Posted in Afternoon tea, Cafe, Dessert, International Brand, Japanese, Joyce, Restaurants, Richmond, Sushi, Sweets, Tea, Tea House, tagged Dango, High tea, Hojicha, Kabusecha, matcha, Recommendation, Shirodashi, sushi, Tsujiri, unagi on January 6, 2023| Leave a Comment »
High tea these days is so expensive! Most places are now charging at least $50 per person, and that’s considered “affordable.” I cringed when some afternoon tea menus are priced at $60 or more and that just feels like a lot of money to me. So when my friend CC told me about this $70 tea set at Tsujiri, I naturally assumed it’s $70 per person. But no, it’s $70 for two!! Can it be too good to be true?!
Posted in Afternoon tea, Baked Goods, Bakery, Cafe, Coquitlam, Dessert, Joyce, Neighbourhood Gem, Restaurants, Tea, Tea House, tagged Afternoon Tea, Cakes n Sweets, cupcakes, custom cake, Finger Sandwiches, Hidden Gem, High tea, Macarons, Mango Pudding, Mini Cupcakes, scones, wedding cake on April 6, 2016| Leave a Comment »
A couple of weeks ago I managed to steal a couple hours of free time from CC, so we went for afternoon tea at Cakes n Sweets. It’s a small bakery tucked in the corner of a strip mall in Coquitlam. It’s my second time for afternoon tea there; first time, I took Mama Lam and we quite enjoyed it.
For $19.95 each person receives a selection of sandwiches, sweets, scones and a pot of tea.
The Buttermilk Scones were freshly baked. The scones were flaky, slightly crumbly. They were still hot to the touch, so the devonshire cream kind of melted as I spread it on. (more…)
Posted in Afternoon tea, Baked Goods, Bakery, Dessert, Joyce, Langley, Lower Mainland, Lunch, Neighbourhood Gem, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Tea, Tea House, tagged Afternoon Tea, Croissant, cupcakes, Devonshire cream, Finger Sandwiches, Fraser Highway, Frosting Cupcakery, High tea, Langley, scones on October 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »
We don’t venture out to Fraser Valley often, so when I had to take Mama Lam out to Langley for some wedding related activities, I decided to find some eats there. A deal voucher led us to having afternoon tea at Frosting Cupcakery.
As with other afternoon tea experiences, we started with selecting a tea of our choice. They have a decent sized list, but unfortunately they were basic tea selection and were not very interesting. That being said, they have a really nice collection of tea pots. The two that we got, despite both being white in colour, were of different designs. They had simple, monotone design that reminded you of a bird nest and seashells.
When the tower arrived, we were quite surprised. One, it seemed like there was a lot of food; two, it’s not two of each kind. For savoury items they provided two of the same, but for the cupcakes, they actually gave us four different flavours — I thought that’s neat, so you could try more varieties, but the downside was, we had to split every cupcake so we could try all the flavours.
Here is the list of items on the tower: (more…)
Posted in Afternoon tea, Cafe, Chocolate, Dessert, Joyce, Restaurants, Snacks, Vancouver, tagged artisan chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate Arts, Chocolate Arts Cafe, dark chocolate, drinking chocolate, fruit gelee, gelee, Haute Chocolate, High tea, hot chocolate, marshmallows on March 24, 2014| 1 Comment »
Last week Chocolate Arts launched a brand new, enhanced take on high tea – they call it the Haute Chocolate service. I was invited to try it out and my friend JX has joined me for some girly time. The good thing about this is that you don’t need to make reservations ahead of time, so it can be a spontaneous date with your favourite girl(s), or an afternoon chocolate break from a stroll around the city.
For $15.95, the Haute Chocolate service includes a carafe of hot chocolate along with 4-6 house-made chocolates, pastries, petits fours and pâte de fruits, as well as a small piece banana bread with butter and seasonal jam.
For hot chocolate, you have endless options. You can select its classic house blend of semisweet or bittersweet, or the spiced chocolate with chipotle, cardamom and cayenne, or you can go to its collection of chocolate chips, sample some of them and pick out your favourite. It’s not an easy choice. Here are a few that we’ve tried: Lactee Superieure (38%) gives you the rich milk chocolate flavour; Madirofolo (65%) has a good balance of semi-sweetness; Alto el Sol (65%) has a hint of banana because the beans are grown near banana trees; Araguani (72%) is a single-origin dark chocolate with a rather complex flavour, slightly sweet and fruity. In the end, I chose the Araguani for its fruitiness. The hot chocolate comes with whipped cream, or vanilla or raspberry marshmallows. If you chose neither, which I think is a silly thing to do, you will receive an extra piece of chocolate on your plate. OK, maybe it’s not so silly anymore.
The next difficult decision is to choose one piece of chocolate from its display case to add to your plate. There were caramels, truffles, chocolate bonbons, and some seasonal offerings that they rotate every few months. I chose the Fleur de Sel Wafer.
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