High tea at Carcosa

(Pics courtesy of Miss C)

Ive had some high tea experiences. The first time I tasted scones and clotted cream was in London and never forgot that incredible taste of clotted cream. It was incredible, made me want to eat the whole bowl of cream. Then the second time was at The Peninsula in Hong Kong. Was quite nice actually, except it is actually in the middle of the lobby. And getting one of the corner tables made it tough since people kept on walking by us. The third time, was at The Burj in Dubai. A hefty seven course meal worth a bomb. I cant believe an afternoon tea could cost about RM300!!!. Of course, the upside was that we could actually be in The Burj. So maybe it was worth it. Well, maybe.

Because you see, I dont have much of a sweet tooth. Surprising? Not really. I binged on chocolate for three months straight after I came off a strict three year diet (dont ask). Anyways, so since then I stopped having chocolate cravings.

But anyways, I still do enjoy a nice cup of tea and always look forward to scones and clotted cream. So how was afternoon tea at Carcosa?

It was really nice. Located on top of a hill, the building is surrounded by lushes greens. You cant even see the city! So it was quite nice to be outside. The tea itself was quite good. Some people may think that the servings are quite minimal (one of each item) but it was more than enough for me and I had to rely on my friend Mr. R to polish off the rest of the food, while Miss C looked on in disbelief.

Top item, scones and clotted cream of course =). The cream itself was a little watered down, but they made up for it by having rose jelly. Which was really quite delicious and subtle when mixed together with the cream.


(L-R, Fresh strawberry jam, rose jelly, and clotted cream!)


(Part of the meal : Pics courtesy of Miss C)

The variety of teas were also quite impressive. Though I am much more of a coffee person than a tea person I can still enjoy a nice cuppa hot one. But since Im not much of a tea person I cant really tell you about the different types of teas that were offered. For our little party of 3, I got the lemon grass tea (nice and refreshing!), Miss C had the English Breakfast Tea while Mr. R had the white tea (if this helps to give an indication of the different types of teas available).

All in all, most certainly fun as an afternoon item to do. Funnily enough there were so many expats/ tourists there and so few locals. I would deff go back again (and this time with The Boyfriend since he complained about not bringing him). Nice place to just sit and hang out. I do recommend making a reservation and trying to get the indoors. Even though it is breezy outside, you still end up sweating buckets.


(Walking up to the lobby)


(The outside - its pretty nice, but this side faces the car park which was deff not the best view)

My one complain about the place? The chairs. Whats up with the chairs? The outdoor chairs are quite large and bulky lawn chairs taking away from any potential cosy-ness you could have with the people who came with you. I must say inside its quite ok with some sofas and soft chairs.

Carcosa Seri Negara
03-2282-18889
Price : ~RM 70 (its RM60 ++)

Comedy night

Time Out KL has been hosting comedy nights for a while now (what is it, more than a year?). Traditionally held upstairs in Little Havana, it will be moving over to Zouk starting next month. Actually not a bad idea since the area was a little cramped to fit everyone.

It'll cost you RM20 to get upstairs (or you could be like me and somehow managed to get upstairs for free). But its deff worth it. What I loved most about the experience is that the audience members are all good sports. No booing, or heckling (well, a little but deff no booing) to the comedians. After all, its the first time for some of these people and its great that everyone still laughs (titters) and cheers for them.



For those of you who dont enjoy faking a laugh, Ill be honest. The comedians are actually funny. Miss C and I had a good time laughing about all the racial and political jokes. (Thats the other part I like, people are taking it all in stride and not taking racial jokes personally... keeping an open mind)

So, I do recommend that you drop by for at least one Comedy Night. Sometimes the comedians do recycle their material so if you go for every single one you might start getting bored. I think going once in a while would be pretty decent.

Thursday nights (once a month)
Starts at about 9 p.m. (not sure how this will change in Zouk). We got to Little Havana at 7.40 p.m. to book a table and seats. They all filled up by ~7.50 p.m. This might not happen at Zouk

So whenever youre feeling super stressed and super down, just head over for a good laugh with some good company

Men in tutus

The KL Performing Arts Center or KLPac is a new institution built to house the perfoming arts center here in Malaysia. Its located in the middle of Sentul Park, a private park area developed by YTL.

I love this park. Was half tempted to buy the only condo that allows you direct access to the park. Its this surprising quiet in the middle of the city. Well planned and secure, you can jog around its ~1Km circumference. And then of course, KLPac is right in your backyard.

klpac.com

They have plenty of plays on the weekends for a pretty decent price. So whenever you're feeling a little chilled out, and would like to go and pay homage to the arts, do drop by KLPac. But be warned, that awesome little cafe downstairs that faces the beautiful park, is seriously understaffed - there is only one waiter taking your orders, sending them to you, getting all the payments and making all the changes and clearing up the table. So, service is pretty bad there, and sometimes you cant even get half the things on the menu. Also, there is no elevator (that I can find, so maybe someone needs to point this out to me), so be prepared to climb upstairs for the show (my dad had just come out of the hospital so it was a little tough for him to do)

This time around, we got to watch Men in Tutus.

"Direct from a sell-out tour of Europe and Asia, comes the most spectacular, talented and hilarious all male comedy ballet ever"

It was indeed, a lot of fun to watch with my family and pretty fascinating to watch all of them dancing in pointe shoes. They moved as elegantly as any female ballerina out there.

Sentul Park

Seats in front of KL Performing Arts Center

The dancers of Men in Tutus

Next round of shows at KLPac