The last time WY and I went to Persimmon for lunch, she's already been keeping an eye out for high tea at The Tea Room. Needless to say that this cafe is conveniently located inside the NGV, where you can walk a few calories off after treating yourself to pastries and sandwiches or rest your feet after feasting yourself on some art pieces.
The place was so busy as we left but we were never left unattended. We walked to the dessert display and we were awestruck with the number of macaron flavors. Imagine, they have a BUBBLE GUM flavored macaron! Our waiter also informed but that the pastry chef studied in France while the chef came from England. Did not get their names, however.
Naturally, the Afternoon Tea selection is on our list but we are also starving, after skipping lunch (and breakast). We ordered the Silver Needle and Assam tea to complete our afternoon tea experience. Our tier came soon with smallish sausage rolls, chicken and mushroom pie, 3 finger sandwiches, 2 scones with clotted cream and raspberry jam, chocolate tarts, strawberries and cream boat, a small lemon and vanilla cupcake, 2 macarons and 2 eclairs. Overall, I have to say that the tier is better than the one we had at the Hotel Windsor. It has definitely more quality and each bite is just good.
I also had the Croque Monsieur with Rocket Salad. Very simple but well-executed. The crust of the bread has a crunchy goodness to it without being chewy. Lovely cheese is just melting all around. However, I'm missing the bechemel, remembering Le Triskel.
But we're not finished yet. Having tried the macarons on the tier and WY was a bit disappointed. So we decided to order a fresh round of macarons. To our surprise, our server started giving us a long list of flavors. We got the lychee, pistachio, caramel and chocolate. PG raved on the caramel and chocolate macarons. WY sampled the lot and loved everything. I loved the lychee (and rosewater, if I might add) macarons. I can't stop raving about the lychee macarons. I just loved the silver sparkles on top. You see, I've never had anything with silver sparkles before :).
The place was so busy as we left but we were never left unattended. We walked to the dessert display and we were awestruck with the number of macaron flavors. Imagine, they have a BUBBLE GUM flavored macaron! Our waiter also informed but that the pastry chef studied in France while the chef came from England. Did not get their names, however. Loved the service, the crew, the desserts, the macarons and we'll be back for more!
PS. Pictures were taken from PG's new HTC Desire phone. Oh, and I want one =D
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