19th Oct 08 - Ateh's Doa Selamat & Dinner at Uncle's House

Got up at 8am to a mee hoon breakfast. Got the girls ready, and left home at 10am to pick Mak up from Puchong to go to Ateh's house. Reached Damansara Prima at 1130am and proceeded to help arrange the food on the dining table. The menu was: Mee Hoon Goreng, Mee Goreng Basah, Rendang Daging, Rendang Ayam, Lemang, Nasi Impit, Roti JalaChicken Curry, Paru Goreng, Ayam Masak Limau Kasturi, Nasi Putih, Apam Manis, Buah Tembikai

At 1230pm, Abg Is decided to start the Doa Selamat even though there were only 4 males. Anyhow, it went as planned, and we started to eat right away. Abg Is's neighbours came over and after there were quite a lot of kids, we cut Amir's cool Spongebob Squarepants cake at around 3pm.

Acik and Lela only arrived at 330pm, after which we left at 4pm to send Mak back to Puchong. It was raining heavily all the way to Puchong, and I just felt like going home and taking a nap. I called Uncle when we hit the LDP, and he asked us to come after Maghrib, which was fine with me!

After a much needed nap and Maghrib, we left for Uncle's house at 745pm. Chef said he'll be coming, so we waited for him before eating. While waiting, had a good chat with Uncle on the restaurants progress. While we were digging into some delicious satay and mee hoon goreng. After dinner, the ladies got down to some serious women talk, so uncle and I adjourned to the livingroom and spoke more about the restaurant. Among the issues were:

1) Delay of project
- Due to many other projects taken on by the contractors, Subak's progress has been slow
- At the moment, only half of the decking has been laid down
2) Plates
- Uncle mentioned that plates will be purchased in Msia, using only white ones but in many different shapes and sizes
3) Tables & Chairs
- Unc has ordered 15 3'x 3'tables and 6 3'x 4' tables with enough chairs
- with 4 pax per 3' table, and 6 pax per 4' table, we can seat 96 people
- within the main restaurant, only 6 3' tables can be set-up
4) Coffee Machine
- Since unc said we'll be serving cappucino & espresso, we'll need to get a small sized but good quality machine
- Unc mentioned that if we buy the coffee beans from this company, they will sponsor the machine
5) Table Setting - Unc has bought rectangle placemats and glass bowls for floating candles
6) Storeroom - there will be wooden racks built
7) Website - Unc mentioned that he wants a feature that enables visitors to view the restaurant at any time of day, so that they can see its different moods
8) Revenue
- if we make RM2,000 a day, we can pay for Operating Expenses like payroll, electricity, water, buying of raw material & rent
- if we make RM3,000 a day, we can pay for Operating Expenses, as well as Capital Expenses like purchase of tables & chairs, POS & kitchen equipment
- if above RM3,000 a day, we can pay for Ops, Capex and make profit
9) Sales v Average Check:
~ if RM40 per pax / RM2000 a day = we need 50 covers a day
~ if RM50 per pax / RM2000 a day = we need 40 covers a day
~ if RM60 per pax / RM2000 a day = we need 34 covers a day
~ if RM40 per pax / RM2500 a day = we need 62.5 covers a day
~ if RM50 per pax / RM2500 a day = we need 50 covers a day
~ if RM60 per pax / RM2500 a day = we need 41.6 covers a day