Dear Peanut,

As you know, your Daddy and I started this long-running project of weird and unconventional themed parties. Backstory, we chose to have our church wedding reception at a bar/pub. In the Philippines, weddings are a big deal and people spend hundreds of thousands of pesos just to impress relatives they don't like. I don't know. That just doesn't fly with me.

Anyway, the keyword here is "unconventional." Maybe it's my background in marketing and events management but I do love coming up with not-so-traditional parties. I don't know how quite to explain it.

To keep up with the theme of unconventional parties, your Daddy and I searched for weeks for possible reception venues. We asked for proposals from several restaurants, hotels, and event spaces but as fate would have it, we arrived at a mighty decision.

The first thing that came to our mind was it would have been another top venue for our church wedding reception back in 2014. I loved the typography and the vibe of the restaurant.  In fact, we've seen this tall, debonair guy at Mighty Quinn's several times whenever we pass by the restaurant in SM Megamall but we never had the chance to dine in because we're almost always rushing.

So one night, before we went to the supermarket, we indulged in small talk with the guy named Mon and inquired about hosting an event there. He set us a meeting with the Chef Rhea and we immediately scheduled a taste test.

At first, we didn't know how to come up with the set menu for 90 guests. We liked how Chef Rhea came up with a neat suggestion. But we wanted everything, haha. In fact, it took us two taste tests before we were able to finalize the menu and how we would go about the order system for our guests. Instead of a buffet or family-style set-up, we opted for an ala carte, on-the-spot ordering system so that guests can enjoy the meat selections hot and fresh from the oven.

I'd like to share with you the rave review I sent to the company after we partied at MQ to celebrate your baptism day.

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The food was great, the service was exceptional, and the ambiance was perfect.

What we enjoyed most was the slight shock on our guests’ faces when they saw how big the servings were! Our guests even had food for takeout, and this rarely happens in baptism receptions. We set the bar high! We saw them devouring the ribs, brisket, pulled pork, and barbecue chicken and enjoying the selection of sauces on the table. The presentation was quite impressive too!  

But what we appreciate the most was the level of professionalism the MQ team showed to our family. The team was able to address all our concerns and handle all our requests. What’s really surprising was that even before we think we needed something, they already had it under control or had it with them. With my background in events management and marketing, I’m used to handling the back-end work for concerts, beauty pageants, and corporate events, so I can very much say that the MQ Team’s work ethics and professionalism are exceptional.

I would like to give special mention to Mon, Rhea, and EF. Honestly, when we met Mon for the first time, we felt so much at ease with the place. Then we met Chef Rhea and EF and felt even more confident that MQ can help us make our event successful, and they did. Here are the names of the other team members who helped us during your event: Daryl, Jazz, Albert, Engelbert, Rose, Emz, Dadz, April, Jaimie, Philip, Patrick, Onyok, Arjay, Russel, Richard, Mon, Felix, Khim, and Gelo.

When we first met Mon from MQ, we immediately felt how he resembles our NinongRamon. They have the same aura and the same good looks, naks! Here are the two Mons, photo was taken during #JohnnyBeGood.

Look at your daddy's face in the photo above. That's how much he enjoyed stuffing his face with barbecue, haha.

So there you go, we hope you enjoy reading this and crave from barbecue when you're old enough to eat some. Mwah!

xoxo,