Afternoon Tea at TWG

What do you have in your mind when you hear the words "afternoon tea"? British?London?England? 

I guess afternoon tea is also a lifestyle in Singapore. Maybe because of the British influences too...but we, Asian also have our own tea culture. I guess that's why afternoon tea is famously common in Spore. I've googled and found many good places for afternoon tea in Singapore. Many of them are luxury hotels. One of the famous afternoon tea boutique is TWG. As you know TWG is one of the famous tea brand in the world.

I went to TWG  at Ion Mall, it's like a small tea boutique in the centre of the mall. In the afternoon it is very crowded so you have to wait to be seated. I guess you better make a reservation first if you don't want to wait. TWG has sooo many different choices of tea. And they have great packaging too for their tea. Each tea has interesting name, like "Love Me" tea which I ordered. Love Me tea has a flavor of strawberry, it is sweet and lovely. TWG have different packages for afternoon tea, they are include the tea and the food such as scones, muffin, finger sandwiches etc etc. But if you feel the package is too much for yourself, you can just order your tea and some of their yummy, beautiful pastry such as macaron. 

My experience in TWG was nice...love the tea, the foods but don't like the crowdedness hahaha..I bet it will be more cozy if the place is not that crowded. 

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A Gift from Vienna

My mom just received this uniquely exclusive box from her friend, who lives in Vienna...hmm what's inside??

It's a cake called Sarcher Torte, from Hotel Sarcher, an exclusive classical hotel in Vienna. This cake is their specialty and they even copyrighted it as the original Sarcher Torte.

This cake is very chocolaty and of course very sweet. It's usually eaten in the afternoon or for dessert with coffee.

An Afternoon tea with Freshly Baked Scones

Scones? Apakah itu scones? Scones merupakan roti kecil yang berasal dari Scotland. Scones populer di United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand dan Amerika Serikat. Bentuknya biasanya bulat dan flat sebesar piring kecil. Biasanya terbuat dari gandum, barley atau oatmeal.

Today, I tried to make some scones. Awalnya karena teman saya, Marda menanyakan soal scones untuk acara afternoon tea, jadinya penasaraan deh. Pembuatan scones gampang-gampang susah, intinya jangan sampai bahan-bahan jadi over-mix. Alhamdulillah my first scone lumayan OK lah, walaupuna agak kurang tebal ya dan mungkin kurang besar hehehehe...well, next time better :)  Scones ini sangat nikmat disantap sambil menikmati secangkir teh hangat disore hari. I put whipped cream and strawberry jam on my scones yuuumm..rasanya makin yummy. My brother tested my scones while having a warm tea this afternoon and he can't stop eating my little scones..yaayy I'm so happy and glad that he likes my scones.

hmm jadi kepikiran nih...lucu jg ya kalau bikin "mini scones" untuk acara afternoon tea bersama sahabat-sahabat :)  

Afternoon tea with freshly baked scones...yuuum :)