Another girlie girl tea time party!!!


Actually this is on the same day when I went to High Society. Shikin said she wanted to come to this place with me because only I can appreciate this kind of place. I agree!


And this place is called La Maison du Canelé. It is a sister restaurant of Canelé. The only difference is, this place only sells desserts from Canelé.


The deco is so pretty... except the Chinese New Year deco which I loath the most.


Even the menu is so pretty. OK, I know I'm bias 'cos it's pink.


That's our tea! They don't have high tea set so we ordered from the ala carte menu.


I had the strawberry shortcake with fresh strawberries layered with creme Chantilly, and Japanese shortcake laced with Kirsch. They use whole strawberry and fresh ones. The shortcake is so soft like cotton candy. I am dreaming of it already!


Shikin only took the dark chocolate macaron. The dark chocolate is so rich and think, while the macaron crust melts in your mouth. I regret I didn't pack some back.


This which appears to look somewhat like a slab of siu yok, actually has a very glamorous name of St. Marc. Jocelyn took this and it is super good if you're a fan of caramel. It has layers of biscuit joconde with Kirsch, vanilla creme Chantilly, dark chocolate cream and creme brulee. I would really love it if the caramel layer on top is crusty.... like how you can crack them with your spoon on some creme brulee. Other than that, it's a pretty decent dessert especially the dark chocolate is so rich.


I really appreciate it that they serve real fresh tea instead of those in tea bags. I ordered the Bergamot San, which is the only sencha in the tea menu. It is so hard to find sencha. I used to drink this everyday back in Tassie (sorry, have to bring up Tassie again because Shikin really reminded me of those days) when I was a frequent at Chado Tea House. Such a lovely place.


Talking about Tassie. That place taught me a lot of things, like how to drink proper tea, study wine, seafood, coffee, etc. Makes me feel so atas when I know about all these things. The actual fact is... I had so much fucking time. For some reason, I picked up all those things.



Stressed = Desserts. Hmmm... Seems legit!


My dear friends from school last time. Time passes so fast, we're not grown up so old.


Aunty makan high tea. LOL!

Anyway, La Maison du Canelé is at Orchard Road Shaw House right next to Canele.

When I passed by High Society (it's a restaurant, by the way), I know I must try it. The interior looks too posh, and too exquisite for a lot of people. I know that only Shikin (or Yvonne, but she wasn't there) will eat in these kind of restaurant.



It was about 5pm, so we thought it's the right time to order the high tea set.


The tray starts with bacon, ham and cheese with foccacia (whatever that is) and egg mayo sandwich with a touch of truffle.


The middle tray has bacon quiche lorraine (super fantastic!) and seasonal lobster on toast.


And lastly on the highest tray, it's the chef's choice of assorted French pastries.


It really depends on your luck what is the pastries of the day and what they pick for you. The tea set also comes with 2 choices of tea. It's great because Shikin only drinks earl grey. I always tease her that she drinks old people's tea. Since we can have our own tea, I don't have to share her old people's tea.

After we had our tea, we still felt hungry a bit, so we order the fish and chips.


We shared the fish & chips. Since Shikin is a Muslim, she can't take pork and alcohol and most of their mains cooked with wine or has bacon in it. We left with fish and vegetarian. And of course, I anti vegetable. Our only option is fish & chips. It doesn't matter actually. It kinda brings back memory of us in Tasmania eating fish & chips by the sea. The fish & chips is quite good actually. The batter is not too thick at the same time it's super crispy. And the fish is so soft that it melts in the mouth.


The ambiance in the restaurant is so cosy and warm (as in the feeling warm, and not the temperature).


I know you might be thinking, if the food and place is so good, why there isn't any guest eating in the restaurant. That's because the place was booked for a company event when we went in. And there suppose to be another group dining at the place after I took this photo.


Say hi to Shikin!


Drinking my not-old-people's tea.


I will definitely go back to the place. Not because I love the name so much... Imagine if I tell my friend, "Let's have dinner at High Society." Sound damn atas right? The food is really good and there's so much I can eat at that time. The price is affordable although the name make it sound like it's really expensive. If you go during lunch time, their set lunch is only SGD29 (somewhere around that price).


