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The latest high tea I have been was the "Tea For Love" launched by Island Shangri-la, partnering with French Champagne Perrier-Jouët to celebrate the month of Love, February. The delicious and rosy afternoon tea set is available now until 28 February, daily in both Island Shangri-la's Lobby Lounge and Island Gourmet, and over the weekend at Lobster Lounge.Let me slightly brief you the background of Perrier-Jouët. The creation of the house Perrier-Jouët was a result of the marriage of Pierre Nico
Let me slightly brief you the background of Perrier-Jouët. The creation of the house Perrier-Jouët was a result of the marriage of Pierre Nicolas Perrier and Adele Jouët in 1811, which perfectly fits the Valentine's Day theme. The Perrier family has a long history of cultivating vineyards to draw and benefitted from owning land in the best areas of the Champagne region including some of the Grand Crus and the vineyards of Montage de Reims and Cóte Du Blancs commonly known as the "Champs Élysées of Champagne". And in 1854, Pierre created the first brut Champagné and there it started growing its Champagné empire.
As lovely as the flavour and aroma itself, the Perrier-Jouët champagne is also known for the elegant and stylish Japanese anemones bottle design, designed by Henri Galice commissioned Art Nouveau icon Emile Gallé in 1902. Even the champagne glasses holder is nicer than average!
Widely known as the "Champs Élysées of Champagné", the elegant and floral element are fully reflected on the pastries and cakes of the afternoon tea.
The Perrier-Jouët Blason Rosé has a feminine aroma, very floral with strong strawberry note and mild grapefruit note with a subtle brioche aroma. It carries soft and medium speeded small effervescences. It has a full body with strong acidity which gives a dry and fresh mouth feel. The finishes is long with sweetness at the throat.
A nice high tea set is not completed without scones. The scones here were buttery and dense but were a tad dry in texture. Smears lots of clotted cream and jam to moisten the scones up!
We have five finger goodies on the savoury items plate, which were well design to pair with the Perrier-Jouët Blason Rosé. First I tried the Gravlax Marinated with Perrier-Jouët, which was a love fatty smoked salmon with a swirling oily finishes on a soft bread. The Jamón Ibérico with Green Asparagus was nice. Love the crisp asparagus. The Alaskan Crab Meat on Rye Bread was my favourite. Finally I got to try a rye bread that is not mad dry. The creamy Alaskan crab meat probably helped moisturing the bread. The Poached Boston Lobster was my second favourite. Love the sweet creamy Boston lobster on sweet, dense bread. The olive oil pearls was a nice touch too. Lastly the Foie Gras Terrine with Perrier-Jouët Jelly was also a heavenly goodies with silky and creamy foie gras and champagne cavier bubble bursting inside ya mouth!
The sweet goodies are packed in two levels looking equally nice. First I tried the Cherry and Perrier-Jouët Cheesecake, a creamy cheesecake carried the perfect sweetness and paired excellently with the Perrier-Jouët Blason Rosé. The petite Raspberry Macaron was surprisingly good. Macaron this size I would not expect the right texture but Island Shangri-La got it perfectly right. The shell was crisp with chewy inner and sweet pulpy raspberry filling. The Mascarpone Vanilla and Perrier-Jouët Charlotte was a cute beautiful cake with smooth vanilla mascarpone. Lastly the classic Chocolate Dipped Strawberries is one of the best way to enjoy strawberries.
Moving on I had the Lemon Cake with Red Bubbles which the dense lemon cake carried a lovely lemony note but sadly was not moist enough. The Lychee Milk Chocolate Sticks was lovely! Very refreshing with the lychee flavour and was at appropriate sweetness. The Red Berry Fruit Tart with Perrier-Jouët Pink Rose Petal was one of the best fruit tarts I have tried in Hong Kong. The fruits were fresh and the tart based tasted like buttery cookie. The Manjaro Chocolate with Frosted Strawberry and Perrier-Jouët Mousse carries smooth mousse but I am not really a mousse person.
Despite the rosy exclusive tea set, Island Shangri-La also launched “AMOUR”, a beautiful cake infused with Perrier-Jouët Champagné. I was most impressed by the delicate texture of the cheese cake which it was light and silky. The white chocolate cheesecake was surprisingly not as sweet as I expected it to be. I also love the bold Champagné flavour in the cake which I thought would be gone during the baking procress. The one pound AMOUR is available at Island Gourmet for HKD399 or HKD999 with a bottle of Perrier-Jouët Blason Rosé and the limited-edition champagne glass gift set (while stocks last).
The Perrier-Jouët - Tea For Love Afternoon Tea is available from 1 to 28 February, available daily in both Island Shangri-la's Lobby Lounge and Island Gourmet, and over the weekend at Lobster Lounge. The afternoon tea is priced at HKD318 for one, HKD538 for two and HKD 988 for two with a bottle of Perrier-Jouët Blason Rosé and a free gift set of two Perrier-Jouët champagne flutes (while stock lasts)! Beware that the Rosé tea set is not available at Island Gourmet though.
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