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Regent Singapore Tea Lounge
things start to wind down abit during the year-end festive season and a few of us found some leave that we needed to clear. having afternoon tea is always a luxury, and for those of us who don't have this luxury on most afternoons, we decided to have ours in one of the more raved about hotel cafes..
Tea Lounge at Regent hotel have been hugely popular for their weekend high-tea buffet. we hear that their weekday afternoon tea also serve a good variety of premium teas and quality pastries, so we braced ourselves for a leisurely tai-tai afternoon. 
service was immaculate as you'd have expected for a cafe of Regent's class. the seating made you feel like you were in the dining hall of some English dignitary. the afternoon tea comes with 2 servings of any tea of your choice, and you'd be given the whole array of tea leaves for you to appreciate their scent. a small let-down was the inexperienced coffee-boy whom they got to serve us, he sure feels like he's doing a winter vacation job.. 
the actual afternoon tea serving itself comes with a dish of sandwiches and a 3-tier carousel of pastries, scones and cakes. this carousel may be harmless-looking, but it is certainly more than enough to fill you for the afternoon. the full set is supposedly some highlights of what you could expect from the full version of the buffet that are only available on weekends, and a couple of pastries did stand out. the egg and cucumber sandwich, smoked salmon croissant and their blackforest pastry somewhat met the quality-mark. alas, the rest of the food, though intricately done, were pretty much normal. lacks abit of the colour and wow-factor that the high-tea buffet brings.. 
in fact, during this Christmas period, the key highlight in the Tea Lounge is unfortunately inedible. The Smurfs gingerbread house/village made out of icing-sugar and other pastries certainly made all of us behave like kids outside a candy shop. this is the most elaborate Christmas decor made out of pastries we've ever seen.. in all, Regent hotel's Tea Lounge is an excellent place to spend a leisurely afternoon. the service was excellent and the teas were truly aromatic. probably, we went in with some expectation after seeing pictures from the high-tea buffet version, so the carousel of pastries from the weekday version was somewhat a mild comparison. if you have a sweet tooth, we suggest you come back on weekends. 
Tea Lounge (Regent Singapore) Regent Singapore (Lobby level) 1 Cuscaden Road Singapore 249715 Opening Hours Afternoon Tea: 12 noon -5:00pm (Mon - Fri) High Tea Buffet: (Sat – Sun) 12 noon - 2:30pm (First seating); 3.00pm – 5.30pm (Second seating) Wishing all viewers Merry Christmas and a smashing New Year! Happy Holidays! |
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