Caterer: TJIOE THE CATERER

Late last year, we attended the grand food tasting of Josiah's Catering at 1 Esplanade. They has this promo that when you book them on that day, desserts will already be included at no extra cost. Making the decision was a no brainer for me that day as I love desserts and their presentation was also great. Little did I know it would entail Php20K going down the drain! 

Missed doing some consultation and researching! Hayaya! When I told our families about our Josiah booking with their buffet setup, all I got were raised eyebrows. Buffet setup is a no-no for them because they do not want to line up. And so I went back to Josiah's and inquired about their sit-down package - it's expensive! With the spike in the number of guests in our list, the cost was just crazy! 

With God's grace, our coordinator introduced us to Tjioe (pronounced as Choo). Finally, a caterer suited our needs --- LAURIAT + CHINESE! Hooray! By the way, Tjioe has ties with Quiksnak in Manila. Anyways, I contacted Edwin to ask for their lauriat packages. Amazingly, it closely matched the price of Josiah's buffet package. We went ahead with the food tasting and it was great. Thus, we decided to book them as our official caterer. Below are some snapshots of the chosen dishes.

As for Josiah booking, I asked if I can order cocktails instead of food; unfortunately, the contract I signed indicated that the 20K downpayment will be forfeited if booking is not pursued. I even charmed my way out of it but it didn't worked! I still can't figure out why they wont return the money. After all, its not like the lead time's tight for them to get another booking. I cancelled 7 months before the big day for crying out loud! Oh well, let's just leave it as lesson learned the hard way! :(