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| - Came to Shangri-La for the first time doing High Tea with a few university friends for some reunion time. It's in the Lobby Lounge, so in terms of space it is definitely a bit louder only because there is traffic in the lobby when people walk around. HOwever depending on where you sit you could be away from some of that noise. We reserved for 5 people and they put us kind of in a long U shape, which we didn't find that comfortable, so after a while, one of the girls moved to the opposite side so it was more of a shorter U and people could talk across each other with less awkwardness.
For 40 dollars per person (there is a 2 hour seating limit), each of us gets one pot of tea - basiaclly anything in the 15 dollar range is included and any of the other choices you just pay the difference to upgrade. They had many types of tea, and for people who like to pair foods with tea, it usually starts from the bolder teas and then to the lighter teas at the end. I love bolder teas, so naturally i went with a dark tea - royal earl gray. My other friends ordered the Chai, vanilla rooibos and earl green. The teapots are quite large, and they have a little tray to filter out any tea leaves as you pour the tea into your cup. I drink a lot of tea, so naturally i did finish the pot, and i asked htem to refill it with some more water, but obviously second time around the tea was much tamer. They give you milk to serve with tea if you like.
My friends had a number of restrictions; one of them coudlnt' do seafood, the other two wanted vegetarian options, so when they brought us our food, they did it so that all of us had the same top two tiers, but it was the bottom tier that was different.
Regular choice was curred lobster roll with chicken salad SW, cucumber SW and an egg SW with some deli meat on it. My friend who doens't eat pork/seafood, had a tomato filling in her roll, along with the same egg salad SW without the deli meat. My two other friends who wanted vegetarian had the tomato filling roll as well, cucumber SW, egg SW and a roasted mushroom SW in place of chicken salad.
As for the top two tiers, all of us shared the same items. HOwever, becuase it was 2 and 3, we had a bit of a rough time trying to separate into 3 portions; in the end two of the items we split into 4 anyway and then whoever wanted a second piece took it.
I started at the bottom tier and ate the SW, the curried lobster roll and the open egg salad SW. egg salad is what you would expect, but the bit of deli meat on top gave it a nice twist. the chicken salad was good. i loved the cucumber SW. But the curried lobster roll really hit the spot. it was delicious!
IN the middle tier was two types of scones with jam and butter. delicious. the scones were soft and fell apart easily when you cut it open, plus some of the butter and jam, it was a perfect match.
The top tier i saved for last, because it was all the sweets. They had this mango mousse with some kind of apricot filling in the middle , shaped in a dome. delight to eat, it was very good. They also had an eclair that had some caramel and nuts infused into the creme and it was really good. they also had one piece of what i would call to be a tart napoleon. i'm not a huge fan of napoleon myself, but i liked the tart factor which gave it a nice twist. lastly, we each had a little cup of chocolate mousse with some chocolated coated crackle on top. I had a feeling that was the most decadent so i did save it for last... it was indeed a wise choice :)
All in all, the atmosphere was quite lovely. After we sat for a while, someone actually opened up the piano and had played for a while - quite enjoyed that music! Also we were seated near a fireplace, the decor was very pretty, chairs were not as comfortable (we all ended up sitting at the edge). but the food, service was excellent and all of us were suprisingly walking away super full (none of us had really eaten lunch prior to the high tea).
Definitely would consider coming back again!
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