Our company dinner was held on 8th January 2010 in The Westin, KL. A bit late but better late than never, rite!
I've never had the opportunity to dine in The Westin before so you can say that I was looking forward to it. We were to dine in EEST, a restaurant of Pan-Asian cuisine influenced by the best food, culture and values from the heart of Asia. It was on a Friday evening. Just the mere mention of that should send alarm bells ringing. Imagine, we had to get from our office in Damansara Heights to Bukit Bintang on a Friday night and reservation was made for 7.30pm. And the rain didn't help either. So, all of us (Sherin, Nik, Ming Ne, Theing & myself) vowed to leave the office early in order to reach there on time but you know how insanely things will crop up at the last minute. So, it suffice to say that we left later than we intended to and gloriously got stuck in a mammoth sized traffic jam...Sherin, Nik & Ming went together and lucky them, they had a driver who had the 'smarts' in mind to use the SMART Tunnel (he he he) and managed to escape the jam while poor Theing & I were irrevocably STUCK! But it was in such an occasion that I witnessed a small 'miracle'. What miracle, you may ask? I actually saw a Malaysian policeman go beyond his call of duty. This cop was a policeman, mind you and not a traffic policeman. He was actually in a patrol car and what he did was..the traffic on the road that we were on was stuck because every driver was not civic minded enough to give-in and every fella wanted to move an inch further which kinda created a grid-lock. So, out comes this cop, mind you, it's raining, ya...and starts to direct traffic!!! YES!!! He actually did! and thanks to him, the grid-lock cleared and we were happily on our way again!!! Too bad i didn't manage to get his ID tag or I actually would have sent a thank you note to him!!! Thank you Mr. Policeman...you have restored my faith that there still are a handful of your kind who actually believe in the motto 'Service above All'!
So, finally we arrive at The Westin, secretly hoping that the 'bosses' will be later than us but to our utter dismay, there they were, already seated and actually tucking into appetizers! =( But that didn't dampen our spirits to have a really enjoying the night...and talking about spirits, we had Champagne!!! Sipping some bubbly truly made us relax and look forward to the night ahead..We had some appetizers...a sashimi platter, fish cakes and some spring rolls thingy,i think..Aiyo, can't remember already...Then we went ahead and ordered our mains...So, while we waited for the mains, we exchanged gifts! Basically, it was Secret Santa lar...and I got an amazing gift..Thank you, my Secret Santa!
we were still waiting for our main course to arrive so we decided to play a game. We were told to prepare 3 statements (2 true & 1 false) about ourselves which no one else in the office knew and the others were to guess which was the false one...I was the first to go and my statements about myself (i'm not gonna reveal them) certainly left the others dumbstruck...They told me that they had to change their statements now coz mine sounded so 'gempak' and theirs’ seem so lame..hahaha! Only Theing managed to get mine right and she's the one who knew me for the shortest period of time!!! This game was certainly fun and it allowed us to get to know the side of each other which we never knew existed. And it was so much of fun that what was supposed to be just for 1 round went on for a few rounds. And we had to come up with statements on-the-spot! Oh, I forgot to mention...after having the appetizers, Sherin immediately wasn't feeling well..we reckon it was the sashimi...though all of us ate the same but unfortunately only Sherin 'kena'. In the end, Sherin didn't eat anything after that.
So, finally, our main courses arrived...all of us had surprisingly ordered from the Teppanyaki selections. I had soft-shell crab, Theing had Salmon, Nik ordered Scallops, Ming Ne ordered King Prawns and Sherin had ordered Salmon (she ordered before she got sick). Ming Ne traded her Prawns with Sherin's Salmon but Sherin still could not stomach it...so, eventually the prawns was shared amongst us.
The food wasn't all that great and we felt that they could & should improve. Nik's scallops was slightly burnt and I felt that mine was a tad too salty. So, while having the main course, we played another game..this was 'Guess who am I?'. We had to think of a famous person (celebrity, politician, sportsman etc.) and the others can ask a yes or no question to guess who the famous person is. Though a bit childish but it was fun! But the one Sherin had thought up really stumped us! Good one, Sherin!
We finally finished dinner about 10.30ish and were ready to leave. Sherin, Nik & Ming Ne were heading off to one of our supplier's restaurant to check the venue as we had an event there the next morning and they wanted to make sure that all our requirements was ready. We said our goodbyes and left.
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That's it folks...toodles!
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