Video
Read full review
2013-09-02
654 views
Afternoon tea buddies is on the go again!! This time we chose the afternoon tea set at Madam Sixty Ate!Once we walked out from the elevator on 1/F, this painting was right across on the wall.Then…turned left to find ourselves at their drinks & bar area. Very modern & chic with wines & magazines on the wooden shelf.The waiter lead us into the restaurant toward the table near the window at the end. When we arrived there were still not much people.The interior is very modern with the wooden tables,
Once we walked out from the elevator on 1/F, this painting was right across on the wall.
Then…turned left to find ourselves at their drinks & bar area. Very modern & chic with wines & magazines on the wooden shelf.
The waiter lead us into the restaurant toward the table near the window at the end. When we arrived there were still not much people.
The interior is very modern with the wooden tables, blue chairs, cute wallpaper & different interesting paintings.Afternoon tea is HKD$300 + 10% service charge for 2 people with both savories & sweets. 2 sets of afternoon tea were ordered.
Tea was served as well. Bright orange color tea cup with Asian theme tea pot.The afternoon tea was placed on a wooden stand like a shelf, just similar to that from FINDS restaurant. There were 2 savories items placed on a separated wooden board. Looks nice & yum!
Let’s start with the savories on the top: the rum-raisin was served up with strawberry jam & kumquat marmalade. Usually scones are served up with strawberry jam & clotted cream in the traditional afternoon tea. So, it’s new to me to try scones with kumquat marmalade. The strawberry jam wasn’t overly sweet, which tasted fine. Stripes of kumquat zest inside the marmalade, which tasted interesting with the scones together. At least I tried something new! But in the end I still prefer the traditional way. hehehe…The scones weren’t hot when I cutted it open, just a bit warm. Also, it’s not buttery enough. But at least it’s moist inside. Nonetheless, scones from The Lounge, Four Season Hotel is still the best I tasted so far.
The corn fritter was pretty yum! Quite unusual to have this as the savories item. Interesting!
2nd up is the Tune with salsa verde in the middle on the middle shelf. It was served in a small glass. “Fresh” is the word!!!!! Love this!!! Thick slides of tune with parsley, vinegar, garlic, onion, olives & 2 slides of fresh cucumber.
Cured salmon with lemon gel & house cured duck ham with melon were placed on a separated wooden board.
The cured salmon with lemon gel had a nice combination with the creamy, salty salmon & tangy lemon gel. However, the salmon tasted not quite fresh, even though it’s cured.
Immediately there were comparison between those salmon from here & FINDS among ourselves. Everyone seems to like the salmon from FINDS.
The house cured duck ham with melon tastes like parma ham with melon, but with cured duck ham instead. Salty cured duck ham with the fresh & sweet melon, perfect!
The last saviory placed on the right at the lower shelf was the herbed sourdough crisp with goat cheese mousse. Not everyone like goat cheese, ’cause they find the odor & aftertaste weird. I can’t really say I’m crazy about cheese, but this one was quite nice! Some friends disliked it though, ’cause it’s too salty! But I found it just right!
Now off to the sweets!!!!
At first we all thought it’s apple, not peach, ’cause it didn’t really looked like peach.The almond crumbs was so good that I could probably have a big spoonful of this just on its own!! I tasted a bit of cinnamon in the crumbs as well….not sure it’s just almond or with cinnamon together. Anyway, all it matter is it tasted good!!!
This 2 dessert items tasted SOOOOOOOO WRONG!!!!!Once I bite into the chocolate truffle, the smoked butter caramel just oozed out, which made such a mess!!!! The chocolate truffle was fine, but it’s a bit overly sweet.
I’m not a huge fans of caramel or toffee for obvious reason! So, sorry! It didn’t really pass my mark!
The macaron wasn’t macaron!!!!!!! Felt really bad about this one! The surface of the macaron was really sticky & soggy! I can say this is the WORST macaroon I EVER tasted, even worst than those are overly sweet. Really disappointed!!
Last but not least!!!!
Everyone love this!!!!!! Guava cream filled inside the puff. The flavor of guava really popped out!!! I believe everyone would agree this is the best of out all in the afternoon tea set.I'll think I give 7/10 for this, consider there are more good than bad. But I believe Madam Sixty Ate can do much better than this!
Hopefully, there are chances to dine in for their lunch/dinner, may be it's better than their afternoon tea.
Other Info. :
My friend found some dust on the top of the wooden afternoon tea stand! hmmm…not really expected that to happen! But hopefully someone will check it next time before serving!
(The above review is the personal opinion of a user which does not represent OpenRice's point of view.)
Post
