Saturday, December 05, 2009

Afternoon Tea at Regent Hotel

Chanced upon an article about the Best of Britain afternoon tea at the Tea Lounge in Regent Hotel. Lasting for 2 weeks only, it was quite well-received. We couldn't get a reservation last weekend so we could only manage this Saturday.

Service wasn't too good. There is only one person to direct the people to the seats and she was missing for quite some time when we arrived. That's not all, they could find my reservation ... They did manage to accommodate us finally and CP also insisted on the plush sofa seats :D

Like the Conrad, you get a few selections of teas, like rose petal, vanilla, Assam or jasmine. You can opt for any and as many as you like. I opted for the lapsang songchou. It's quite unique, there's a fragrant smoked woody taste to the tea. I always enjoyed strong teas. CP and my parents selected rose petal, vanilla and Assam respectively. Again, service was slow here, our teas and coffees took a long time to be served.

Poor service aside, the food spread is simply fabulous! Wide selection of sandwiches (there's ox tongue sandwich), puddings, cakes, pastries, cheese and finger food. Best of all, they all taste good!

Maid of Honour pastry
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The chef was quite proud of this. Crisp and fluffy, it was very nice indeed.

Tender-licious lamb
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The pastry chef was quite a friendly guy. He gave us an intro on the various types of pastries served at the buffet. On a side note, he's the pastry chef for the Italian restaurant Basilica upstairs.

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