Chihuly Lounge at the Ritz-Carlton – High Tea Buffet

Chihuly Lounge at the Ritz-Carlton – High Tea Buffet

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Color me impressed: the chihuly lounge at the luxurious ritz-carlton hotel has Christmasified their popular weekend tea buffet, and it’s made up of all things sweet and good!

The moment we walked into the tea lounge we were greeted by the sight of the dessert station. And what a fabulous spread! In place of the usual macarons and bite-sized sandwiches, you get a whole new array of Christmas goodies!

Gingerbread man tiramisu shots

Weekend Afternoon Tea Buffet (Christmas edition)
SGD46++
Buffet rating:
Buffet hours: 2:30 – 5pm

The first thing that caught my eye were these tiramisu desserts in shot glasses. They had little gingerbread man biscuits (and they were SMILING!) that totally won my heart!

Once we had settled down comfortably into our plush seats at a low coffee table, the waitress handed us the drinks menu. There are different types of tea (earl grey, English breakfast, etc) and coffee (regular, mocha, cappuccino, etc). These are all part of the buffet unless you’re going for pricier stuff like the Blue Mountain coffee.

Honey, lemon, sugar & milk for our tea and coffee

The tea and coffee that we ordered came with a rather elaborate offering of gold-tinged porcelain ware and silverware. There’s both white and brown sugar (in perfect semi-spherical shapes!), milk, lemon and a cute little tub of honey!

At one end of the room is the dessert station while at the other is where you’ll find the appetisers and finger food. We started from the appetisers before slowly working our way to the desserts. Gotta save the best for last right?

Appetisers display

All the appetisers I had tried, I loved most of them. And because they are in neat petite sizes, there’s room in the tummy for everything!

Seared scallop, cauliflower mousse, salmon cavier, coriander dressing

Seared scallop, cauliflower mousse, salmon cavier, coriander dressing

The seared scallop is extremely satisfying, with a full-sized scallop topped with salmon cavier.

You would also find offerings that range from the more ostentatious foie gras mousse…

Foie gras mousse, fresh figs, port sauce, brioche crisp

Foie gras mousse, fresh figs, port sauce, brioche crisp

… To the more down-to-earth roast duck.

Roast duckling, celeriac, chemes, walnut orange syrup

Roast duckling, celeriac, chemes, walnut orange syrup

Dining here is certainly a feast for the eyes. I never would have imagined something like roast duck to look so visually appealing!

Platter with bite-sized food

There are also the bread items, all in miniature sizes. Go easy on these, because they can really fill you up quickly.

Mini burger

Mini burger

Cute mini burgers!

Mini brioche, roast beef, caramelised onions and horseradish cream

Mini brioche, roast beef, caramelised onions and horseradish cream

Even something as basic as toothpicks look great with that colorful weaving!

Crab claw and spiced smoked roasted prawns on the skewer

Crab claw and spiced smoked roasted prawns on the skewer

The deep-fried crab claws and roasted prawns come with their own individual spicy dips which are delicious and go very well with the food.

Even though the appetisers are good, all this while my mind was really on the desserts!

Raspberry log cake

Raspberry log cake

If you find the usual chocolate log cake to be too rich or sore throat-inducing, there are various fruity alternatives such as the raspberry log cake. It looks pretty grand!

Lychee log cake with strawberry mousse

Lychee log cake with strawberry mousse

This baby pink log cake not only looks gorgeous, it tastes divine too! There’s lychee in it, and the layer of strawberry cream is actually mousse! It’s available at the buffet, but you can also buy the whole cake for $55.

Chocolates

Chocolates

Chocolates! No Christmas should go without them. And these are the richest!

Star-shaped cookie and snowflake cupcake

Star-shaped cookie and snowflake cupcake

A star-shaped cookie for Santa? I love the Christmasy touch given to the cupcake in the form of a gold snowflake white chocolate crisp. The icing is extremely sugary and diabetes-inducing though.

Strawberry dessert shots

Strawberry dessert shots

Strawberry dessert shots for the girls. How pretty!

There’s also a chocolate fondue fountain somewhere in the room but I really didn’t have room in my bellyful of goodies for more.

Lychee vodka shots

During the buffet, a waiter would move from table to table to make vodka shots for diners. Our lychee vodka came in colored glasses. Clink!

Despite being in a 5 (or is it 6) star hotel, the mood is comfortable and relaxed. To further enhance the festive atmosphere, a live jazz band plays Christmas songs in the background. With the music, the quaint little delights and the soothing ambience, it sure is a great way to chill out on a weekend afternoon.

Chihuly Lounge
The Ritz-Carlton Millenia
7 Raffles Avenue
Singapore 039799
(65) 6434 5283
Service:
www.ritzcarlton.com

Bus services: 36, 56, 75, 77, 97, 106, 111, 133, 171, 195, 857, 960, 70X, 107X, 162X, 961C
Nearest MRT: City Hall



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Comments 13 responses Leave your comment Leave your comment

  1. Foodiegymmie
    December 18
     

    geez… this is making me craving for desserts now… and those gingerbread man sitting in tiramisu cup is really bring the xmas’y atmosphere… really interesting!

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    • VeronTwitter
      December 18
       

  2. stardropx
    December 19
     

    omg this is oh-so-tempting!!! but it’s gonna burn a huge hole in my pocket! ahhhh!!! do u think it will be available on xmas day itself?

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    • VeronTwitter
      December 19
       

  3. stardropx
    December 19
     

    btw veron, what camara do you use to take all these food pics? looks damn good! is it a pro camara or just a normal digicam?

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  4. stardropx
    December 19
     

    oops i mean camera! haha..sorry for the typo..

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    • VeronTwitter
      December 19
       

  5. stardropx
    December 19
     

    wow! ok! take great pics! but i think you are an IT pro, so you did beautify the pics right?
    and thanks for your info bt the restaurant and camera! =)

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    • VeronTwitter
      December 19
       

  6. Mooshi
    December 19
     

    You take wonderful pictures and I’m craving for everything you posted, especially the tiramisu and the mini burgers!

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    • VeronTwitter
      December 19
       

  7. Melissa
    December 21
     

    Yummy! Food looks too good to be eaten!!

    fyi, the usual weekend high tea buffet is $40. It looks like they are charging a $6 premium for the Christmas version -_-

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    • VeronTwitter
      December 21
       
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