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2011-08-18
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It was 1645. Full of diners inside the Lobby Lounge. Finally we got a table at nearly 1730. It didn't matter as the most important was the food quality. We finally got a table when many people had finished their tea =]When I sat down, I found that my chair was quite high (i'm 1.7m tall). A waiter discovered me that I was 'eye-catching' so he changed another chiar for me. I suddenly found that I became shorter! Good service.We ordered High Tea Set for Two ($410) only as it was nearly dinner
We finally got a table when many people had finished their tea =]When I sat down, I found that my chair was quite high (i'm 1.7m tall). A waiter discovered me that I was 'eye-catching' so he changed another chiar for me. I suddenly found that I became shorter! Good service.
We ordered High Tea Set for Two ($410) only as it was nearly dinner time. For the drinks, I was curious about the Black Tea called the Chocolat Is it added chocolate? It would then be weird. Have a try then. Another one was the white tea called the Silver Leaf.
My chocolat. tea came minutes later. Normal tea colour but not as black as other black tea. When I put it near my nose, I could smell the chocolate aroma!! According to the waiter, no chocolate was added. It was just simply tea. Its special aroma came from the leaf itself. It was so aromatic that I dared not to drink. It was because I knew it would taste like tea and would be disappointing. Yeah, it just tasted like tea definitely as it was actually tea. (I had to come back to reality!! XDD)For the Silver Leaf, as it was a white tea, it was as tasteless as a cup of water. Nothing special.
The High Tea Set came when I had nearly finished my half pot of 'chocolate'. This stopped me from drinking it.
For the 1st decker, there was strawberry macarons, mini cheesecake topped with mousse & raspberry, pineapple custard puff and yogurt with jelly on top. Strawberry macaron: I've tried macarons in the Blue Bar. This macaron was perfectly crunchy outside as expected. Moist. Not too sweet and not too chewy. I had both of the 2 macarons. However, I enjoy having the macarons with ganche inside more, like JPH, since it adds another texture and surprise.
Mini cheesecake topped with mousse & raspberry: Quite rich cheese flavour, but it was not as creamy or cheesy as Mandarin Oriental's. Together with the biscuit-like base, it was like baked NY cheesecake. The mousse was so light (or small) that i could taste nothing.
Pineapple custard puff and the yogurt with jelly on top: The 2 desserts that the older one didin't like. They were shockingly sour, a bit sour though. As a sour lover, I am okay with that. I admired with the chef's creativity. The sour taste just decreased my fullness. The yogurt did the same thing. However, I couldn't taste what was the flavour of the jelly and the sauce in the bottom.
For the 2nd decker, it was the Raisin and Plain Scone with clotted cream, raspberry jam and apricot jam. I tried the raisin scone. It was okay. Not crumbly. Yet, Four Seasons' was not as light and fluffy as the one in Mandarin Oriental's. Yeah, this one was a bit too dense and missed the aroma. Fortunately, the clotted cream and the jam could hide its weakness. The famous rose pedal jam in MO was better, though.
For the 3rd decker, there were mainly sandwiches, mini quiche and a mini cheese cornflakes wrap. This deck didn't make me excited. Instead, I felt a bit disppointed when I considered the price of the set. Mini quiche: Ive tasted the cheese quiche tart in Blue Bar. It was amazingly delicious. Yet, this one was worse than that. Perhaps it was so small. And, its tart was a bit moist. I didn't know why. I could only praise it for its lovely size. It should be quite difficult to make this.
Cheese cornflakes wrap: I love cheese, especially those with strong flavour, like blue cheese. However, I think the cheese flavour was too outstanding here, so I didn't know what was inside the wrap. Besides, it was unfortunately the last one that we ate. It was not crispy anymore.
In fact, the high tea set was up to standard. It would usually become harsh when describing the food in a detailed way.
Although a waiter kindly helped me to change my chair, the service was only okay, especially in this hotel. Unlike the Blue Bar next to the Lobby Lounge, the waiters here were not that active. They didn't actively pour water for me.
It was 1815. Some diners started dinner already. We had to go. And one thing I must remember: the 'Chocolate' tea!
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