Planning for Ethan's 1st Birthday

As Ethan's 1st birthday is coming soon, we are thinking of how to celebrate. 
Our plan is actually to find a small and cosy place with nice food, of course :)

At first, we enquire from NTUC Happy Days, just next to our block, above McDonalds because that is the nearest location and very convenience for us. After enquiring, they are charging $32++ for min. 30 pax but we have to use their in-house catering, as we are unable to go for 'food tasting' and also not sure how nice is their catering food, we decided to look for other alternatives. 

Next, we also enquire from Aranda Club @ Pasir Ris, charges will be $280 per nite, catering $13-$15 per pax, problem is we have to stay overnite which we don't really like.

And Link Hotel @ Tiong Bahru Road - $25-$40 per pax with min 30-35 pax, it will be in one of the function room with buffet served, somehow lack of something....seems too formal.

In the end, one of my friend BB suggested why not look for a cafe with indoor playground??  So with the wonder of internet, my hubby manage to found this cafe at Tanjong Katong Road ...called 'with a pinch of salt'.  http://www.withapinchofsalt.com.sg/

We even went down to view the cafe and at the same time 'food tasting'.  Although this cafe do not have a indoor playground, but we still decided to go for it.  We likes the decor there, very suitable for kid's birthday.  However, this cafe is so popular that the date and time that we wanted are all fully booked!  Luckily the cafe manager is so helpful that he suggested to have brunch buffet from 10.30am to 12.30noon, as we like the place so much so we accepted his suggestion.

As for birthday cake, my intention is just to buy a cartoon character cake from any bakery shop but after browsing through internet i discovered there is this thing call "3D birthday cake" which come in different design and is something unusual.  Next is to search for bakery shop, in the end decided on pine garden bakery in ang mo kio http://www.pgcake.com/ to make a 3D mickey mouse 2-tier cake.   

Now we have found the venue, the birthday cake and finally we still need to source for something - the mickey mouse figures for 3D cake decoration. We found out that its not easy to buy disney figurines ....small figurines about 2 or 3 inch tall. We tried to buy them online but they don't shipped to Singapore. But luckily we manage to find some figurines of both mickey and minnie mouse.