Hi,

I would like to share on places we can have our evening tea and scones like an Englishman and Lady. So to readers, please do share places like this as well. Any part of the world...do share...sharing is caring!

And please don't share, mamak...kopitiam...starbucks and etc...because they are not in this category...thanks!

This thread has shared:

1) T' Forty Two - Page 1, Another link by Deodorant
2) Smokehouse Fraser Hills/Cameron Highlands - Page 1
3) The Smokehouse Restaurant Bangsar - Page 1
4) Garden Lifestyle Store & Café, MidValley - Page 1
5) English Tea House & Restaurant, Sandakan - Page 1, Page 2
6) Ritz Carlton - Page 1
7) Victoria Rossa English Tea Room - Page 2
8) Delicious Marc Residence - Page 2
9) Harrods - Page 2
10) San Terri Cottage - Page 2
11) The Sphere - Page 2
12) Poco Homemade - Page 3

I only list contribution with pictures.

This post has been edited by RazorVista: Jun 1 2012, 02:49 AM

Cafe Name: T'forty Two


Gen Mai Cha @RM9.90++

Outlook: 4/5
Creativity: 4/5
Taste: 4/5
Price: 3/5
Overall: 3/5 - A type of Japanese green tea. Very soothing and calming tea. A very nice tea for our evening.


Chocolate Macaron @RM3.90++

Outlook: 4/5
Creativity: 4/5
Taste: 4/5
Price: 3/5
Overall: 3/5 - All I can say is...we love it! One piece of macaron just enough to make us understand the taste. We wish to have more but this tiny piece already cost RM3.90++. Kind of expensive.


Macadamian Brownies with Vanilla Ice Cream @RM10.90++

Outlook: 4/5
Creativity: 5/5
Taste: 5/5
Price: 4/5
Overall: 4/5 - Only for people who likes their brownies to have something to chew on. The combination of the chocolate, macadamia nut and ice cream are just too perfect. Totally irresistible.


Now you can have your evening tea like an English Lady

Ambiance: 5/5
Service: 4/5
Food Serving Speed: Moderate
Will I revisit?: Yes! Yes! Yes!
For complete review, please view it here: http://chillout-soulout-freakout.blogspot.com

This post has been edited by RazorVista: Sep 17 2011, 01:03 PM

Nice review bro!

The cake look delicious!!!

Smokehouse in either Fraser's Hill or Cameron Highlands. Tea in the garden is really ala British. But do it here in KL, you will be sweating. Many KLites prefers coffee anyway. Earl Grey or Darjeeling really nice with scones covered with fresh cream and strawberries.

melting pot @ concorde hotel

no pics.

Smokehouse definitely one of them.
The weather and environment really suits the high tea situation.

Bro, T 22 or T 42? I had high tea a while ago at T42, $50 for two people. Kinda expensive

Blogpost here otherwise just see pictuares below!

Carcosa Seri Negara

Tea Party

Cafe Name: The Smokehouse Restaurant


English Breakfast Tea Set


Varieties of breads and cakes.

Ambiance: 4/5
Service: 5/5
Taste: 5/5
Price: 3/5
Food Serving Speed: Fast
Will I Revisit?: Yes!

For complete review please click here: http://chillout-soulout-freakout.blogspot.com

Cafe Name: Garden Lifestyle Store & Café, MidValley


Flower Tea - Pink Rose (10gm) @RM12.90++

Outlook: 4/5
Creativity: 4/5
Taste: 4/5
Price: 3/5
Overall: 3/5 - My sister says same like her drinking water but with fragrance only. Well, it is true for the first round. After 10-15 minutes, you will see the tea started to turn pinkish. So that's the time you will drink the true fragrance of a flower tea. Before this I have tried Lavender and Jasmine. Now my favorite is Pink Rose. Absolutely must try!


Green Tea Cake @RM8.90++

Outlook: 4/5
Creativity: 4/5
Taste: 3/5
Price: 3/5
Overall: 3/5 - The green tea cake is mixed with red beans. The red beans has covered up the green tea taste which is suppose to be the main ingredients in this cake.

Ambiance: 5/5
Service: 3/5
Food Serving Speed: Moderate
Recommended?: Yes

For complete review, please click here: http://chillout-soulout-freakout.blogspot.com

have you tried Harrods KLCC? How does the smokehouse compare to it if you had harrods.

