Hight Tea at Carpenter & Cook

This was an impromptu High Tea trip to Carpenter and Cook. As Nic was going overseas, he left his car with me over the weekend. Hence, we took this opportunity to go to a slightly further place for High Tea.

Thankfully, there wasn't any queue when we reach there. Waited for around 15 minutes for our turn.

There were just too many nice cakes and tarts to choose from the cake counter. It was a tough choice, and we ended up ordering the Lavender Bundt, Passionfruit Meringue Tart, Scone and Frangipani Tart.

Being adventurous, we were surprised that the Lavender Bundt actually taste quite nice. It may looked big and hard, but it was moist and soft inside.

Passionfruit Meringue Tart is the most popular item, there was no way we were going to skip it. The tart shell was very crunchy and the meringue is perfectly whipped. It was yummy and has a balance of sweet and sour taste. Definitely our favourite pastry among the them! Be sure to try it or regret it.

The fruit scone was served with cream and jam. It was quite soft and fluffy, but was a bit dry.

The Frangipani Tart has lots of berries and the texture is similar to madeleine.   

 Can't wait to get started!! =p

 Gal with her English Breakfast tea!

My glass of Iced Mocha! 

In addition, we also ordered the Mushroom Asparagus Quiche. It was nicely toasted with a crispy layer on the outside. The egg custard fillings was soft and light, and it is one of the better quiches that we have tried! 

The interior of the shop was decorated with vintage items! 

 Pretty cake counter

Camwhore time! 



 A great meal at Carpenter and Cook, if only it is more accessible to us. It is definitely a great place for a tea session with friends, or a place for couples to spend a laid-back afternoon.

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Carpenter and Cook

19 Lorong Kilat #01-06

Tel: +65 6463 3648 

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X'mas Eve Dinner at Au Petit Salut

It is difficult to think of a new dining place that is nice but yet not too expensive. After shortlisting a few restaurant, decided to book our Christmas eve dinner at Au Petit Salut. The restaurant was packed when we arrived.

One of the 2 starters, Awesome Cold Norwegian King Crab, 63'C Egg & Aioli! The crab meat portion was generous, and it was really fresh and juicy. Paired with the runny egg white and a slightly cooked egg yolk, it was delicious! We just can't had enough of it!

The next starter was a big piece of pan seared Foie Gras.

Can it get any bigger than that?  

My main dish, Poulet, which means chicken in French. When the dish was served, it looked like a fish rather than a chicken. 2 thin slices of chicken stacked on top of one another, and they are so tender and juicy. 

Gal's favourite Seared Hokkaido Scallops. 

This photo does not do justice to it. 

Look at the size of the scallops on the plates.

They were actually quite big! 

 A sweet, yummy dessert to bring an end to the satisfying dinner.

Vanilla Ice-cream with Mandarin and Olive oil layered cake.

This was our 8th Christmas together, and many more to come!

Merry Christmas everyone and a Happy New Year!

 

Last Day of Bangkok Trip!

Time flies and it was our last day in Bangkok.

As our flight was late at night, we still have almost a full day to enjoy ourselves to the max!

Spent most of the day at Chatuchak, looking for bargains buy, local snacks and small gifts for friends.

Must try the Coconut Ice cream, sweet and cooling for such a hot weather!

Wonder why Singapore doesn't have this.

A quick snack back at Union Mall before continuing our last minute shopping

Cute Owl key pouches from Chatuchak!

Head back to our hotel after dinner to collect our luggage and cabbed down to the airport.

Home sweet home!

 

 

 

Day 4 of Bangkok Trip!

There was no program in the morning, hence we woke up later than usual. After which we walked around Pratinum Mall and Siam Center before going for our lunch at Mandarin Oriental Hotel.

 

Lunch was at Le Normandie, which gal has made a reservation while in Singapore.

Complimentary from the restaurant

Both of us had the 3 course set lunch.

The first dish served, the Pan Fried Red Mullet.

Crispy skin while the soft meat was not dry at all!

The other starter that we chose was a cold dish, Crabmeat Remoulade.

Super like!

A shot of the mobile dessert trolley

We wanted to try another starter from the menu, and the waiter recommended to us the Asparagus soup. Immediately after we have placed the order, we started to regret ordering a soup over other dishes.

We were thinking why on earth do we order a soup, and it was a asparagus soup. How good can it be? As soon as we had the first spoonful, we were won over by it. Thick and creamy, it was awesome. It did not have the vegetable taste at all, and one would never have guess it was a asparagus soup. No regrets ordering it!

Here came the main dish, Pan-fried fillet of Barramundi! Barramundi, also known as Asian seabass, is very popular in Thai cuisine. This photo does not do justice to it. The thin, crispy skin had a nice burnt smell while the flesh peels off easily and literally melts in the mouth. And the fish was very fresh.

This was one of the popular dish among the diners, the Roasted Rack of Lamb. I am not a lamb lover, and if it is not handled properly, will have strong "weird" taste, which can be quite a turn off. It was quite a risky decision to order it, and thankfully, it was not too bad.

The mobile dessert counter at our table.

We can have a choice of 2 slices of cakes each.

And that means we are able to try 4 different types of cakes!

We were quite puzzled why the waiter took quite a while in serving the cakes. Turned out that they were actually creating some artwork on the plates using the different dressings. And the designs for gal and I were different. It is not easy being a waiter here, you got to have a talent in art too!

 

Gal's plate.

And this was for me.

Besides the cakes, there were 4 different flavours of macaroons too.

Beautiful hotel lobby

The macaroons counter at the lobby

Taking the boat back to Sapan Taksin

Sad looking doggies spotted =(

We have heard about the new shopping mall, Terminal 21, where one can "travel over the world" under one roof. The shopping mall, located beside Asok Station, has a different country theme on every level.

The Caribbean theme at the basement level

Cool Japanese theme toilet!

Fortune cat!

It was a nice experience exploring the mall, taking photos. However, this looks more like the shopping centre along Orchard road. Things here are much more expensive than any other places. Don't think we would return again if we are to travel to Bangkok again.

Our dinner at Queen of Curry, another recommendation by bloggers! It seems to be a popular restaurant among the tourist. Majority of the diners were foreigners, and it was quite packed! We got to wait for a while before seated.

Just 2 dishes for dinner?

Definitely no! =p

Drinking beer every single day cos it was very cheap.

Beer for ya Sir? =p

Delicious spread of Thai cuisine!

Nice Tom Yam soup, Thai Fish cakes and Pineapple rice!!!!

More dishes!!

More, more, and many more!!!

Cheap and tasty dishes!!

Chilling time at Lebua State Tower - Sky bar.

KO ?!?!?

Beautiful scenery of Bangkok city

Last shot of the night before we head back to the hotel. Holidays always seems so short! It was already the 4th day and we will be heading back to Singapore tomorrow. Back to reality soon!