High Tea at Goodwood Park Hotel

Nat was in town and wanted to meet up for a tai-tai makan session at the last minute! Luckily it was my off day so I can just go and meet him! :)

We initially planned to meet at Grand Hyatt for buffet lunch but arrived too late.. went down to their High Tea area, but found out that their menu to be ultra limited, so after taking picture with the giant vase filled with beautiful flowers, we walked over to Goodwood Park hotel which was just down the road.

Giant Xmas tree at the side entrance

It's our 1st time to Goodwood Park and we were trying to find the restaurant, thinking the side entrance is the main entrance and wondering why the place is so deserted. LOL!

There are 2 high tea options in Goodwood Park. The Asian menu is at Coffee Lounge and the Western menu at L'Espresso. Nat insisted on the Western menu cos it's the "proper high tea" so we went to L'Espresso. 

Nat choosing his tea!

We both took Ice Tea for the 1st round and hot tea for the 2nd round. Irritating policy of only allowing you to have 2 drinks.. It's a BUFFET leh! For SGD45++, you would expect them to provide you with free flow tea...

Strawberry Shortcake is yummy!

Lychee cake.. So-so

Mini burgers! Nat took this cos it looks like Krabby patty. T_T"

The mini cakes area..

I didn't take any of these. 

Don't really like them cos it's dry and very "factory made" taste.

The scones are nice though. I think they are famous for that.

Yummy ice cream!

Nom Noms!

Amused that they carved the dragon fruits into mini balls.

Dragonballs! (Geddit?)

Nat & Me! :)

It's SGD45++ per adult, which adds up to SGD105.93 for two persons after taxes and service fees. I'm not a person who goes for quantity as I prefer quality food. Though the food standards were not bad, honestly, it's not worth the money cos the variety and selection is not that fantastic. Moreover they only let you have 2 choice of drinks, and it's not free flow. High Tea is supposed to be free flow of tea (it's damn cheap lah!)! How much tea can we drink in 2.5hours? If we drink more tea, means we eat lesser right! 

If you really want to try it, it's recommended that you call before going as there are very few seats. Tel: 67301743

From Monday-Thursday, the high tea timing is from 2pm-5.30pm, and on weekends & public holidays there are 2 sittings. 1st seating is from 12noon-2.30pm and 2nd seating from 3pm-5.30pm.

I won't come back again though.. I rather go to Equinox at Swissotel cos Le bf has the Feed at Raffles card and if we dine 2 persons we get 50% off.. So high tea is only SGD44.70 nett for two persons. Mad cheap! (And they have free flow tea AND juices!).

Fish Spa & Chloe's Bald!

After the ROM lunch at Orchard Central, we had a few hours to spare cos Chloe is at the groomer's and she's not ready to be picked up yet..

Walked around Somerset 313 and spotted a Fish Spa shop.. Le bf always wanted to try the Fish Spa so we went in and booked a 15mins session!

I've tried it many times before so I'm quite used to it after the initial ticklish feeling.. But Le bf had to take some time to get used to it.. He's so giggly! Hahahahaha!

There are a few different ponds which you can choose.. I went over to the "Big Fish" pond where the fishes are bigger.. Le bf is scared and he refused to try it.. =P

Le bf sitting at the "Small Fish" corner

My corner even had a computer you can use! 

This place touts itself as a Fish Spa/Cyber Cafe.

Hello Chio Curly Hair!

Afterwards Le bf drove me to Petfolio to pick up Chloe.. I was shocked when I saw her cos she's half her body size now! Her fur was badly matted cos it was too long and despite me combing it everyday, some areas were still tangled badly and Simon's wife Sharon decided the best option is to cut it all off and let her grow out a new coat. 

OMG. First time I shave her bald cos I always believed that Maltese must have long silky hair! I told Le bf that "I failed as a mother" because I didn't take good care of her.. :'(

Sharon tried to detangle as much as she can but Chloe couldn't handle the pain (her pain threshold is very high already).. So for Chloe's sake, I decided to shave her bald when they called me to ask for my permission to shave her cos they know how much I like to keep her long coat.

As for Chloe, she's actually having mixed feelings about this. On one hand she's happy cos it's so much cooler now without all the extra fur on her. On the other hand, she's feeling kinda emo cos she just lost her hair. It's funny to see her expressions.. I love Chloe so much!

Hope her furs grows back quickly!

Weefen & Eric's ROM

Both of us attended Weefen & Eric's ROM ceremony together. They didn't want to have a wedding dinner cos they want to keep it low profile and save the money for their honeymoon and future house. They had a super private lunch reception at Orchard Ion's Tung Lok restaurant. Only 2 tables and both of us were invited! So honoured!

Eric is Le bf's old schoolmate and Weefen is my ex-colleague. So, both of us know each half of the couple separately  How cool is that? Shows how small Singapore is! I know Eric when I was working with Weefen in CTC.. She asked me if Brendan was in XXX school cos her bf (Eric) saw Brendan's photo in my FB wall. LOL! 

Wedding rings and table arrangement

Exchanging rings

Smile!

Signing the marriage certificate

It's official!

Group picture time! ^_^

Wish the couple everlasting happiness!

My student concession cards

I'm sorting out the pictures on my hard disk and found this picture!

The top left pic of my super xialan face was taken in Primary Six (12years old). Can't remember what I was pissed off about. LOL! In those days, we had to buy bus stamps for unlimited travel on the bus and flash it to the bus drivers. Those are already extinct now cos it's being replaced by ezlink cards. Back then it was only $27.50 for the unlimited bus rides.. I wonder how much is it now..

Mandarin Oriental Singapore - Site Visit

A bunch of us were invited to Mandarin Oriental Singapore for a site visit! They showed us a few rooms, the club lounge and ended the visit with a yummy lunch at Dolce Vita - Italian restaurant.

With my AMEX colleagues and the hosts from Mandarin Oriental. :)

The seaview room

The harbourview room

View of the harbour from the room

View of the sea from the room

Huge toilet! 

Hello hello! ^_^

Oriental Club Lounge for club floor rooms

Books, newspapaers and magazines

Comfy sofa with cushions!

Inner seating area

Free flow snacks and fruits

TWG Tea and fruit juices.. Free flow alcohol too!

Beautiful swimming pool!

Lunchtime at the Dolce Vita!

I love the outdoor seats and tables! So cute!

We were seated indoors near the drinks bar.

Customized menu just for us!

Mushroom soup with Hokkaido scallop

I chose the Beef with Foie Gras for my main course

Best Creme Brulee I've ever eaten! And it's hugeeee!

Pretty roses! ^__^