Object of Desire 0020: Faure le Page Calibre 21

My limited edition Cabas Daily Battle in Vert with yellow trimmings. She's so study and pretty at the same time!!!

Monkey & JS lived down the road from Rue Cambon in Paris, so passing down this road was mandatory no matter what bcoz we HAD to use this street to get home. Each walk, each stroll, there's so much to see along the windows.

See wat I mean? The mother store of Chanel with Madame Coco Chanel's apartment upstairs. But this trip, Chanel did not excite me....items that we wanted were sold out. That one month in Paris, we couldn't and didn't manage to spend with Chanel. Huahahahahaha.....so all those money were chaneled to...

oh well not far away...just next door
Faure le Page

You'll be surprised to know that Faure le Page started out as a firearms and gun-maker since 1717 for multiple revolutions. From King Louis to Bonaparte, Faure le Page is very highly regarded among the great writers of its time. One of them is Alexandre Dumas - remember the author of The Count of Monte Cristo?

*cropped pic of me working.....yes working....*

and bcoz I've hardly blog bout my purchases....I was thinking this would be a nice posting bcoz I am waiting for my next ownership of Faure le Page. This one was another special unique color combo of blue and yellow from the Petit Parade collection. I lurve it so much....elegant and yet fun at the same time. Works as a clutch or sling :)))) how versatile.

and bcoz Monkey was having so much fun shopping, JS decided he didn't wanna miss out and picked his working bag as well. It's seriously so so so so exquisite. The fact that the leather is hardy plus it's a semi canvas bag makes it much of of an everyday work bag.

JS was so eppy and as usual we ended up buying bags for each other to the delight of the shop assistant.

"Oh bonjour madame et monsieur!!!"
yes it's us again so what's new for the day? the danger of staying so near, we could just simply walk in everytime or just to have a cup of coffee and chitters chatters with the staffs there. 

next my eyes are fixed on these....:))))))))))
Faure le Page Calibre 21 which is available in the standard colors of blue, green, black, burgundy and light blue. It's so ME and so cute it's hard to say NO!!!

My first world problem now.....there's only ONE boutique in the whole wide world with 2 more pop up stores in Paris and Japan. So time to make visit(s) soon :))))

Les Amis, Singapore

The gang's favourite joint for lunch these days. So we decided to bunk in there on a hot humid Saturday afternoon for the usual 4 hours lunch. The lunch menu here is quite interesting with a huge selection from entree to main and desserts, but the main list has got to be its wine list :))))

J&J Jelina is one proud momma for her daughter recently achieved the outstanding leadership awards. I wondered what did daddy open for this happy celebration :))) I've watched friends' kids grow from lil one to beautiful young lady. Oh gawd...that reminds me I'm getting really old here. Has it been ten years? yeah looking back, 10 years is quite a steep grow for children from 5 to 15....but I still think me look the same from 25 to 35 hehehehehehe. Agree?

Crusty bread baked straight from its kitchen and yummylicious butter.....we've been reminding ourselves not to over indulge not to nibble one more piece...but it's too good to resist....damn!! put it far far away from us~~~~

this was how someone hid his bread......away from his sights but yet there's still a stash of it there means u will still consume it later!!!

special order for the toddler, Homemade sausage capellini in sweet tomato sauce. JS was eyeing this bowl of pasta...

"Hey it's for the kiddo!!! u will have yours soon."
JS :-(((((

steamed seasonal white asparagus with a special hollandaise sauce. Squeeze some japanese lime and dress the dish with japanese herbaceous flowers. It somehow elevate the dish for our palate are so attuned to asian ingredients.

we are lucky chaps to be enjoying the white asparagus with a bottle from Guigal :))) That just brought back memories of our visit to the Rhone Valley last autumn. 

I think this was a kiddo salad too. 

Amuse bouche with such generous toppings of caviar and silver leaf?? We usually have gold leaves but silver is new....or was it lightings that caused the gold leaf to turned silver? hahahaha me.don't.know.

mixed selections of grilled earthy mushrooms, with its mouse and gratin at the bottom. Some shaved cheese and spices on the side. Lookin from the menu, I know we are almost turning to be vegan hahahaha. As u get older and pass the age of 35, u need to take care of that one and only engine of yours...which will have to function in proper order for the rest of your life. 

very interesting white from the cold mountain of Jura. The only time I've been to the Jura mountain was to visit the watch factory of my previous company. Then I had the most beautiful white and red wines...which never make it out of Switzerland because the production is so little. This bottle is from the region in France bordering Switzerland. 

