Raffles Hotel

Both me and Jason

From the extreme left, Billy, Pinaki, Raman, Ah Ming, Ah Wai and Ber.

Doc Cheng’s Restaurant

Raffles Hotel

My favourite hotel…

Ah! Ber came to talk to me online, and we had a great time talking about Raffles Hotel, Doc Cheng, all the chef and waiters and waitresses that work there before. Wow, it has been 3 years since I left there. It feels good to talk about it. Wow, ber updated me with all the chefs’ whereabout and Doc Cheng’s business situation. Doc Cheng is a restaurant I worked in at Raffles Hotel before I enter Poly. It serves fusion cuisine and was very famous for that for a few years in the past, but now business has been from bad to worst. That is what i heard from Ber. The photo shows a very funny photo of me and jason with our Doc Cheng waiter and waitress uniform, i know is ugly. lol. Anyway, and the second photo shows all the chefs, actually not all, left out Chef Ah Yoong. These chefs take care of me during my 3 months at Raffles, by feeding me with food, food and more food at every split shift. I still remember we always have a mini gathering of eating lunch + dinner together at Doc Cheng, when the restaurant is closed after lunch hour, two meals in one, and after that is sleeping time. lol. Eat and sleep. Well, all these chefs were all very good to me maybe because besides Selima, I am the next female waitress? lol. Anyway, I miss Jason too! My best buddy and who really taught and helped me a lot. I still keep a fire order slip with Jason’s signature on it, I kept it caused his signature of his name is actually a drawing of bird. Amazing and beautiful signature, that’s why i kept it till now. Sentimental item. Let’s talk about each chef, see how much i could remember. Chef Billy, the main chef of Doc Cheng, who stand in the front line, doing garnishing and firing of dishes. Due to the fact that he is a thai, he speaks english in a very cute accent. Chef Pinaki, who always talk to me about Buddhism and the places he has been too. He is from India, and had never visit a chinese temple before, so I actually took him before to PKSSS, my Sunday school for a visit. His tomato nanh was yummy, I always request him to cook nanh for me and I can still remember on my last day, he cooked a few nanh for me. It was very nice of him. haha. Chef Raman, very friendly yey unpredictable with his temper, i remembered, occassionally pick up things to quarrel with Billy or my manager, Raul. lol. But he is always cooking very nice dishes for all of us to eat during lunch. Chef Ah Ming, same age as me, not much to say about him. Chef Ah Wai, cooks Lamb Rib and loves to fire dessert whenever there is orders. haha. Chef Ber, the one I was chit chatting with him not long ago. A young chef with much passion in cooking. haha. Loves firing dessert as well. haha, Creme Bulee and Crunch Bar with Macademia Nuts. Yummy… Those days that I worked in Raffles Hotel were really tough times but also gained a lot of experiences. Woke up at 6 p.m, reached home at 12 midnight, 6 days per week. Though I didnt get to work with my secondary school friends at BBR, working Doc Cheng is far better, as I get to see more insights of Raffles Hotel and get to walk around here and there. Long Bar, Tiffin Room,Raffles Grill, Ah Teng’s Bakery, Raffles Culinary Academy,Jubillee Hall,  Bar and Billard Room,Seah Street Deli, Writer’s Bar,  Raffles Court Yard, Sir Charles (florist shop), Raffles musuem, Raffles gift shop, all the suites, Raffles Armita Spa, Swimming pool and many many more places in it… Wow, fond of memories flowing through my mind now… It will be great if one day I can plan an event at Raffles Hotel, there will be great! Arh! It was really a great time working there, my favourite hotel ever! Woohooo… Heard from Ber that everyone in Doc Cheng who I had worked with, have all moved to other places already. Cheft Pinaki been to Cape Town to work and recently just came back and is working at Fullerton Hotel. Chef Raman is now at Raffles Court Yard and Ber is now at Room Service, cooking for inhouse guests. Chef Ah Ming and Chef Ah Yoong went missing, together with Jason, Jegan and Rubert, all went missing, even Karan, my assistant manager also dont know go where already, no longer in Raffles Hotel. Chef Billy went back Thailand and Chef Ah Wai is now as Ann Siang Hill, one of the restaurants there. Chef Ah Yoong went to Macau to cook and Rau, my manager is now working at Sentosa in one of the high end restaurant under Raffles Hotel. Selima, is the only one that is still at Doc Cheng. Wow, I guessed she has been there for like 6 years? haha. Melissa, a girl who came in to Raffles Hotel not long before I quit, did not have much impression on her, but heard from Ber is that she has now become a Butler. Wow, amazing.  It was nice chatting with Ber suddenly, as he sent me these two photos for me to keep. hahas. I wonder how’s everyone? Oh ya, my next best buddy, that I never mention yet, MARCUS WONG. Lol, one funny guy, who is really steady bom bi bi kind of person, super on and very efficient. hahas. He is now in other hotel, forgotten which hotel already, but he is doing fine, did talked to him few months back.  He taught me alot of thing, and always drag me along to help in Raffles Culinary Academy, which was located next to Doc Cheng, to help Angie to do things. Raffles Culinary Academy, simplify meaning is; ‘ Tai Tais’ place to learn how to cook’ but they will never need to cook, learn just for fun and attend lesson just to make more friends and spend their time through. lol. Haha. wow, wrote so much about Raffles Hotel, hahas. it’s 2:50am already, got to sleep. If time permit, I will blog about my life after graudation, simply meaning, ‘WORK’. lol. good night to me.