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Royal Copenhagen Tea Lounge & Restaurant – They Shoot for the Stars

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By Veron Ang

From the junction between takashimaya, Paragon and mandarin hotel, a level-two café that can be seen through its glass windows always catches my attention. I had been curious about this place for a long time! It is none other than the Royal Copenhagen tea lounge & restaurant.

I liked the place and was impressed with the fancy porcelain tableware they used. Everything, from the teacups and saucers, and the bowls and plates, right down to the sugar and creamer holders, were from the Royal Copenhagen blue flower series.

Royal Copenhagen House Specialty Tea

The house specialty tea came in teacups that had been painted with the year they were issued. One had the year 2002 painted on its bottom while the other was painted the year 1987. More amazingly, there were cups issued as early as the 19th century!

I was even more impressed with the food. It was practically art on a plate!

Shooting Star

The main course I ordered was called “shooting star”. It consisted of two slabs of dory fillet — one fried and one steamed — served with shrimp and toast. Everything about it tasted good and really filled my stomach. I have to admit I ordered the dish mainly because of its attractive name, but the food turned out great!

Salad

My friend ordered a foie gras salad. I didn’t try it because I didn’t have the appetite for duck liver, but the dish looked good!

Sirloin Steak

The sirloin steak looked awesome, but too bad I’m not a steak person! Wow, it seems like I’m missing out on a lot of good food because the only meat I eat is chicken and seafood. But you guys don’t have to miss out, do you?

The total bill came up to over 80 dollars, which is a decent price to pay for a good meal for two. Overall, the place kinda reminded me a little of The Cookie Museum with the good food and European theme. The service we received was not too friendly though, as the middle-aged waitresses seemed quite distant and perhaps even a little snobbish at times.

Royal Copenhagen Tea Lounge & Restaurant
Ngee Ann City Tower A
391A Orchard Road
Singapore 238873
Tel: +65 6735 5298 | Website
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Tags: Danish, dinner, European, foie gras, high tea, lunch, Ngee Ann City, Orchard, restaurant, tea lounge, western

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Veron Ang is the Founder and Chief Editor of Sparklette, a Singapore restaurants guide, lifestyle and travel blog. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science from the National University of Singapore and runs a web design firm at Sparklette Studio. To get in touch, head on over to the contact page or follow @Sparklette and @VeronSG on Twitter.

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CartoonKid
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I like your blog. Many good foods. I like eating very much. Keep up the good work.
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Posted February 25, 2006 at 11:10 am
Veron
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thanks! you made my day. please continue visiting too!
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Posted February 27, 2006 at 6:30 pm
Ragtop
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Hi there, i chanced upon your blog while searching for info on the royal copenhagen. Kudos on the nice pictures and review. Lovely design you have btw.
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Posted June 4, 2007 at 12:33 am
Stephie
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Hi Sparklette! I’m Stephie, a fashion blogger from Fashion Nation. Fashion Nation’s based in Singapore as well.
Just wanted to let you know that we’ve linked up on this review (it’s great!). Please feel free to pop by and take a look at our site as well.
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Posted February 28, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Veron
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Thanks Stephie. Glad you found this review useful! Hope my other reviews would be helpful to you in future too.
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Posted March 3, 2008 at 12:31 pm
DOROTHY
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Was having tea with my sis at the Royal Copenhagen Tea Lounge yesterday afternoon 4th of march. Had the Banana walnut bread and orange cake with Assam Tea and house blend coffee, which was pretty good. The waitress Ms Winnie Lee was extremely pleasant, friendly and polite. But there was this waiter whom unfortunately we did not get his name who also attended to us.
He was having a bad runny nose, and we were seated looking up at him while explaining to him to change our rather mild tea to a stronger one. While looking up to communicate with him, we can’t helped but noticed that his mucous was dripping down his nostril and yet he made no effort to be excused to go blow his nose. He sniffed it back up his nostril instead but only to have it dribbling down his nostril again. That somewhat spoiled our otherwise pleasant afternoon tea.
But given his runny nose and especially working in an eatery, shouldn’t he be given leave of absence???? Grose!!!!!
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Posted March 5, 2009 at 9:01 pm