Chihuly Lounge

This was a natural choice of a weekend high tea for a friend having her birthday as we both were wishing for a leisurely afternoon, plus they were having a special Xmas selection, at $48 per pax.

The ambience here has always been good, plus they have their regular 2-men band playing super nice music too.

The food selection was not huge but very exquisitely laid out - the desserts especially basically shouts XMAS. Savories - Poached chicken roll with apricot, Japanese endamame, smoked chicken with tomato and cucumber in almond roll, Marinated prawn with thai mango and chilli salsa, Beef pastrami with iceberg lettuce and gherkins in parmesan roll, Baby eggplant and avocado herb salsa, dumplings, seafood fritters - The savories were all quite good, especially the poached chicken roll and marinated prawns. A couple of rounds will be quite satisfying. I wish they had at least a soup though.

Sweets - Logcake, macaroons, raspberry cream, peanut butter cheesecake, chocolate tart, marshmallow bears - They look better than they taste honestly. All very cute to look at but disappointingly unmemorable.

Service was very good, with us being shown our seats very quickly and were brought the tea menu. The price includes as much tea and coffee as you can drink, and you can switch in between choices of tea too.

They also presented a complimentary birthday cake for my birthday friend, complete with a birthday song. Cute touch :)

I voted unsure really because of the disappointing desserts but of course its a nice experience in general. Come here to feel like a tai-tai :)