Les Amis has got such beautiful tableware. It was also Les Amis that introduced us to Laguoile knives 9 years ago....now JS has got a collection enuff to open a shop.

Thing about men vs women.
Women buy stuffs to USE
Men buy stuffs to KEEP/display/admire

Special for the day, roast French chicken with new potatoes. The team at Les Amis insisted that we must try this, which wasn't in the menu.

It's quite a lean chicken u know, look at its sexay legs!!!! hmmmm reminded me of myself on the pole. BAHAHAHAHAHA

Nope, I did not get inspired from Les Amis's roast french chicken. There's really such pole trick and it's called the Handstand Butterfly. Very happy that I've achieved something small in my pole fitness for I couldn't execute the body invert, turn it around to crucifix before landing with a handstand like this. It took me 3 months, whereby my classmates learnt it in 3 minutes!!!! The fear for heights and being inverted is too difficult for me to conquer and last Sunday I fell down terribly again from the top.

both instructor and JS told me to use a crashing mat at the bottom but my philosophy was....if I knew there's always a crashing mat at the bottom I will never learn, for there's something to catch me at the end. So the best way to train this Monkey is not to have anything, once she has tasted the pain of crashing down all the time, she will do all it takes to hold on, even if it means bruises all over her chicken legs. Hahahaha yes chicken legs and thighs.

It's been roasted this way, standing inverted on a special cast iron roaster. The fats at the bottom were used to roast the new potatoes. Surprisingly the fragrant of the roast chicken was quite mild as opposed to Poulet de Bresse. It was on the dry side for us. Maybe the chicken was too lean...hehehehe.

For those who doesn't consume chicken....oh well in this case, the one and only Mr. JS....he ordered his favourite japanese shrimp pasta. He's one eppy boy when there's certain form of carbs esp pasta....he grew up eating bread and pasta so those are his comfort food. *apart from wines*

mix and toss it to enjoy!!! The texture of the capellini is seriously good here. :)))

Gimme gimme gimme my chicken!!!!
It was carved and presented really nice. Just that we didn't snap a pic of it bcoz the photographer was too bz and he was nowhere to be seen. 

our dearie photographer was bz visiting Les Amis's wine cellar...or should I call it the treasure trove?? all the amazing rare and outstanding wines.....in big formats!!!

We do have our own gems to drink as well :))) hehehehehe I know, I'm such a lucky and privileged monkey!!!

D is for desserts!!!!!

instead of sweets, I went for the cheeses. Les Amis source really awesome cheeses and if you would like to purchase all these artisanal fromage, it's really possible.

petit four for coffee...and it was at the moment I quickly surrender my credit card and to further dramatize it, I told the Maitre'D that it's my birthday and I AM BUYING lunch for my beloved friends!!!!! but lil did I know, Les Amis was even more drama.

I got a birthday cake
-_-"
moral of the story is, kids....never ever tell white lies ok?

Not only my card got rejected here bcoz apparently they only accept Singaporean credit cards. Oh yeah right....they gave me a cake....since we were so full, we packed it back for dinner and it was amazingly yummy!!! Thank you to chef de patisserie. 

and Mr. JS went missing again, snoopping around in the kitchen. Chef de patisserie Cheryl Koh was bz but kind enuff to pose for a pic.

Thank you my dear Singapore Minum Gang for lunch and dinner and everything else. Always awesome to spend the weekend with u guys.

Les Amis is now open on Sunday. Do check out their website for more info.

Les Amis
1 Scotts Road,
#01-16 Shaw Centre,
Singapore 228208.
Tel: +65 6733 2225
www.lesamis.com.sg

When u can't choose....

Hehehe so simple and pretty :))))
plus it's really really  comfy. I've had pairs in orange, black, gold but not powder blue...so perhaps it's time. But then there's other colors waving at me...buy me buy me buy me!!!

Hello there pretty lilac ferragamo...u r so comfy and oh so beautiful too....
tough decision >.<

So when u can't choose, just have both!!! hahahaha. And so I've been trotting them in  my house with lilac on the left and powder blue on the right...right in front of JS just to make a point that both are so pretty and it's a must have!! and also that Monkey made the right choice by buying both.

JS squinted his eyes
tee hee hee...sales is happening everywhere, so why don't u go and check out some shoes for yourself?

For more info:
http://www.ferragamo.com