A is for Antoinette

Antoinette is another gorgeous cafe housed in an old office building at Penhas Road, right beside Fragrance Hotel. It is only 5-10 minutes walk from Lavender MRT.

It was established by the Sugar Daddy Group, helmed by award winning pastry chef Pang Kok Keong (previously from Canele Patisserie). The cafe was named after the last queen of France and it offers classic French sweet and savoury treats.

If you are wondering who is chef Pang Kok Keong, click here!

The concept is primarily French and the entrance is the retail area followed by an arrangement of beautiful vintage re-upholstered of armchairs and coffee tables, a feature wall of painted brick decorated with ornate mirrors.

They serve a wide variety of food. They have pastries, cakes, macarons and chocolates as well as all day breakfast, starters, main courses, sandwiches, crepes and pancakes. They also serve homemade ice cream and their tea menu is rather extensive too!

Their napkins, tea cups, plates and every cutlery item was labeled with the Antoinette symbol - a classic gold letter “A”.

Ange de I'himalaya

Seafood Alio Olio - Mussels, scallops, squids, prawns cooked in white wine sauce with olive oil, chilli and Italian parsley

Concorde - Roasted chicken with bacon and creamy morel mushroom sauce served on the side

Antoinette - Milk chocolate mousse infused with earl grey tea, chocolate biscuit, raspberry coulis, and earl grey tea crumble.

It is their their signature cake and it is highly addictive!

Exotic

It is definitely worth another visit to try their other offerings and it is a great place to have tea session and sweets with the boyfriend or girlfriends!

And oh, they have also got another Antoinette boutique outlet located at 2nd level of Mandarin Gallery!

English Afternoon Tea at L'espresso GoodWood Park

One of my best buy for today is the straw hat from Uniqlo! It cost $9.90 only!

I am going to use it for my upcoming Krabi trip in July!

http://www.goodwoodparkhotel.com/dining-lespresso.htm

English Afternoon Tea
2pm – 5.30pm (Monday to Thursday)
(1st seating) 12noon – 2.30pm (Friday to Sunday & Public Holidays)
(2nd seating) 3pm – 5.30pm (Friday to Sunday & Public Holidays)

They are currently having a promotion from now till 30 June 2010. 1 dines free with every 3 paying adults valid from Mondays to Thursdays exclusively for UOB card members.

Overlooking the swimming pool and the colonial-inspired decoration.

The ambience is so relaxing and soothing~

Part of the drink menu.

The high tea comes with 2 free drinks for each pax. For the first round, Dear ordered the Earl Grey Flavoured Black Tea and I ordered the Vanilla Ceylon.

I love the english-style tea pots and tea cups!

The delicious Shrimps and Mango filled Crossaints is totally savory! I had two of it!

And it was my first time trying out the Foie Gras! I would say that it is very rich, sort of creamy in texture. The livery taste is there, but mild.

The selection of sandwiches is extensive with fillings ranging from tuna, ham and cheese, chicken, seafood, and etc.

The recommended creme brulee certainly lives up to its name!

It may be a little too sweet for those who do not have a sweet tooth~

One of the main attractions of the english afternoon tea is the desserts! The cakes were fluffy and yummy and it is not too sweet.

I wished I could have tried everything but some just deserved second helpings that I had to give some of the items a miss.

For the second round, Dear ordered the Hazelnut Coffee and I ordered the Ice Lemon Tea. The diversified types of teas and coffees makes me spoilt for choices!

Overall I have to say that it was a very pleasant experience dining there. Their service was pretty prompt. Our empty plates were collected efficiently & politely. And their staff always carry a smile on their face.

I'm also quite impressed with the overall quality of the buffet and I am giving them a two thumbs up!

I can't wait to go back again! But before that, I would like to try out others highly raved high tea buffet at different hotels!

Sweet and Sinful Indulgence

We are heading to the town!

We went for High Tea at Canele located at Paragon Basement.

The Macarons.

The traditional French pastry that tastes sweet as divine.

It cost $2.30 per piece. And $14.50 for 6 pieces. There are 12 favours to choose from.

If you would do some simple calculation, buying 6 pieces of macarons at $2.30 will only cost $13.80 instead of $14.50 per box. They are charging extra for the cost of the box and packaging~ I’ll thought that buying more will cost less, since it can encourage more sales.

But I still love their packaging and their paper carriers! They are just as sweet and lovely as their cakes!

Dear ordered their organic tea.

And this is my Iced Caramel Latte.

In the late evening, we settled our dinner at Ion Ochard Basement.

Gindaco Takoyaki

This shall be my third time trying it! It is crispy on the outside and has a soft and creamy texture on the inside. It taste better than any other Tako balls I have ever tried in Singapore.

We matched it with a cold Macha drink topped with Vanilla Ice Cream.

The deep-fried Breaded Pork stick. It was abit hard and dry on the inside.

Japanese Pancake with Cheese and Shrimp.

The Sand Cake from Arinco King. The cake is very soft and fluffy and it is topped with cream and raspberry.

Dear bought a Fred Perry Laptop Bag at Ion Orchard. It was love at first sight!

And I've splurged on clothings AGAIN..