Did you eat from our booth?
June 26, 2009 at 20:05 , by nix
The event covered in this post happened yonks ago and I’ve finally finished editing the draft after so much procrastination ^_^ Happy reading, and glad to have met you that day!
Oh the sparkle in his eyes! What a stick of Cuppiepop can do to a boy.
It was the 6th anniversary celebration of ranoadidas.com on Friday 12th June, and I was very excited to have been invited by Rano himself to participate in one of the booths there. Actually that’s quite understated. I was over the moon, and simply couldn’t contain myself, as witnessed by my much understanding and extremely supportive husby ^_^ So on we went! We planned and we planned for the official debut of Delisioucity’s fine desserts and patisseries, and yet we still found there was SO much to learn out of the whole experience. Customer preferences, logistics, product testing… oh just to name a few. We did get a few things right though, exemplified by the 100+% turnover that I got out of sales. At the end of the day, it’s great to have been given such an opportunity, which is why I want to thank you, Rano! It helps a lot too that www.ranoadidas.com is the 3rd most visited site in Brunei, and not surprisingly, its author is one the most popular figures in local innovative entrepreneurship in the country.
But most importantly, if you came to the soiree and ate from my booth, thank you too! Even if you just dropped by to say hello; I really enjoyed talking to all of you ^_^ I hope you liked the food… because some of you actually looked like you did (hehe). So here Im showing some pictures that husby took of everyone who seemed delighted with Delisioucity! Bless 
Simply delighted with the Banana Crumble Tartelettes
Personally, the event gave me an advantageous platform to gauge the market; albeit a small one. It was really my first time, proper, in running my own business unaided by the Internet. In making a presence in the blossoming local food industry, I feel slightly triumphant that day, because always in my mind since I opened up this blog, there is this desire to own a share of that lucrative food-industry pie. Besides, I’m known to easily tire of monotonous routines from work etc., and I think the food-blogging/business thing is taking my attention away quite successfully It’s sort of my take on balancing my life with reasonable doses of diversions and occasional difference… with the hope that I later get tired of it, and spring back to normality with much needed energy and inspiration.
Her daughter’s face tells it all!
You can’t fake a candid & genuine reaction to deliciousness!
Speaking of inspiration, I believe I got plenty from that event. I think chefs and cooks have the most satisfying jobs in the world – because judging from the looks on peoples’ faces, I feel thankful and positively overwhelmed with their acceptance of the kinds of treats that I make. Of course, my regular job can be very rewarding too ^_^ (note to my colleagues who are reading this :p ) But I suppose this is somewhat different; when you bake something and it’s made out of passion and love (and a whole heap of OCB), then it’s completely fullfilling to see the looks of joy and contentment when the food is eaten. It’s kind of touch and go, I realise that too. All is well nonetheless. Why? Because number one, I’ve been getting a steady stream of an average 100 unique visitors per day to this website since the event, and number two, a barrage of orders right into my inbox. Unfortunately, I just do not have the capacity to make so much (believe me, the past days I’ve been wishing I had octopus tentacles). So as much as I am uber greatful for the attention, I am also very humbled and wish to convey that the reason why I put up recipes in this blog is so that everyone can try a hand at baking themselves It’s very therapeutic, mind you!
Keeran & dad running an analysis of my goods ;p They ended up being our biggest buyers!
Finally, here’s a log of some of the items available that day. If you did eat from our booth, get ready for a jog down memory lane!
Banana Crumble Tartelettes
Macarons
Cuppiepops, with Cookies & Cream cake inside
Till next time! xoxo
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by Julia @ Mélanger
On June 27, 2009 at 16:02
Wow, what an event! Your goodies look amazing!
by nikkita
On June 29, 2009 at 12:44
Hi Julia, thank you. It was quite an event but I missed the reaally reaally bigger event last weekend with 35000 visitors! As much as I’d like to have been there, I doubt my oven could keep up ^_^
by maurina
On July 5, 2009 at 16:37
Cuppiepops were orgasmic!!! Hehehehe.
by nikkita
On July 10, 2009 at 08:32
lol! then i’m glad u didn’t eat it during the event ;p