Shangri-La Champagne High Tea

5 February 2009, 13:31

HAHA last to post! One uber sunny weekend saw Lorraine, Karen, Reem and i sitting down to a lovely high tea at Shangri La Lobby Lounge


Karen had planned ahead and when making the booking had asked for a table by the window hehe foodbloggers like the light! Lorraine has brought her We Love Sydney Cards which gives us the 2 for 1 Champagne High Tea ($45/2people)


A platter of sandwiches was placed before us and we immediately note the discrepancy of salmon stuffage in the sandwiches hmm maybe they ran out? According to Lorraine the sandwich fillings were: Smoked Salmon; Cucumber on malted bread; York Ham with mustard mayonnaise and Cheddar and vine tomato


We took our time nibbling away at the sandwiches and catching up on some gossip until we realised 1 and a half hours had passed and no sign of desserts! Flagging down a waitress she paused before saying the dessert buffet was over on the other side of the room… *&#$%@^! you would think they would have mentioned this earlier huh!


Making our way to the dessert we see the ever present chocolate fountain… look at how it GLISTENS


Only to be confronted with a giant plasma smack bang in the middle! Presentation was such a FAIL!


I spy the last of the macarons and swipe the remainders heh look at my crazy eyes…


Being late to the dessert party meant pics of the display was hardly worth taking. So we made our own dessert table!


The scones were a little sad- hard, doughy and flat they tasted uncooked. Ditto with the madeline hmph but the mousse cake was deliciously airy and light


BABIES!!! Colourful babies! ahhh these macarons were fabulous bite sized morsels and sadly not enough of them provided! Ended up splitting them with Karen and we both agreed that the pink one was the best tasting eerily like a monte carlo! The meringue was cute and not too sweet and the lemon curd tart had a sad soggy pastry case and for some reason tasted salty…


Assortment of cakeage. Loved the cinnamon cake which looked dry but was in fact super moist and tasty. The chocolate brownie was average and the cannoli filled with sweet sweet custard but by far my absolute favourite was the chocolate glazed, gold leaf topped caramel slice which was sooo rich and sweet it tasted like a slab of dulce de leche! om nom nom


Carnage. Destruction. We did well. *nods


Girlies! I had a great time dudes lets do it again!

Related chocolatesuze posts:
Lenotre High Tea at Sofitel
High Tea at Euro Lounge
Food Bloggers meetup at Adriano Zumbo
Food Bloggers meetup at East Ocean
Food Bloggers meetup at Nick’s Seafood & Lindt
Sydney Foodbloggers High Tea at Crossroads Bar, Swissotel

1. oooh, yes please! Maybe we should do a High Tea tour of Sydney!

   — Reemski    Feb 5, 03:07 PM    #
   
   

2. Hehe at “salmon stuffage” and yes I can see a fierce determination in your eyes with the macarons. Mainly because they were so hard to pick up too (I crushed one with the tongs:( ). It was fun hanging out! :)

   — Lorraine @NotQuiteNigella    Feb 5, 03:08 PM    #
   
   

3. Wow would you say it better here than swissotel?
   and cheaper?

   — Amal    Feb 5, 03:28 PM    #
   
   

4. That fondue was awesome! Oh, you should’ve ate everything in your plates :)

   BTW, I’ve scrolled down to your previous posts and I found all the pictures of foods to be mouth-watering. WAAHHHH!! I wanna taste those :)

   — boris    Feb 5, 03:29 PM    #
   
   

5. Ooh I had a great time too and you’re such a great friend to share your macarons! I’m with Reem on this one…let’s do a High Tea Tour!

   — Karen    Feb 5, 03:50 PM    #
   
   

6. Oh yummy! How much was it?

   — Fiona    Feb 5, 04:00 PM    #
   
   

7. w00t yum yum! Nice blogger photo hee hee

   — FFichiban    Feb 5, 05:17 PM    #
   
   

8. love the carnage photo. and such a shame about the plasma tv and the lack of direction towards to the dessert buffet. imagine how many more macarons you could’ve eaten :)

   — Helen    Feb 5, 05:36 PM    #
   
   

9. “bargh!” for late dessertage but “yay” for we heart sydney cards. that is one seriously cheap high tea.

   — shez    Feb 6, 11:11 AM    #
   
   

10. Looks awesome! Would love to join in the next high tea adventure!!

    — Lisa    Feb 7, 12:46 PM    #
    
    

11. Great pics :) The desserts all look soo yummy….

    — foodie-central    Feb 9, 12:17 AM    #
    
    

12. reemski: oh i would love to do that! not sure if my wallet could handle it tho!
    lorraine: heh the macaron eluded my grasp!
    amal: hm with the we love sydney card it is cheaper and apparently shangrila changed it and is no longer buffet style like swissotel so guess depends on if you want heaps of food?
    boris: fondue? you mean the choc fountain? yeah i could just stand there and watch it flow for hours hehe
    karen: haha sharing is caring =P
    fiona: $45 for 2 ppl with the we love sydney card
    ffichiban: heh thanks dude!
    helen: i know hey! i didnt eat my moneys worth in macarons!
    shez: hehe yeah most high teas are a bit of a ripoff so the 2 for 1 offer was pretty good!
    lisa: im sure there will be another soon =)
    foodie-central: thanks dude! most of them were very tasty

    — chocolatesuze    Feb 9, 11:43 PM    #