Mr. Jones Orphanage, Bangkok

Bangkok was never on my travel list  until someday I came across Mr. Jones' Orphanage and also the vintage train market.

The one I visited was located in Siam Center, but I think it is one of the branch they had. There we were in this cafe after some walking. We chit chatted here for some time before we headed back to our hotel!

The queue was long, I guess because of the prime location.

Mouth watering cakes right at the doorstep, everyone (including me!) was snapping pictures like as if we were visiting a zoo or something. Too many choices, too little stomach space. 

The cafe was designed to be like a train! The seats gave me a "Harry Potter" feel. haha. But the structure made it a little difficult to maneuver inside the cafe,  the service crew (including us) has to bend down in order to move around the cafe. -_-

We ordered a supposedly "best seller"?. Err. I wondered why is it best seller. To me it wasn't that fantastic and the three of us were joking about maybe this cake is not that best selling and they put "best seller" to trick customers into ordering it. lol.

Ok, this strawberry waffles is good. Sinfully good. Give me all the whipped cream!

I didn't manage to find the vintage train market. Sigh. It was relocated and it is way too far for us. I guess with this regret, I might return to Bangkok again?

Purposeful Traveller - 101 reasons to go back besides the shopping.

Ending Sunday with Arbite & Dong Po

Agenda for the day is to visit Dong Po Colonial Cafe but knowing they sell pastries and bread only, we decided to have lunch nearby.

Kandahar Street is usually bustling especially on a weekend, but today the place was quieter. We managed to get parking easily and decided to have lunch at A for Arbite, which is located along Aliwal Street.

"Live well, laugh often and love much"

Looking at this quote as I eat just reminded me to really live life to the fullest. =) I am grateful for a Sunday like this. I just felt so blessed. 

We ordered two dishes from "Small plates for sharing". The price is a lil steep but I am quite satisfied with the food! The beef burgers were one of the better ones I had! Juicy and the meat is tender. It costs $15.90~

The waitress said they are famous for their pasta because it is handmade, when I tasted it, indeed it's different. I like it! It's very flavourful too! This tri pepper pasta costs $12.90? (Ok, I cannot remember. -_-) 

Then we were too full to eat pastries hence we had to walk around for awhile before heading to the shop that is supposedly on our agenda! LOL.

I ordered 3 pastries and 2 drinks from Dong Po and it costs us only $7.90! We both felt that the Bostock is underpriced! LOL. It's $3.50 and comes with a drink! 2 pastries and a drink cost $4.20 (change drink to milo, just top up $0.20)

Butterfly cupcake and Almonds finger. Both worth trying! I love the butter cream, so old school. The plain looking almonds finger surprised us! It was yummy, not too sweet and alil crunchy and chewy.

Here comes bostock! Bread toasted with generous serving of almonds. Not too bad but I still prefers the bostock that I bought from bread project.

With these comes the end to my long weekend. I believe tomorrow will be an awesome start to the new week!

Purposeful Traveller - Laugh often.

Atas Afternoon Tea at E&O Hotel

Each time we go to Penang, we will try to do something new. This time round we decided to indulge in an expensive afternoon tea (in ringgit) at E&O hotel. =)

We tried our best to wear "nicer" afterall it is an "atas" hotel but the clothes we brought for our trip were "private limited". hahaha. We tried. XD

We walked for quite some time to come to this end of Georgetown. As I walked, I was thinking, it better be worth the walk. >.<

The menu only has one thing - afternoon tea. cheyyy...

2 tiers of savoury items which I don't find them nice. -_- 

The saving grace were the scones and sweet items. I love the jam and all the sweet items were good, maybe because the savoury items didn't impress me so the sweet ones stood out. hahaha.

I have been to "atas" high tea Singapore, most of the time it was just for the ambience and the occasional splurge to pamper myself, it was the same for this too. We just chit chatted for awhile then we read the books we brought. Relaxation.

Price for this experience: RM65. haha. If convert to sing dollars, it's definitely worth the experience! Do try it if you are in Penang! =D

We went for a stroll.

We just sat there and watched the waves hitting onto the rock wall. Peaceful and relaxing. I was reluctant to come back Singapore. =(

Purposeful Traveller - My occasional indulgence.