Cafe Name: English Tea House & Restaurant, Sandakan


White Wine - no tea that day because since is a special day, a wine is better fit for celebration


An English Parfait


Banana Split


Croquet - A very famous game in England in the 17th century. Only nobles and high class people are allowed to play this game at that time.

Total Damage: Sorry, must be remained undisclosed.
Ambiance: 4/5
Service: 5/5
Price: 3/5
Taste: 4/5
Food Serving Speed: Slow
Will I Revisit?: Yes

For complete review, please do visit the link here: http://chillout-soulout-freakout.blogspot.com

Thanks!

Indeed!!! Not just look but taste too~~~

do upload when u got pics!

prefer u post the pic here instead of giving out link like that. very much appreciated

nope...will let u know when the time comes...

Hey you can get authentic English afternoon in Ritz Carlton and Carcosa Sri Negara!

Price per Pax is rm60++ but I personally think that they worth the price

Picture please to support your claim. Thx

This is from Ritz Carlton


I don't really have the habit of snapping all those food pic every since i stop blogging

well, snapping pictures are not just for blogging...u can always keep it as memories or in fb to share with ur frens....anyway...really nice! but i doubt that is for 2 pax portion...am i right?

haha a bit paiseh to snap all those food sometimes

It was really meant for 2 pax!

We ordered 2 pax portion (come with 2 pots of tea) then add on another 2 pots of tea as 4 of us liked diff tea.
The bill was around Rm205 for sharing among 4 of us.

that is for 1 person or 2 person or one big pax of humans

Two set but we got to share among 4 people to finish it

meaning that if you are going for it, make sure you go in couple as the food portion quite big, one set can feed two people well

Cafe Name: Victoria Rossa English Tea Room


Merry Christmas, everyone!


Let's choose our tea. They has a lot of types of tea to choose from. I wish to try them all one day.


Orange Meringue, English Tea Toast Almond Cookies, Old-Fashion English Scone, Old-English Butter Cake and Victorian Tea Sandwich. Outlook: 5/5 Creativity: 5/5 Taste: 4/5 Price: N/A Overall: 4/5 - Deliciously speechless. The bread for the sandwiches itself is not a normal plain bread that I usually had. This one is with tasty crunchy sunflower seed with it. Even their jam is specially made which it is available for sale separately.


Victorian Isabella Tea.

I do not have to rate this because it is absolutely fragrance and aromatically captivating.


Victorian Rebecca Tea

Another excellent tea which brings out a slight minty flavor in it.


Left is Cookies & Cream which I still prefer the one from Haagen Dazs. While on the right is their Old-Fashioned Raisin. I like this one the most because tasted like Rum & Raisin and better than Haagen Dazs at some point.


Yes, you can purchase their tea separately.

Ambiance: 5/5
Service: 3/5
Food Serving Speed: Fast
Will I Revisit?: Recommended
Full review of the design and outlook of the Tea House please click to the link given:
http://chillout-soulout-freakout.blogspot.com

Restaurant Name: Delicious


Here comes our afternoon set tea.


Tiramisu
Outlook: 4/5
Creativity: 4/5
Taste: 3/5
Overall: 3/5 - Actually we should have choose Macadamia Cheesecake. I thought she is going to choose that and she thought I will choose that for myself too. LoL. Ended up a BIG misunderstanding. Anyway, the Tiramisu is not bad too but not the best we had so far.


On the 2nd layer we have Scones, Rosemary & Cheese Cookies, Strawberry Chocolate Dip and Handroll Chocolate Truffle. The cookies is so-so and the scones is not hot enough like I used to have at The Smokehouse Restaurant and Victoria Rossa. While for others are pretty delicious and for chocolate lovers will certainly love it.


Assorted Sandwiches and Duck Confit are placed on the bottom tray. Very deliciously done and I love all of them.

Ambiance: 4/5
Service: 3/5
Food Serving Speed: Very Slow
Recommended? Yes
Full Review: Delicious

I have tried Delicious too.
But still prefer Ritz Carlton over Delicious.

Anywhere with a lot traditional pastries or baked goods? Mostly it's just scones

I bake a lot but never had the opportunity to sample 'proper' or successful ones from other bakers =(

Hahaha..I can't agree with you more. Well, as chinese proverb said "one cent one product".

