Since we were staying at
Sofitel City Centre, it made sense to also try their Afternoon Tea, served at 1864 The Bar, which is located at the hotel reception area.
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| 1864 The Bar |
The most distinguishable characteristic of 1864, is the huge teddy bear laying on the sofa for each table. Comes in different colours too! Ours was white.
Afternoon Tea
Available from 2:00pm to 5:00pm, and because it was the weekend, we paid $118++ for two pax.
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| tea for you |
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| coffee for me |
I guess solo guest will not be able to enjoy the Afternoon Tea since it comes as a set for two pax.
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| box cover |
The cakes and pastries were served in a box and it can be nicely pulled out to reveal the upper deck and lower deck. The top deck held the sweets while the lower deck had all the savouries! In the event that you need to 'dabao', can just conveniently take the entire box back to the room. Ingenious idea.
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| the sweets |
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| the savouries |
Hmm, I guess scones are considered as savoury? What do you usually start off with? My friends were aghast when I started with scone. I just wanted to eat it while it is warm.
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| enjoying the plain scone |
The colours for the Duo Salmon on Brioche was really intriguing, what with the purple coloured bread!
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| Duo Salmon on Brioche |
I was alternating between sweets and savoury and that worked quite well.
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| Montblanc |
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| yummy |
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| Top-shell kue pie tee |
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| Mozzarella Cheese Croquette with Truffle Aioli |
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| mozzarella cheese worked well with jam too! |
The truffle aioli was really good but it was just a small blob. Very tasty. The mozzarella was a tad firm and dense, so I dabbed it with a bit of jam and voila, it was actually nice!
And, when you think of a macaron, you'd think that it would be sweet but let's see how a foie gras macaron tasted. Hmmm, I didn't like it. Still pretty sweet.
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| foie gras macaron |
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| hmm, still tasted sweet! |
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| Mango Tart Tartin |
I have 3 favorites from the sweets section; Montblanc, Mango Tart Tartin and Honey Cheesecake! The sweetest out of this lot was the Honey Cheesecake. Mango Tart tasted of real mangoes and its texture was softer than expected.
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| Honey Cheesecake |
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| soft and sweet |
By now, I realised I couldn't finish the rest of the sweets which are mainly the chocolate stuffs. I did have them later, and the chocolate was really good as well.
It is impossible to leave this place, feeling hungry.
Lovely tea break with Tracy, Hence and Ivan.
Special thanks to the staff who attended to us that day.
1864 The Bar
Address: 9 Wallich St, #5th Floor Sofitel Singapore City Centre, Singapore 078885
Contact: 6428 5000
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