In The News: Taking it up a notch (BizHive, 02/04/2012)

by JONATHAN WONG

"Talking about the current popularity of the outlet, Sara Nadia ever humble noted that it all came down to network and marketing.“We are blessed with friends and family who had never failed to recommend us to their counterparts especially catering projects in the corporate and government offices.“Furthermore, we are also utilising the internetmedia such as socialnetworking sites (Facebook and Twitter) and our blog as well (http://kayumanisfbc.blogspot.com) for any updates on our current offers and projects.”Networking can get the clients but according to her there were two more elements required, “We realised that having an organised system plays such an important role in any business. Amongst the important systems that we take serious precautions on are the documentation (quotations, invoices, delivery order, etc), the time frame and of course the other vital procedures – cleanliness, tidiness and presentation style.”“Last but not least, our clients play such important role to the business – they are the reason for our existence.In order to retain our customers to engage us for any of the services we offer, we always give our best to delight them with our tasty food and friendly services.“We find it really important to keep this up, yet now and again we would love to ensure our quality gets better and better every time. Here we would also like to thank our clients for their support.” said the young entrepreneur.

....to be continued via url below...
Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/04/01/taking-it-up-a-notch/#ixzz1qqbxloLe

In The News: Kayu Manis offers varieties of local dishes, catering services (Borneo Post, 10/02/2012)

by KYRA LAW

KUCHING: Kayu Manis, a new cafe in Kuching is offering varieties of local food for food lovers in the Matang area in addition to its catering services.
Business owner and manager, Sara Nadia in an interview with The Borneo Post revealed that she picked the name ‘Kayu Manis’ as it has a traditional feel to it, enabling everyone to enjoy the ‘kampung’ style of food available.
The young entrepreneur ventured in the food and beverages industry since July last year. This move was fully supported by Sara’s mother who invested the capital for the shop but is solely managed by Sara herself.

....to be continued via url below...
Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/02/10/kayu-manis-offers-varieties-of-local-dishes-catering-services/#ixzz1qqgbcMzw

What's New?: Our Selections of Must Try Menus

Tickle your taste buds with our selections of authentic local menus~!

Meals promotion coming soon, so do stay tune for further updates :)

Tomato Crispy Noodle

Fried Chicken Rice

Mee Kolok Udang

Mee Jawa

Hari Raya Aidilfitri Catering Package

Introducing our Aidilfitri catering packages~

Each packages include delivery, serving facilities and the facilitators too (optional).

Below are the suggested menus and prices for our Aidilfitri catering services.

Normal Packages

Package 1 (RM25 per pax)

(1) Nasi Tomato

(2) Kurma Ayam

(3) Sayur Campur

(5) Ketupat or Lemang

Package 2 (RM28 per pax)

(1) Nasi Tomato

(2) Ayam Masak Merah

(3) Acar

(4) Kari Daging

(5) Sayur Campur

(6) Ketupat or Lemang

Package 3 (RM30 per pax)

(1) Nasi Minyak Kayumanis

(2) Daging Masak Hitam

(3) Kari Ayam

(4) Sayur Campur

(5) Sambal Goreng

(6) Chutney Nanas

(7) Lemang or Ketupat

Package 4 (RM33 per pax)

(1) Nasi Minyak

(2) Nasi Tomato

(3) Rendang Daging

(4) Kurma Ayam

(5) Kari Daging

(6) Sayur Campur

(7) Chutney Nanas

(8) Ketupat or Lemang

Package 5 (RM38 per pax)

(1) Nasi Minyak

(2) Nasi Tomato

(3) Kurma Daging

(4) Kari Kambing

(5) Ayam masak Merah

(6) Sambal Goreng

(7) Sayur Campur

(8) Chutney Nanas

(9) Ketupat or Lemang.