The next one that I am going to try will be Harrods!

Can I join?

Sorry I can't wait for you...and here I am!

Restaurant Name: Harrods


Georgian Tea Blend is serving piping hot. Each person has one small pot like this with refillable hot water at no cost. Since it is filled with loose tea leaves, a filter like this is required. By the way. only one type of tea is served here and other option is given. Anyway, Georgian Tea Blend is a perfect tea for our afternoon.


You can customize your tea to your liking with cream and sugar. You can opt for coffee or a hot chocolate if you're not a tea or coffee drinker.


Here is the afternoon set @RM120.00 for 2 pax. If you have 3 persons like what we have on that day, just add another RM60 for another set like this or order any drinks you like in their menu and share this set for 3 pax. Otherwise, you can opt for the same Georgian Tea Blend for RM20.00.


This is what you see in their second their with their assorted cakes. All are simply delicious. The chocolate fudge cake is not bad at all. I thought it could be very sweet but surprisingly they are just very well done.


Salmon Sandwiches, Egg Mayonnaise Sandwiches and Beef Sandwiches. All are goody! Sometimes they have Roast Turkey Sandwiches which is not available on that day.


Here comes their scones. Very small scones but well baked in golden color with raisins in it.


Mix them with their fresh and delicious blueberry jams, strawberry jams and Devonshire cream which are available for sales too. I like the cream the most. I wish to eat it just like that.


After that is self-taken pictures session. A norm in our culture which we enjoy it to blend together with our high class high tea session.

Ambiance: 4/5
Service: 4/5
Outlook: 3/5
Creativity: 4/5
Taste: 4/5
Price: 1/5
Food Serving Speed: Fast
Recommended?: Quite expensive but recommended for at least once in a lifetime experience.
Full Review: Harrods

This post has been edited by RazorVista: Mar 9 2012, 12:28 PM

Additional info on English Tea House and Restaurant:


A tourist is playing the British Royal Family game which is known as croquet.


In case you do not know how to play, here are the rules.


Teh Sabah which is available and serve in most areas in Sabah. When we request them to add hot water, they charged us an additional RM3.00++. That's super ridiculous. I wonder how they got the reward.


Chocolate Mousse @RM13.50++
Outlook: 4/5
Creativity: 3/5
Taste: 2/5
Price: 2/5
Overall: 2/5 - This is a real bad dessert. Their dessert really bad. My last experience has tried once and this time is still the same.


Royal Tea Set @RM38.00++
Outlook: 3/5
Creativity: 4/5
Taste: 3/5
Price: 3/5
Overall 3/5 - Pretty disappointing. I will narrow down my review as below.


Fruits and normal brownies which I have mentioned earlier on that their desserts really very very bad. I wonder who is the bakery chef.


Sandwich is much better but the sandwich which I am focusing in this picture is called cucumber sandwich. That's really a cheapo type of sandwich to be displayed here.


Scones! Their scones are the biggest I have ever eaten for now. So my expectation is very high but somehow it taste really bad. Usually a good scone will give you a fluffy, soft and full of butter fragrance. But this one is no one near that. The scones stuck in every gap in my teeth and very hard to swallow. I almost choke.


A closer shot on the big scone!

Total Damage: RM59.75
Ambiance: 4/5
Service: 1/5
Food Serving Speed: Moderate
Recommended?: Not anymore. For those who likes the ambiance here, very much recommended.
Extra Comments: I am very disappointed with their high tea set but that is not all. I find that their service is get even worse than before. We reached there and we requested for an air-conditioned room because that day was freaking hot! The waitress just simply point to the direction of a room. When we went in, the air-con in the room was not on and the waitress earlier on is not there to usher us in. We were so pissed with the service when we were felt like invisible there.
Full Review: English Tea House and Restaurant

tea and croquet ? now that's what I call authentic !

wasn't carcosa seri negara THE place for tea? notice I use the word "Wasn't", because now it's THE place for porn

Wow...what makes u say so?

remember eskay and thambi chick ? hahah

Restaurant Name: San Terri Cottage


Rose Flower Tea @RM7.50
Outlook: 4/5
Creativity: 4/5
Taste: 4/5
Price: 3/5
Overall: 3/5 - Taste very refreshing and calming. It is a good flower tea to have during the afternoon. Refilling hot water is free and even after refill the taste is still strong.


