Finally, I like the modern take on the tiered high tea platters. This is for one person! The room too was lovely, facing a courtyard.
That’s the end of high tea. Not something for the every day, but it’s definitely worth going into the city for on a weekend.
My favourite (and a lot of people’s favourite) of the afternoon – the cherry ripe cake. Well, that’s what I call it anyway, because it really does taste like a luxurious version of the good old Cherry Ripe chocolate bar.
Next up, mini lemon meringue tarts! They’re cute with a subtle lemon flavour, but a bit too sweet for me.
Getting quite full now… But I still have room for…
Something more dainty – a mini peach macaron and a Japanese-style cheesecake. The macaron was so-so, but the cheesecake was heavenly.
M has a sweet tooth, so on her Hen’s Day we decided to go out to high tea. I’d been researching the high teas given by various Sydney establishments, and decided on the Sofitel Wentworth hotel. They seemed to have a good deal and high quality food. I wasn’t disappointed.
First we attacked the savouries of chicken and mayo sandwiches, sour cream and mushroom choux bun, and smoked salmon roll. But it was the sweets that we were after. We started with scones.
Food porn – when the photography makes food look much better than it really tastes. Case in point, high tea last Saturday at the Stamford in North Ryde (it was my cousin’s engagement party).
It was a decent high tea, but these photos make it look absolutely mouth-watering.
Food photography isn’t too difficult after all!
Static and Silence 