C'est LA viE

wow, finally a weekend with fun and packed schedule, lol

I had been relaxing for a few weekends since I back from Malaysia, but I think is time to activate my travel mode again =P

So I have gone to Wellington today after grabbed some sushi from the sushi shop at town, not the one that dissapointed me tho. =)

I was supposed to arrive around 1.20pm, but for the ever first time, bus was broken down at Parapaumu - where still one hour due to destination.

Although is was not a pleasant experience, but still grateful that we was just about 1 hr behind of travel and luckily all of us were safe.

I guess that's not a surprise with Naked bus...but well it couldnt set as an excuse regardless of its slighly lower price.

Too bad I just had to be nailed down with it as I am not millionaire =(

Anyways, I still managed to have my longtime dreaming high tea experience!

Hugely Thanks to Paya for spending her precious time with me at Martha's pantry, as she is really busy at this stage for her Phd thesis

Martha's Pantry have a good and cute environment, it is very relaxing to hang around at this nice place.

Back to the high tea,

Tho it was not what I expected, it was still very good experience...

I think the high tea at Martha's pantry is an English style, felt like myself turned into one of those polite lady with British accent found in one of those romantic novel

Regret that I only found those high society's fancy hats when we left the cafe.

We started with their in house famous tea, Paya was saying our teapots are not as beautiful as those sitting at the next table.LOL

But the tea turned out quite good, well I am not a good person to comment as I am not a tea person. However, to be honest, I would prefer the tea with more fragrance which I once having at Stephan...

We dint wait for too long, here's come our high tea.

We were told to eat them from bottom to top, from savoury to sweet. There were sandwitch and tiny pizzas at the bottom, quiche and scones at the middle, and sweets such as macarons, truffles, cupcakes and cream puffs sitting at the top deck.

I actually think those little tiny food was just alright, the whole concept was just about the fancy of how the tiny cute food are presented with luxury-like and fancy teapots and vintage cutlery.

I think I am sort of completed a 'mission', haha, perhaps will consider if I still going for another high tea. Well, high tea is not cheap, thus not really satisfying to me. I rather have a great dessert in those normal cafe. However, this was a good experience for dining in a lazy relaxing afternoon at a dreamy environment..

Later on, I gone to meet Janis for dinner at Fidels, one of the best cafe in the capital.

We had missed each other for closely a year, somehow we just lost the contact and finally this time we caught each other.

I was very happy that she found herself a likeable job, and still living happily and healthily. I am praying for her happiness as she is one of a fren who i really like and appreciate in my life. Too bad we had such a long and deep conversation that we forgot to snatch a photo together =S

Pizza at Fidels was alright for me, but thumbs up for the cheap cost and generous portion size!

We only paid NZD38 for a large pizza, 2 Asahi beer and a tempura with chips entree!

The night was quite long, as we had so many things to talk, Janis brought me to this cool lounge at Tory street.

We spent almost an hour at this Hawthorn Lounge, with great unique cocktail, comfy environment and frenly bartenders

I ordered a cocktail named 'Tory Street' which represent the lounge's famous in house cocktail. Taste was very unique which I was not able to recall I had this similar taste from other cocktails. Well, fair enough as they designed their own cocktails, and they updated their cocktails list according to season.

I failed to find any common cocktails like margarita, or japanese slinder on their menu.

Thanks to Janis, I sat by the bar for the first time, it reminds me of the Japanese drama 'Bartender' cz the feel was exactly the same!

The bartenders were very frenly, they kinda greet and talked to every customer once they enter the lounge

they were making all sort of different cocktails as ordered by the customers right in front of us, and we were so curious about what cocktails they were, the bartender dint get annoyed but patiently explained to us the details of the cocktail and how they were so unique =)

This was just one of the time I captured some photos, well who will miss this!

A fire going while making a cocktail, another bartender was like teasing him saying he was showing off =P I guess he was...

The night was so great!

Not forget that Janis also ordered a very special cocktail named goldren rum if i am not mistaken.

It contain a raw egg in it!!! Other than that, there were gin, orange chocolate chips ice-cream, orange zest etc...I sipped and honestly, I couldnt tell there was a raw egg inside!

Too bad the night was too short to hang out, i really miss Janis....Until we meet then, take care my fren!