[咖啡店與茶館] High tea @ Adonia love

fibbi

http://www.adoniatea.com/

I love this real fruit tea. It's a mix of real juice and tea, with real fruit inside.





2nd plate with scones and bread pudding.


Price: $25/person.
(mini set would be $15 with tea+6 pieces pastry).

I like the scones in Secret Garden more but this is not bad either. The bread pudding is very good.
As for the sandwiches, I think there are more varieties than Secret Garden. As for dessert, both are too sweet to my taste. But I think it's more "authentic" as the western dessert is always on the sweet side.

Overall, I think I will go back for mini high tea next time. Like the fruit tea there. I'll go back to Secret Garden for the scones!

tsumorichisato

I have been to Adonia a couple of times and only ONCE to Secret Garden. I have to say I wouldn't go back to Secret Garden again. Every time I have scones @ Adonia, it's fluffy and HOT. The only time I had scones in Secret Garden was hard and cold, sandwiches taste really blend...I don't see why they can charge so much for this kind of afternoon tea. With no decor/nice ambience, no outstanding tea and food, that's my reason for not even giving one more chance to this place.

Urban tea merchant also have pretty good scones as well, and I like their tea collection the best.

fibbi

回復 2# tsumorichisato


    I can't remember if the scones served in Secret Garden is cold but definitely not hard. I think it served warm. It's fluffy and very buttery taste.

Yes Adonia serves scones warm. But the sandwiches ... the bread is a bit hard in Adonia. I think i prefer the Secret Garden sandwiches. I haven't tried Urban Tea Merchant high tea but from the picture the portion is just too small to justify the price.
I go there for tea though. Love the tea there.

blue20ae

Adonia's menu looks very Asian (modern?) not the traditional high tea.

fibbi

回復 4# blue20ae


    They have traditional tea but I just want to try some unique ones. As for the menu, dessert is authentic (because it's so sweet, more suitable for local taste). Others, I think it's a bit Asian and yes it's run by Asian...

tsumorichisato

all 3 places served pretty similar food to me...regardless u can't compare to the traditional afternoon tea in England's browns hotel at the end.

布小熊

I like the scones from Secret Garden.
I still haven't try Adonia... cos all the food pictures I saw... seems a bit asian.
Since fibbi confirms about the sandwiches... (hard bread...no...), I don't think I will try Adonia.
I usually enjoy the sandwiches and scones at tea more than the sweets.
I can get good dessert at other restaurants but nice cucumber sandwiches...with creamy earl grey tea

peter236

Traditional Asia high tea is the way.

fibbi

回復 8# peter236


    high tea本來就係英國嘅傳統。
唔該咪乜嘢都chinese tradition啦，中國鬼有下午茶嘅習慣呀，瞓晏覺就有。一係就三點三放個break。

somewhereintime

回復 3# fibbi

Secret Garden placed an ad for pastry cook last week,
$10 an hour, part time