Hot Latte (in a package)


B.E.T Sandwich Wholemeal @RM12.90
Outlook: 4/5
Creativity: 4/5
Taste: 4/5
Price: 4/5
Overall: 4/5 - The package is together with the Hot Latte which require additional top up of RM1.00 from their ordinary coffee and tea. They have a lot of choices for their sandwiches with more than 10 different kinds of toppings. Not just unique but delicious too! MUST try their sandwich here!


Tiramisu Cup @RM7.50
Outlook: 4/5
Creativity: 4/5
Taste: 4/5
Price: 3/5
Overall: 3/5 - This is a very delicious Tiramisu indeed. Not too sweet and the taste blended very well. I love it. It is a MUST have dessert and especially to all Tiramisu lovers.

Ambiance: 4/5
Service: 1/5
Food Serving Speed: Moderate
Will I Revisit?: Yes, perhaps to their other branches for a better service.
Full Review: San Terri Cottage

This post has been edited by RazorVista: May 18 2012, 10:07 PM

Restaurant Name: The Sphere


This is their 3-tier Tea Set. Yes, you might find the odd one which is they do not serve scones. Pretty sad to see my favorite scones are not available here. No wonder it is so cheap in a 5 stars hotel.


The Banana Cake accompany with the Devonshire Cream and Raspberry Jam is just not match at all. I rather eat the cream only.


Not really attractive cakes and a rather normal cookies displayed on the 2nd tier.


I love the bottom tier the most! Look at them, they are so lovely and cute!


This is the most delicious one among all.

English Tea Set - RM50.00++ for 2 pax.

Ambiance: 4/5
Service: 1/5
Food Serving Speed: Very Slow
Will I Revisit?: No and not recommended
Full Review: The Sphere

is good thread!

good review razor vista..

u are a freakin legend man. alwiz get some nice loking gal for makaning.

friends lar...what's wrong when they are good looking? I do not believe you do not have any good looking friends lor.

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Added on May 18, 2012, 10:03 pmThanks!

This post has been edited by RazorVista: May 18 2012, 10:03 PM

Put pictures let what I did, girl. Instead of link like this ok? Hope to hear more from you!

It is ok from your blog. Just try to put some pictures here with comments. Dont we human like to see pictures? Right? Hehe.

By the way, your cream puff looks so delicious. I might go there someday since jb is close to me.

u cum to KL i bring u eated nice stuff miss

u JB ppl so i will adjust to ur JB taste de
I also Ma Puo Ren consider same regions

High Tea @ Carcosa Seri Negara?

My all time favourite high tea place is Harrods in KLCC

Been there? Put some pics here

Oh yeah...that's a nice place with a crazy price tag. But who cares?

Restaurant Name: The Yogitree


Scones & Macaroons
Outlook: 4/5
Creativity: 3/5
Taste: 1/5
Overall: 2/5 - The Macaroons are bigger than the usual one that I used to have at T'forty Two. But they are just too sweet! The scones are quite delicious with full of raisin but sadly they do not serve the Devonshire cream like what they have advertised in the deal.


Chocolate Truffle
Outlook: 2/5
Creativity: 2/5
Taste: 1/5
Overall: 1/5 - OMG! I believe the only ingredient in this cake is sugar.


Pesto Chicken Bruschetta & Grilled Vegetables Caramelized Onion Bruschetta
Outlook: 4/5
Creativity: 4/5
Taste: 4/5
Overall: 4/5 - I really like their bread. Really well done. Love their Bruschetta! Finally there is something in this restaurant which I feel worth it.

Ambiance: 4/5
Service: 3/5
Food Serving Speed: Fast
Will I Revisit?: Yes but never going to try their cakes and macaroons anymore.
Full Review: The Yogitree

This post has been edited by RazorVista: Jun 5 2012, 01:38 PM

Restaurant Name: Poco Homemade


Soya Green Tea @RM6.00 - Extremely delicious! I really hope it is bottomless. LOL


Homemade Tofu Cake @RM9.00
Outlook: 4/5
Creativity: 5/5
Taste: 5/5
Price: 3/5
Overall: 4/5 - 2 persons dining in a cafe but ordering 5 desserts. Wahahaha...so happy when seeing all these dessert on our table. However, we are advised by the waitress to eat in order. She highly recommended us to start with this first. I am telling you that this is the best ever cake I had in my life. No joke! I can eat another one because it does not make you feel full at all. Seriously, I do not even wish to share with May Lynne at all and I know she had the same thoughts too. Not sweet at all. Just well enough for you to crave for more. Excellent dessert!