If you happen to be in Marina Sands, go check it out ok? I'm sure you'll be attracted by place and the menu.

I FINALLY WATCHED IT!!!!!


I've missed The Wicked when they were in Sydney. And then I missed them when they were in Melbourne. I got so frustrated everytime I passed by Collins Street and seeing the huge banner hanging at Regent Theater. Later when I went to Auckland, I couldn't book the ticket at all because I didn't have any internet connection.


And finally they arrived Singapore. By hook or by cook, I must watch it.


Sorry for the lack of quality photo. I had to rely on my phone camera and we all know how sucky Blackberry camera can be. The stage was oh-so-magnificent!!! I think of all the play I've watched, The Wicked has the best stage prop.


And I had the best seat in the whole auditorium. I was in the middle of the middle. No head blocking my view. That's just great! I hate it when there's someone in front of me to block my view and I have to keep moving my shoulder when the cast move from one end to another end of the stage. 


I didn't any other photo of the show because I acknowledge the hard work of the actors and the whole production team, so I totally respect their no-camera policy. (That's how I put it nicely. But what I meant is, I fucking paid $160+ for the ticket, so don't expect me to give you free review. Don't be cheapskate and buy your own tickets if you want to know the story.)

However if you think you're cheapskate, you can watch the preview on Youtube:



My favorite song of the entire show is Defying Gravity, where Elphaba flew elevated above the ground. That was totally magical and stunning.




I personally think that Elphaba's voice is much better than Glinda (or Galinda) although many thinks that they're equally good.


The story is written by Schwartz (however you pronounce it), set before the story of Wizard of Oz. I bet most of us read the story when we were little, right?


Like I've said, I won't tell you the entire story, so I'm just going to show you all my camwhoring photos like a normal self-absorbed female blogger.




Actually Jocelyn, my old friend from college, was the one who told me about The Wicked coming to Singapore. If not I wouldn't have known. This is her...




When we hanging out at the foyer after the play, one of the cast Ferrero  Fiyero, who played the prince, was having autograph session for his CD.


I took a photo with him because everyone else was taking photo with him. It's not like I'm a huge fan or he is super good looking. I think he just look like any ordinary surfer dude. After going through the booklet, I got to know that I've saw a lot of his play before... Les Miserables, Mamma Mia, etc. So I guess that make me a fan too?


Since it's my first time at Marina Bay, I wanted to cam whore but my friends aren't a camwhore like me. This is the time I wish Yvonne was there.


Shikin!!! She was the only one who share the same enthusiasm with me when we were in Tasmania. We were so free those days that we practically doing nonsense like hanging out in botanical garden to see the tulips bloom, travel up north to Cataract Gorge to see rocks, walk to beer factory, hanging out at Dome to make clay stuff. And then squeeze our brain juice to think of what to do in the weekend. Right now I don't even have the time to change my light bulb. #truestory




You know, I bought my outfit there from head to toe. Jacket from Forever 21, black shirt and plaid skirt from Zara. They're so cheap! And I bought them because I don't think Malaysia outlet has any of those. Strangely, the collections in Singapore and Malaysia is totally different.


Tzethon, my college mate in Taylor's, when there weren't Asia Cafe and Starbucks in SS15.


Jocelyn!!! Finally a photo with her :)


OK... Back to The Wicked.... It's worth every penny. It is a splendid show. So, go watch while they're still in Singapore! Link to the tickets site here.


Lastly, here's my version of Elphaba the Witch of West.


What?! What are you looking at? Oh, do I have something in my teeth? Okay, let's get this over with. No, I'm not seasick, yes, I've always been green, no, I didn't chew grass as a child.

That’s the lobby of the hotel. As we were walking around, we found this magnificent staircase with a really huge chandelier.

It reminds me of the scene where Cinderella rushing back before 12, so I asked Yvonne to act the Cinderella scene there...


At the courtyard, there’s a Mickey Maze.



The maze is real ok... As it is real plant not artificial one!!!


Don’t know why I camwhore with the staircase. It looks so nice in real life, I feel obliged to do so.