Biryani Packages

Package 1 (RM20per pax)

(1) Biryani Ayam (biasa or Ayam Madu)

(2) Dhall

(3) Sayur

(4) Acar

(5) Peceri Nanas

(6) Roti Perata

Package 2 (RM28 per pax)

(1) Lamb Biryani

(2) Dhall

(3) Sayur Campur

(4) Acar

(5) Peceri Nanas

(6) Roti Perata

Package 3 (RM35 per pax)

(1) Plain Biryani

(2) Lamb Curry

(3) Chicken Curry

(4) Sayur Campur

(5) Acar Timun

(6) Peceri Nanas

(7) Roti Perata

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• Please note that we practice Cash-on-Delivery (COD) method of payment.
• Serving facilities include: serviettes, cheffing dishes, drink dispensers, cutleries and table cloths. 
• Tables and chairs will not be provided by us under this package (unless if requested, but will be charged on).
• Facilitators are the food-servers who will be handling the food-serving to guests.
• Please also provide us with details such as your name, number of expected guests, date and time of event and its venue where we will be serving you with our delectable cuisine.
• Any customization in opted menu and services, please let us know beforehand, so that we can serve you with the best of services :)

For more information, please do not hesitate to ask us at:

kayumanisfbc@gmail.com

We were Awarded with an A for Hygiene and Cleanliness :D

Greatest appreciation to our team members! We got an A for hygiene and Cleanliness!
Woo Hoo!!

xx,

Kayu Manis FBC

Where will we be in August 2011?

Hey Hey all~

August is coming, and we will make appearances in two different areas of Kuching, in conjunction with the Ramadhan month and Kuching Day (or month!)~

You can find us at Bazaar Ramadhan Semarak (Kampung Gita area, just follow the crowd lol~), during the fasting season, and at Kuching Festival 2011, just beside MBKS Building in Padungan.

What will be in the menu?

Our specialty, of course~

• Lamb Briyani 
• Chicken Briyani
• Rojak India
• Fish Curry 
• Variety of vegie dishes
• etc~

Be there and sample our Awesome, AWESOME food~

Happy fasting to all our Muslim counterparts, and Happy Kuching Day to all Kuchingites!

xx,

Kayu Manis FBC

Awesome Laksa by Kayu Manis

Have you ever had our Awesome Sarawak Laksa before? If you have, I am very sure you'd really Love 'em..

Kayu Manis' Awesome Sarawak Laksa served with sambal and  lime.
Also in photo: Teh 'O' Kayu Manis

Day 3: Today's Lunch Specials~

Today's Lunch Special: Nasi Tomato (Tomato rice)

Lauk for Lunch: Rendang Ayam

Lauk for Lunch: Ayam Masak Merah

Lauk for Lunch: Beef Curry

Lauk for Lunch: Stir-fried Baby Kailan with Mushrooms and Taufu

Lauk for Lunch: Pucuk Rebung Masak Lemak (Bamboo shoots in Coconut Milk Gravy)

What you might've missed for breakfast: Rojak India

"Tasting" 1, 2, 3... "Tasting" 1, 2, 3~

Hey guys~

Kayu Manis coffee shop is now open. If you'd like to sample our delectable dishes, do drop by our shop in Matang Jaya. Map will be provided below this post. Come, come all! :)

KAYU MANIS is NOW OPEN!

Chef Jalaludeen, about to post the photo of our Coffee Shop on Facebook!

Breakfast Menu for today :)

Boiling Soup.. Yumm Yumm!!

Chicken Curry for lunch, anyone?

Sayur Midin as accompaniment...

All-Malaysian Breakfast - Nasi Lemak!

Where are we?
We're based in Matang Jaya, behind the Courts Mammoth and KFC, Matang Jaya~
(Click on the map image for a better and clearer view)

xx,

Kayu Manis 

We were at: Celcom S.O.X. Hoops 2011~

Sunday, 3rd July 2011 (Yesterday!), we prepared breakfast packages for Celcom's event at MBKS Indoor Stadium, somewhere in Kuching~

It was a busy morning, and we faced a bit of obstacles here and there, but yay~ we delivered :)

At 5.30am, Breakfast were packed and were ready to be delivered!

Preparation started at 4 am, that morning, with the hopes to ensure fresh and nutritious breakfast for the contenders of the basketball championship.

Menu of the package:
Scrambled eggs, Baked beans, Breakfast rolls and Sandwiches.
(Not in photo: honeydew)

Got RT-ed by a friend, Rahman Sallehin, who got our tweet RT-ed by XPAX!
Thanks guys!

The preparation was not that easy, but we had quite a lot of fun preparing the food.
We would like to express our gratitude to Tru Events Services, our friends and Celcom for giving us the chance to contribute to this gig.

