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2014-04-25
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"High Tea" continues to be the trend. This visit with my 2 buddies would be my second high tea experience. Environment & Hygiene:Most tables are located outside the restaurant or in the hallway half in the restaurant. Not for people who need a lot of privacy. Hygiene was okay. Taste & value:There were 3 of us, and since we could not add a person to the tea set, we ordered some other items on the side along with the tea set. This set ($380 for 2) was presented nicely and neatly over 3 layer
Environment & Hygiene:Most tables are located outside the restaurant or in the hallway half in the restaurant. Not for people who need a lot of privacy. Hygiene was okay.
Taste & value:
There were 3 of us, and since we could not add a person to the tea set, we ordered some other items on the side along with the tea set. This set ($380 for 2) was presented nicely and neatly over 3 layers.
Top layer:Plain & Raisin Scones Both these scones were good. They were soft, crumbly in a good way and not too dry or hard.
Clotted Cream & Strawberry Jam Both of these homemade condiments were fresh and delicilous.
Mini Croissants These bite-size croissants were soso. They were quite soft, buttery and greasy; not as flaky as I was expecting.
Middle:Lobster & Mango Sandwich I would have thought that I was eating salmon actually. I'm not one for fruit with other food items, but this sandwich was really tasty. The taste of the mango was sharp; I would have never thought that lobster could pair so nicely with mango.
Smoked Salmon & Salmon Egg Sandwich This was another great sandwich. The salmon was delicious and didn't have that fishy taste.
Vegetarian Eggplant This was a rather plain sandwich with bread that was quite hard. This didn't compare to the 2 above.
Black truffle Sandwich The black truffle was mild, but nonetheless you could taste it. I wish they would have used a bit more.
Goat Cheese with Salmon Sandwich This sandwich was a bit weird, and didn't really taste like anything. This was our least favourite sandwich.
Bottom:What we got didn't actually match the names on the menu, so I'm just gonna start fro mthe left.
Brown Loaf This loaf was moist, but a little too sweet. My buddies didn't like it.
Raspberry Cake This cake was light, not too sweet nor acidic. It was good.
Chocolate Balls These balls were empty inside. I thought that they were truffles, but they weren't. Anyways, the chocolate was not bad.
Raspberry Macarons These macarons were sweet as usual, but flavourwise not bad.
Chocolate Cake There were some nuts in the base of the cake, but even with the nuts and chocolate, I felt that this didn't have much taste.
Cream Puffs These tiny cream puffs were filled with fluffy cream with a very light shell. Not bad.
Chocolate Sticks These were disgusting. They were chewy dried fruit dipped in chocolate that stuck to your teeth.
Side Order: Goose Liver Pate Sandwich ($45?) The goose liver pate was quite strong, and I liked the nuts that topped the sandwich.
Drinks:Hot Chocolate Rich, not heavy, and not too sweet , but not strong enough. However, not bad.
Peach & Passionfruit Tea The aroma was amazing, but like all other teas, I find that that is all there is to all these different kinds of teas. It smelt nice, but didn't have much taste. The secret of this heavy pot: 3 teabags. Haha.
Service:A staff asked us nicely if we could move from our original table to another accomodate a bigger party, and being the nice people we are, we agreed. The staff were quite easy going in general. However, we were overcharged and we didn't find out until the next day. For some reason, our bill came to $515. We had originally ordered another pastry on the side, but since it was sold out, it never came, but it looks like we were charged for it.
Final Verdict:
The tea set was quite nice, but the fact that we were overcharged hurt my impression of the place.
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