Afternoon Tea at The Lobby @ The Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong

"Enjoy luxury afternoon tea in this elegant rendezvous at The Peninsula Hotel, HK (香港半岛酒店)"

Hi! Even though it has been more than 3 months since I came back from Hong Kong trip, I have not blogged anything about it yet except for some photos taken and posted up instantly in my FB Fan Club.

If you are going to visit Hong Kong soon, please check out my posts now, for those good eating places in Hong Kong I have posted a year back, or stay tune to check out my latest visit for more interesting eating places there!

First of all, I would like to talk about the eating places I have visited on the first day when we touched down. The elegant afternoon tea rendezvous place which we have seen many times in the Hong Kong series where most rich “tai tai” (rich Mrs.) will suggest to have afternoon tea (下午茶) here after their shopping, and we would definitely like to experience it.

High Tea @ The Lobby, the Peninsula Hotel!

To our surprise, there was a looonggg queue even it was already almost 5pm! The hotel attendant/ security personnel told us that such scene is expected even during weekdays. No reservation, you have to just walk in and, queue (but I wondered if this applicables to those wealthy 'tai tai' and celebrities, right? Wrong? Yet to find out.. laugh..). To avoid long queue, 1.30pm to wait for the high tea hour from 2pm (still a 30-minute wait… Haha… ) or come after 5.30pm to enjoy 1.5 hour afternoon tea grandeur before their end session at 7pm.

Anyway, since it was almost 5pm (instead of the peak high tea hour of 3pm), we waited only about 30 minutes before getting seated. It is usually set afternoon tea named The Peninsula’s Classic Afternoon Tea printed on the top of their menu, for 1 pax @ HK$268 (about S$50/ USD35) and 2 pax @ HK$398 (S$80/ USD55). This set menu serves extensive sweet selections which you may find it too stodgy as afternoon tea, but please, don’t embarass yourself by ordering serving of 1 pax to share among, in this famous and elegant dining place. Just leave it if you can't stuff in anymore in the end of the session. Alternatively, order from their ala carte menu (smile).

After placing order, check out their classical arches and interior design of the hotel. Also, appreciate their well-known pure silverware even the cutlery which uses to serve you.

When the food is served, you may ask for a favour from the serving crew to take a photo of you with their famous 3-tier silver tray filled with colourful assorted snack. Do not feel shy to get help from them for such request as this is so-called the ‘standard procedure’ for ALL tourists there, regardless which country you are from. Apparently, there were more than 80% of tourists, from what I observed (chuckling smile).

Most of the snacks, e.g. bread, sandwiches, cookies, puff, tarts, cakes, scones (served with jam and soft butter), and etc, were good, especially the cucumber sandwiches where specially emphasized by Mr. Cai Lan (蔡澜先生), the well-known HK/ Singaporean food critic, in his recent food show, Chua San’s Feast (蔡澜品味), hosted by him. This cucumber sandwiches looked deceptively common, but in fact, it was so delicious to taste with the interesting crunch in cucumber slices and cottony softness of the bread in every bite. Yum yum..

They later served caramel mousse dessert in mini silver cup and silver teaspoon.

Well, we couldn't finish all the food in the end, but did enjoy the sweet treat and my favourite coffee, hot skinny latte, with very pleasant experience. :)

Address: Salisbury Road, Kowloon, HK.
Afternoon Tea serving hours: From 2pm till 7pm daily.
Dress code before 7pm: Smart Casual dressing with no rubber flip flop or beach sandal.
Remarks: Photo is allowed.