All in all, we really hope we had given the best for 'em~ :)

XOXO,

KAYU MANIS FBC

SMB St Teresa's Food and Fun Fair 2011~

We were back again to a very busy weekend..~ WE LOVE!

Last Saturday (2nd July 2011), our RENDANG AYAM made an appearance at SMB St Teresa's food and fun fair. It was a part of our friend, Ng Lee Sin's contribution to her class (5 Sc 3) donation to raise fund for the school.

Rendang Ayam by KAYU MANIS
Yumminess: CONFIRMED!

Served with the other students' contribution on Nasi Lemak sets, with a choice of either the Ayam Masak Merah or our Rendang, the food were to say to have sold out! Hoo-ray! :) We are so glad to have helped the team.
Ng Lee Sin had also contributed cupcakes by TEC which happened to be the favorite cupcakes of many~ (We had a few friends asking where the cupcakes are sold at the event. Lol~)

TEC's Cupcakes
Clockwise position, from 12 o'clock: Nano Rocher (everyone's ultimate favourite), Vanilla, Carrot-Walnut,
Red Velvet, *more vanilla* and Chocolate cuppies!

Until our next event~

XOXO,

Kayu Manis FBC

Food tasting: Our Local Delicacies

20/6/2011 - our team went "Kampung-style"!

~Kayu Manis made a food-tasting event for the guests and staffs of EPR (Kuching) S/B~

...and we served them our finest of traditional Malay cuisines...

Irresistible, indeed!

Salted egg (Telur masin) and Kerabu

Bamboo-shoots in coconut milk gravy (Sayur lemak)

Stir-fried bean-sprouts (Sayur taugeh)

Ulams with Sambal belachan

Mango sambal (Sambal Assam)

Fried taufu with Chilli soy sauce (Tauhu goreng dgn Sambal  kicap)

 Sting-ray Assam pedas (Assam pedas ikan pari)

Fish Curry (Kari Ikan)

We also serve halal Indian food and local favourites~

For orders/requests to cater, please contact us at:

T1: 016-8621487 (Nadia) or

T2: 016-8644427 (Jalaludeen)

E: kayumanisfbc@gmail.com

F: 082-646744

~food made of love and trust~

We were around : Urban Roots Festival 2011 (Green Heights Mall)

Above: Hot stuff in traditional dayak attire (cawat) during the event

May 19th - 22nd, 2011 our team had joined the Urban Roots festival at Green Heights Mall, BDC, Kuching. We had lots of fun and made many friends during that period.

See how bright the day was~ fuh~

We have to admit it, the ever-changing weather those 4 days were quite challenging, where heat changed to rain, and rain turned to heat, but honestly saying the sales turn-out was quite amazing too :)

Above: Briyani, Cupcakes by TEC and Granny's Pickled Cucumber

We served chicken briyani, roti canai and some snacks on 19th and 20th of May (first to days), and Sarawak Laksa, fried noodles/kway teow, tendon soups and more snacks on the weekends (21st and 22nd of May). We were so proud to have introduced our delicacies!

Samosas and Popiahs :)

Nano Rocher, Red velvet and Carrot-Walnut cupcakes by The  Enchantress' Cauldron for Kayu Manis! :D

One of Kayu Manis's signature cupcakes by TEC - Banana-Cinnamon cupcakes
(other signature cupcakes were: Apple-cinnamon cupcakes and Caramel-Buttercream)

Friends of Kayu Manis (from left to right): Gwendalyn Veno (of Lovely Gwendolly), Effadylia Affendy and Zsa Zsa Anissa Zamahari (who was also apart of our team that day :) )

Nothing like a coconut drink under the hot sun!
And yes, we enjoyed our experience there~ 

Our flyer's up soon after the event, so please feel free to find us when you need/want to! :)

xx,

Kayu Manis

Our First Gig!

Hey, hey, you, You!! :)

Our team, Kayu Manis FBC is a a catering business that will be rocking Urban Roots 2011 starting from the 19th of May 2011 until 22nd May 2011.

Hopefully our food will bring you many happy memories that you will remember to contact us once you are in need of catering business.

For more info, please do approach our stall (stall G1) at the Green Heights Mall, BDC, Kuching... this four (4) days.

We would love to be of your service :)

See you there!

Love,

Kayu Manis team