It took me one whole week of preparation: baking cupcakes and cookies nonstop till the early hours of the morning and covered from top to bottom with frosting and icing sugar... And my efforts paid off!
200+ cupcakes and 100+ cookies all sold out before the end of the day :) - my first ever bazaar sell out - actually my first ever bazaar participation to begin with! How wonderful! To top my Saturday off, I ended the night with a lovely seafood dinner at Chez Leon with my family to celebrate my mother's birthday!
.Our Vanilla Kitchen Booth.
.Linda, her son and Umi at the Vanilla Kitchen booth.
The vendor stands at the Indonesian Bazaar was all booked out, but thankfully we teamed up with Umi (one of the office ladies) who, bless her, was kind enough to share her large table with us! For this event, she sold her ever-popular chicken satay with grounded peanut sauce. It was SO popular that by 2pm, she was already sold out! People kept coming back for more and would queue up waiting for the freshly cooked satay to arrive at the table!
Umi had brought along her satay-grill which her husband and nephew used to cook the satay so when you buy it, it's still piping hot!! Sadly I didn't get to try out her satay as I was too busy selling the cupcakes and by the time I was done, all her satays were sold out!
Mom also joined in the fun! Well, spiritually at least... she decided to accompany my dad throughout the day so she had asked Budeeen (another office person) to help out with the sale of her nasi lemak (rice cooked in coconut milk, served with a spicy mix of fried shrimp and anchovies - DELICIOUS! trust me!)
.Mom's Nasi Lemak.
There were other vendors selling food too and they were just as popular! As I walked around, I could see plenty of traditional Indonesian food which are quite similar to the malay cakes you see when in Brunei! I wonder how they taste? Sadly I never got the chance :(
.Some of the vendors and their food.
.A view of some of the vendor stalls.
.Another competitor selling cupcakes!.
She sold hers for 2 euros, whereas I sold mine for 1 euro!
hehehe
Oh! Another special thing on offer that day was grilled fresh corn!
OMG... never have I seen corn that big and long in my life!
I guess it must've been good! Everyone was buying one!
As for the activities during the event: It certainly was an exhilarating event! At one point they organised a quick lucky draw where Budeen (one of our staff) won himself a brand new HP printer!! Isn't he so lucky??!?!
I loved how the event was very festive! There were live bands and singers (most of them were SO GOOD!) and the crowd simply loved them to bits! Loud music, colourful characters, pleasant crowds, folks dancing their hearts away and food (!), certainly not forgetting the food - tons! Aromatic, delicious, mouth-watering, bliss-in-every-spoonful-kinds of food!
.The folks dancing the Poco-poco: a very popular indonesian dance.
.Some of the folks dancing.
.The Singers.
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