White Chocolate Semifreddo @RM12.00
Outlook: 4/5
Creativity: 5/5
Taste: 4/5
Price: 3/5
Overall: 4/5 - This is the second dessert that we are advised to eat. So we took the first bite. It was so sourish and have the feeling this is a real bad dessert. But after the second bite is all different story. The sourish taste is from the sour cream which is wrapping around the vanilla ice cream which is hidden inside. When you scoop the ice cream together with the sourish cream and eat, the taste was truly amazing. Sourish taste from the cream and the sweetness from the ice cream are compensating each other and blending so well together which you do not feel either of the taste is to be superior in your mouth. Outstanding experience! Never know a dessert can be this fun!


Dacquoise @RM12.00
Outlook: 4/5
Creativity: 5/5
Taste: 4/5
Price: 2/5
Overall: 3/5 - A dessert from France and it is made of almond mergue and buttercream. The green color cream is obviously the green tea. I think it is not a bad dessert but just too bad only two pieces and already cost RM12.00. Anyway, it is a MUST TRY!


Irish Cream Pecan Cheesecake @RM12.00
Outlook: 4/5
Creativity: 4/5
Taste: 1/5
Price: 2/5
Overall: 2/5 - After 3 delicious desserts, our expectation is getting higher. Unfortunately, a HUGE anticlimax after we tasted this dessert. The Irish Cream carries too much bitter taste which is spoiling our taste bud. I do not feel that a bitter taste should ever exist in a dessert or the very least for a dessert which expected to have alcohol in it. For this one, is real wrong for us. Unfortunately, no matter how I forced myself I couldn't finish it. May Lynne was even worst, she left everything for me after the first bite. After I criticized her only she got herself another two bites. Grrr...


Rum Mascarpone @RM12.00
Outlook: 4/5
Creativity: 4/5
Taste: 2/5
Price: 2/5
Overall: 3/5 - Here comes the final dessert. We are advised to eat this dessert in a tiny scoop. I understand what is the concept they are trying to bring into this tiny jar. This is their so called the "jar of taste" where they are putting sourish taste from the raisin, sweet taste from the chocolate bits, slightly bitter taste from the rum and salty taste from the pistachio nuts. Unfortunately this "jar of taste" is totally covered by bitter taste. Whenever I ate the raisin, the bitter taste roam all over my mouth. No sourish taste as expected. I do not understand why is it happened and once again our taste bud was ruined. We thought of ordering another two desserts after these which are Almond Homemade Tofu Fah and Chocolate Molten Cake but we have to call it a day since we do not have anymore appetite to eat.

Ambiance: 4/5
Service: 4/5
Food Serving Speed: Fast
Will I Revisit?: Yes!
Full Review: Poco Homemade

Restaurant Name: Jim Thompson Cafe


Appreciating a cup of English Breakfast by Boh Tea, our locally most famous tea brand. They have other tea selections as well.


This afternoon tea set is for 2 pax inclusive a pot of tea which cost at RM80.00++. You can add more tea bag or refill the water without additional charges.


Close up on the first tier which are their delicious tarts. Most of their tarts are made by strawberry. The strawberries are fresh from Cameron Highland.


3 different types of delicious sandwiches on the second tier.


The last and the third tier is my favourite, the scones! The scones are delicious, the chocolate are more to a little bitter which is just perfect for my liking and the strawberry jam is real fresh. However, what I like the most is their fresh cream. I refilled 4 times for it. I just cannot get enough with them. Best accompany with the soft and tasty scones.

Ambiance: 4/5
Service: 4/5
Taste: 4/5
Price: 2/5
Food Serving Speed: Moderate
Recommended?: Yes
Full Review: Jim Thompson Cafe

btw delicious marc residence closed down.

i know

Nice info, thanks for the sharings.

the legend ends when the man gets married.

well it used to be my lifestyle until i found that money is better spent elsewhere.

Hopefully can source more high tea places around KL area.