The first full month {满月} since birth is a very important celebration in Chinese families. In the past, infant mortality was pretty high so to make it past the first crucial month was definitely worth commemorating!
The blessed little girl had her first party last Saturday when my sister and bro-in-law threw a Manyuejiu {满月酒} in her honour to celebrate her first full month with family and friends. Traditionally, a manyue party can be as big or as small as you want it to be. Some families book a few tables at the restaurant and invite colleagues, business associates, family, friends etc. while others just have it at home with relatives and close friends, like what my sister did.
Did you know that you can order The Icing Room products online and have them delivered straight to your doorstep?? There's a wide selection of cakes {even their famous Design-It-Yourself specialty cakes or rainbow sponge cakes}, pastries, macarons, muffins etc. to choose from.
If you're not sure what to order, they also have various pre-mixed party packs of assorted tea cakes, muffins, brownies, cupcakes and macarons to cater to small {6-8 pax} and large {15-20 pax} parties. Very convenient especially when you have other party preparation like decorating the venue, getting door gifts etc. to take care of!
The colourful Icing Room macarons certainly brightened up the party and were perfectly sized {not too small!} and oh-so delectable. I liked that they weren't overly sweet and the different flavours were strong and distinct. Some didn't just have cream fillings, but fruit jam fillings too.
When delivered to the party, the freshly-baked cupcakes came in boxes of 6 with separate holders for each cupcake so the frosting and cupcake decorations were all still beautiful, intact and not smashed at all.
However, you usually have to finish the glutinous rice and ang ku kuehs on the day delivered as they are made fresh with no preservatives so some parents like my sis & her hubby prefer modern gift sets with less traditional offerings like cupcakes that although are also best eaten on day they're delivered, still taste good even after a day or two.
They still prepared the red eggs though and gave them out as those are definitely a MUST-HAVE for manyue celebrations!!
You can choose either Little Bundle of Joy gift sets {2 brownies, 2 almond cakes, 2 lollicakes, 2 cookies, 2 macarons and a packet of meringue kisses} or Little Princess / Little Prince gift sets {6 pieces of cupcakes with icing sugar decorations}.
Customisations are possible e.g. you can change the sugar decorations depending on what's available in-store, but please confirm with The Icing Room for more details. You need to order at least 4 working days in advance & there's free delivery of the gift sets with a minimum order of S$300. See full details here.
The log cake was sooooo smooth and practically melted in your mouth. It was a chocoholic's dream and Lil J's party day was seriously one of those days I wish I didn't have to watch my calories and could stuff myself silly with all the decadent desserts!!
There's an early bird promo now until 13 Dec 2015 for 20% off regular Christmas cakes {only valid for Winter Berryland log cake, Holly Choco Log, Christmas Candy House and Jolly Santa} or if you're a Citibank Card member, the offer is valid until 25 Dec 2015.
The Icing Room Christmas Collection 2015 is only available until 25 Dec 2015 {duh!}. See the full Christmas cake catalogue here. Like the Baby First Month gift sets, you can order them online {requires 3 working days advance order} and have them delivered to your home.
Looking forward to celebrating more of Lil J's milestones and birthdays! Happy 1st month again Lil J! We love you very much~ Hope you like the gift we got you!! ♥
Did you celebrate your kid's first month birthday?
What was inside your manyue gift sets?
* Disclosure: This is a review for The Icing Room. All opinions are my own.
12 comments:
Most of the time we don't celebrate the first month. We just post monthly photos on social media sites with a 1 month photo. The only time I've celebrated weekly, or monthly birthdays is when my nephew Emerson was born. We didn't know how long he was going to live - now it's 5 years later and he's still here. I'm all for birthdays. All of your treats look great!
The food spread is so pretty! Nice for lil pumpkin to have another cousin to play with.
Its so cute
Used to be nasi kunyit and red eggs over here but now m9re and m9re just ordered muffins too
Happy 1 Month! It seems like you were just posting about her birth. Time sure flies! The party spread looks really scrumptious!
We only did so for our firstborn and it was a major hassle so we opted to do away with it for our #2. Didn't know The icing room has such a cool service. We decorated our birthday cakes there a couple of years back!
Ahh I didn't know the icing room does deliveries too. I brought ewan to make a cake for his dad two years ago :) hmmm I didn't give out any man yue gift boxes leh. Only held home parties. I he thought the gifts were only given to those who did not turn up for the party.
Alissa: Ah thanks for sharing! I'm very happy for Emerson. Love reading your updates on him :)
Stacy: Yes she is sooooo happy! Finally someone to really call her "jie jie" haha
Small Kucing: Getting more and more convenient :P
Theresa: So fast, right?? thanks!
Angie: Ya they do deliver even for the DIY cakes! So convenient
May: Really?? We give out to those at the party and those who can't make it.
Happy first month baby! We did celebrate first month for my two daughters and it was very warm experience and we are very happy. I know how you felt with the celebration. Enjoy it and to the days with your kiddie. :)
How lovely and brings back memories of me celebrating Bubba's first month! Those macarons sure look delicious! Not a good idea to be looking at them this time of t he night!
Love all the colors and details! What a fun celebration for such a sweet little girl :)
The macarons and cupcakes look so pretty!!! You're quite right, I think the glutinous rice and ang ku kueh really have to eat fresh because when we distributed for Alexis' first month, the rice and akk turned mouldy by the 3rd day!
Blessed 1st month to Baby J! She looks so adorable. I love the dessert spread too. Would recommend The Icing Room to friends next time!
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