this is the first time i break something there LOL.. it's a water goblet and guess what.. on my last day somemore LOL...failed to maintain my records LOL

the one in coat is Mr Iskandar , he is a chinese man but married to a malay wife so he is a Malaynese lol...he is very funny man too lol...

this is al-sinah...my advisor lol...she is a wise person...told me bout self improvement and all ...

This is Mr Nathan in coat . He is the Assisstant Manager

n i n 9 t e e n + Chap gOh meI

On The 21st Feb 2008

LOL... this post looks like a REMIX to me hahaha... or maybe a CROSSOVER hahahha.....

my Birthday x Chap Goh Mei

as usual every Chap Goh Mei we will be having our reunion dinner at my grandma's place....
only that this year there is an extra cake for a birthday celebration lol...

a very memorable one and don't seem to happen that often...this chances are very rare hehe...

this would be my Birthday Cake...and guess what.. it is black forest again LOL... if you let my mom buy a cake for you ..it will definitely be a Black Forest LOL... it will nvr be others...

from left~aunt elaine, khay, cheng, mom, elsa...bottom~me and my grandma~~!!

Me and my grandma~~!!

the same peeps but the far left is my aunt irene..

the cutting cake ceremony with my grand ma hahaha....

well..there are somemore peeps at that time but most of the men are watching TV!!

so mm pei mien.....

n I n 9 t e e N

hehe...

today, 21 Feb 2008 would be the day i turn 19 hhahahah...

i feel OLD lol......but what the hack.. life still goes on hehe...enjoying every moment of it :)

well... today is really a great day for me since it is my B'Day!!

On The 20th Feb 2008

went for training as usual but i requested for a morning shift
8am - 4pm so that i could have an early family dinner for my B'day
because....~~~ on the 21 feb = Chap Goh Mei(15th day of CNY)
how cool is that!! haha
usually on Cha Goh Mei i will be having a reunion dinner @ my grandma's place
so i celebrated my B'day earlier with my parents and bro..:D

Before the dinner!!!

when it was like about 3.45pm after my briefing with the Manager in Biba's Cafe
i was asked wether or not i wanna join their staff training
so at 1st i told him NO because i would be preparing for my dinner later...
after a while as i think further... since i am a trainee...-_-"
i should be taking every chances i have to be involved in programmes that the restaurants
conducted...so later on around 4pm i told my Manager, Mr Iskandar...
i wanna go for the staff training :)

there are 2 reasons for me to go...
1. as i have mention above i am a trainee!!
2. it's a WINE TASTING session


this wine tasting session is specially for those staffs involved in F&B Dep.
so every restaurant will send some of their staffs to be present for the training..

as you can see.. MO(Mandarin Oriental) is bringing in some new brands of wine to change their Wine List Menu... not to bored the guest you see..
so i went with some of the staffs there...to a small meeting room but it could fit quite a lot of pple i was pretty shocked when i see those glasses each person has hahah....


they will be bringing in
~~8 red wines
~~8 white wines

so there would be
~~8 red wine glasses
~~8 white wine glasses
~~1 water goblet to rinse your mouth:) hahhaa



the supplier will of course tell us about the types of grapes they are using for the wines and the manufacturers

since i am not a wine expert ~~~ all of the red wines taste the same to me!!!
all the white wines taste the same to me!!! :LOL hahahahah
well i did learn something from that tasting hehe...

1. the darker the wine the fuller bodied it will be
2. the swriling of the glass lets us know wether the it is a light or a medium or full-bodied wine as well...well sort of like...when you swirl, the wine kinda sticks on the surface in the wine glass and it will drop back to the bottom of the glass ... from there if you see the wine drops fast means that the wine is a light wine :)

me posing like a wine tasting expert LOL!!~~

of course i got to try all the wines right... but i wasnt that greedy :) i just sip every wine there so i can maintain my redness of my face DUH!!! hahahahaha

some other staffs got nothing better to do , they mix all the wine together and drink it at a shot...and ended up SLEEPING with their RED FACES just like a Baboon's Azz LOL!!!! hilarious man.... thank GOD they did not snore hahaha

So now moving on with my B'day dinner with my parents...
this time we chosed to go to Shangri-la's Japanese Restaurant, ZIPANGU
the ambience was alright ... it could get a little brighter there...
but the food was good!! hehe.

It's on the flOor~~ so nice!!

the wine cellar is at the entrance

by the wall of the entrance..they really have lots of wine for us to see and for them to show off LOL..

this is the table setting chopsticks @ the front hmm... very diff

So i have ordered the Tempura set so there are appetizers, main course and dessert included

this is a simple salad with Thousad Island dressing

this would be da Chawanmushi~~~so soft so nice hehe...

after chawanmushi comes the seafood soup...tasted GREAT...i finished it of course hehe....

this would be the Chef's Speciality ...it is made out of GOOSE LIVER on the top and radish at the bottom...sounds disgusting at first but when i had my first bite to it , it felt so soft just like Tofu lol....it has a really unique taste from the browned part on the top . it tasted a bit sweet ..first time eating liver and this is a good 1 hehe...

the long waited Tempura Platter is finally here :)

it's accompanied by white rice and...

miso soup :)

my parents ordered the Unagi and...

Chicken Terriyaki as well ... my bro pulak ordered another set...but i forgotten the name if it d... it is the same as mine but he has extra chicken terriyaki...

these are some of the pictures taken at the hotel...their deco for CNY.

I really had a great time... having a family outing for dinner at such a wonderful place . i definitely will be back for their buffet dinner @ Lemon Gardens their hotel coffee house..:)

Valentine

well...
it's valentine again !! hehe...
HapPy ValeNtine'S dAy fOlks~~
though it is none of my business...but i still enjoy this celebration..:)

i mean... getting all the preperations for this day @ Biba's Cafe with OT included was really worth it.. cause it turned out to be better then i ever expected ...
with all the decos.. and stuff

and of course the most important thing during Valentine's Day...
RED ROSES~~~~without them there wont be any Valentine's Day anymore!!!
well of course MO(Mandarin Oriental) never forgets about the roses DUH!! haha

there are some pics i've taken..to share here in my blog :)


hmm... i am given an assignment to help Kak Sinah to go down to Basement 3 to collect the flowers from the florist ...

when we are there...i am able to take some pictures of those flowers being prepared...this would be a bouquet of red roses that has been ordered by our guest :)

LOVELY~~!!

well... there are these!!! flower stands beautifully decorated but i am not sure where are they going to put it cause my restaurant did not ordered it but it looks great!!! after putting those candles on the candle holder should be the most perfect thing!!

well this picture is taken in the walk-in chiller for the flowers hehe...these are to be taken to our restaurant and to be placed on the tables for every couple only the girls get it !! ahhaha i think the guys got a chocolate box LOL...

this would be our centre-pieces~~~ beautifully finished too... so red.... and the roses are so BIG i really never seen roses that BLOOMS that BIG in my life!!

here is a closer shot of the BIG BLOOMED ROSES hehe...

here it is....a TROLLEY of them!!~~

this would be the flower vase that will be placed at the buffet counter and the entrance of BIBA'S CAFE:)

this would be the eg. of the table setting.... so CLEAN i simply loved it ~~!!