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Good foods as well as convenient, friendly and personalised service are what Bamboo Catering and Event Planning is all about. Located in 808-M, Jalan Kampung Relau, Bayan Lapen, Penang. Bamboo is the largest catering company in the northern region offering full one-stop solution services. It manages everything from food preparation to canopy and stage setups, furnishing and entertainment. Customers have a variety to choose from with Bamboo's halal menu of over 500 food items ranging from local to Asian cuisines. "Our food is more towards nyonya and Thai cuisines that are spicy and sour to suit our customers' tastes and preferences," says Bamboo executive director, Edric Kum. Bamboo's latest attraction is the Chocolate Fountain. "Many of our customers were curious about the chocolate fountain because it is new to them. Everybody wants to see what is it and try dipping food items into the warm flowing chocolate," said Kum. Bamboo's teppanyaki grilled whole lamb is one of its most famous items. Before the grilled meat is served, it is sliced and stir-fried in Korean or black pepper sauce. Venison or deer meat is also available for customers who are looking to try something dif-ferent. Another favoured dish is the fried chicken wings with belacan, which kum said was popular picks include deep-fried stuffing crab with sambal. Local favourites like asam laksa and char kuih teow are also popular. Customers can also make additional orders for their favourite hawker food. Bamboo offers different packages to suit customers' needs and above, customers can select the BBQ and teppanyaki packages, golden packages or the jade packages. Bamboo also has the Malaysia Traditional Packages offering authentic Malay cuisine like ayam masak merah, ayam goreng belacan and redang daging lembu. The packages come with two different menus and styles that are suitable for lunch and dinner recap-tions. For smaller crowds of 30 guests and more, Bamboo offers the buffet-style cocktail reception package which is a combination of local and Western dishes with familiar items like spaghetti, chapatti and satay. The tea reception menu for 30 to 100 guests costs RM8 per person. The delivery-only package is appropriate for morning and afternoon light refreshments. Also for deliveries are Bamboo's ben-to sets comprising of the Oriental, Western style, nyonya rice and Bamboo bento sets. Bamboo's menus include a wide selection of fried rice, curries, fried chicken, seafood, vegetable dishes, fruit salads and desserts. Customers can select the food they want and place orders and reservations as the company's website www.bamboobuffet.com "Our customers can visit our website whenever they want, look through our packages, choose the one that suits them best and select the food they want, "The ordering process is simple as customers are guided step-by-step through it. This saves time and is very busy to come to us during office hours," said Kum. Besides being the first catering company to enable customers to maka reservations online, Bamboo is also pio-neeting an interest-free instalment scheme that makes paying easier for their clients. "We are probably the first catering company in the country to offer customers a pay-by-instalment scheme. Our customers can take their time to settle their bills in 18 months. We think this especially those organizing housewarming, who have already spent so much money," said Kum. Bamboo caters for events of various types and sizes including backyard barbeques, birthday parties, opening ceremonies, dinner parties, buffets, tea receptions, seminars, exhibitions, fund-raisers and company functions. The catering company can manage crowds from 30-2,500 guests and the service also covers Butterworth, Sungai Petani, Taiping, Kedah and Perlis. "We can manage up to 20 events at different locations in one day. We can cater for events at venues as far as Bukit kayu Hitam and Ipoh" said Kum. Bamboo opens daily from 9.00am -- 6.00pm. For details and reservations, log on to the company's website or call 04-646 9999.