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High-tea with a view @ The Lobby Lounge

Finally, I've had the time to enjoy a decent high-tea with my favorite people, Princess Jia @ the Lobby Lounge at Westin Hotel. With much excitement, we headed to Cityhall for Westin Hotel, thinking that Westin was still located in the 72 storey building. Much to my dismay, that is Fairmont hotel and not Westin. The staff at the concierge told us that Westin hotel has relocated to Raffles Place, beside the Asia Square Tower 2. What a blur sotong I turned out to. 

We hurried via downtown line and alight at the downtown station. Just a mere 5 mins walk away, we reached the Westin Hotel. The bell boy welcomed us and directed us to the lift. We pressed 32nd floor and up we go for the high-tea splendor. 

When the lift door opened, we could see the Lobby Lounge right away. There was a bar island in the middle and the tables and chairs were spacious and look towards the breathtaking views of the city, sea and habour, enhanced with abundance of natural light, and the courtesy of floor-to-ceiling windows. It was a luxury! 

@ The Lobby Lounge

Harbor-sea-view

What makes the afternoon high-tea at Westin different from others is that of its wonderful combination of Seafood and Champagne. That is, no English tea or scones will be served. Instead, we had one glass of sparkling Veuve Clicquot champagne each. To entice our appetite further, the high-tea set comes with Alaska crab canape, one whole Poached Canadian Lobster, two freshly shucked oysters, tuna and avocado rolls, baked/fried oysters and one set of dessert consisting of Chocolate Ganache Cake, tarts, green-tea cheese cake, dark and white chocolate slabs and some apple crumbs.   

We were first served a beautiful three-tier platter which contains many savoury delights such as Alaska Canape, Tuna Fried Beancurd (Tau Pok), Soft Sell Crab with avocado Salsa. Pretty, I would say....and along came our sparkling Veuve Clicquot Champagne!


Pretty 3-tier of seafood savory

Alaska Crab Savory




Sparkling champagne 


Next, we were excited to be served the Poached Canadian Lobster that comes with three big spoonfuls of sauces - Lychee, garlic and onion sauce. 




No afternoon tea id complete without sweets and we were delighted to be served a plateful of petite desserts - Chocolate Ganache Cake (My favourite), Lime Tart, Greentea Cheese Cake, 



No afternoon tea is complete without some sweets. And sweets you shall have. Look forward to an array of petite desserts which includes Éclairs, Chocolate Ganache Cake, Key Lime Tarts, Mixed Berries Tarts, and fresh Strawberries coated with Chocolate and Pistachio Chocolate.

For the price of $85++, we've had the best of seafood, savory and sweet treats. It's really worth the price. Not to mention, the wonderful scenery really goes well with the great food and champagne, This venue is perfect for anyone who just want to dine and gaze into the sea, romantic for couples and perfect for girly talks as well!






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