Marie Antoinette’s high tea at Westin

I am gathered here with a bunch of awesome girls and of course a lovely birthday girl as well. Most of us went for the SIFF event special which includes high tea and unlimited tea with a glass of rose wine from brown brothers for $45.

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Oh a mask!

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Fan

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Brown brothers rose wine.

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Two tiers. Top – sweets and bottoms – savoury

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Top tier
At the back: chocolate cream with exotic fruit caramel and candied walnuts – out of all the sweet this was my favourite. There was a passionfruit taste to this. The chocolate they used was dark which made it not very sweet and easy to eat.
Middle: macaroon with fresh blueberries – the blue macarons was well received and liked. I wasn’t fond of the gooey inner filling.
Left: beetroot and cherry cup cake – could not taste any of these flavours but it wasn’t as sweet as it looks and was light in taste.
Front: lime curd meringue tart – I took a small bite of this and it was way too overpowering and tangy! I wish it was a bit softer with the lemon.

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Close up of the Marie Antoninette Fondant.

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Bottom tier – savoury. Everyone mostly liked the kiwi and orange croissant with mascarpone on the top left. I enjoy every savoury item on the menu. Most of the breads were a little dry but the fillings was awesome and tasty.

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Slow cooked roast beef with crème cheese stuffed baby belle peppers. The roast beef was my favourite of the savoury.

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On the left blt and deviled egg finger sandwich and the right avocado and shrimp tartar.

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Heart shaped blt and deviled egg finger sandwich. So cute!

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Scones with double cream and strawberry jam. Honestly I am not a fan of scones. I had many dry scones and haven’t tasted great scones. These scones were not dry at all!

I forgot to take a photo of the tea. On selection I picked a lychee tea which taste just like black tea no hint of lychee at all.

*The Special high tea offer runs until the end of October.

The Westin Sydney Hotel
No.1 Martin Place, Sydney
NSW 2000, Australia

High tea at Victoria Room

First thing I noticed when I walked in was how dark the whole atmosphere was. I also made the booking and noted with had a vegetarian with us which was very helpful for victoria room on catering. High tea is $38. Our group just decided to go with the tea there is other high tea for $48 or $55 which includes some alcohol. On arrival I admit I was thinking the portions were so small. At the end it was surprisely very filling. However after 1 hour typical me got hungry quickly damn carbs!

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So dark!

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sandwiches: top tier consists of
- Chicken & Wild Herbs: this was my favourite.
- Cucumber, Crème Fraiche & Dill: not bad
- Smoked Salmon, Rocket, Lemon, Capers: like this one too
- Watercress, Celery, Walnuts & Goats Curd: was hard to figure out the taste of this sandwich.

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Sweets: middle tier
- Dark Chocolate Cup with Chocolate Mousse: packed a bit of sweetness
- Cream & fresh Raspberries
- Classic Baked Lemon Cheesecake
- Strawberry and Vanilla Shortbread Tart
- Red Velvet Cupcake topped with Creamed Cheese Icing: I actually don’t like icing on my cupcake. This icing wasn’t too sweet.

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Bottom tier: scones
- Date and plain scones with Organic Strawberry Conserve & Chantilly Cream. Overall not a fan of scones.

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High tea! Yes the lighting isn’t awesome for my camera. Need an external flash T_T

I love the service here it was very exceptional! I was a bit upset I couldn’t use my entertainment card during high tea. The book does say “valid anytime” it should of said valid during dinner only well what can you do :( . The website also contains a very detail version on reaching the destination which is very helpful. The bathroom also had aesop’s liquid soap whoa pricey! Do book in advance if you can, I booked about 5 days beforehand and they could only give me a 4 person table.

Level 1, 235 Victoria Street
Darlinghurst, Sydney
NSW 2010
AUSTRALIA
Phone: +61 2 9357 4488
http://www.thevictoriaroom.com

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Qvb Tea Room – High Tea

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The gorgeous venue

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pretty tea cups

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Traditional Afternoon Tea – A set selection of cakes and pastries, finger sandwiches, scones and preserve, tea or coffee Tea Selection included.

Top tier are sandwiches, middle tier is sweets and bottom is savoury.

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Top tier: Sandwiches including tuna, chicken, egg and ham. There is a tiny pastry on this tier with egg mixture (far right). I find the egg mixture one of the highlights of this meal :)

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Middle tier: petit fours. The chocolate cake was bit too rich.

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Scones and spanakopita. Not really a big fan on scones overall I find them too dry. The spanakopita was very tasty.

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Level 3, North end QVB
455 George Street
Sydney NSW 2000
telephone: 92837279

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