High Tea at The Courtyard at Fullerton Hotel

This is our first post.. and we are posting about a place we have not been to yet and something that we also not tried yet .. i.e. High Tea... So many firsts here.

It was quite a spur of the moment that we decided, on a fine Sunday afternoon on the eve of her birthday, to take the plunge into high tea.. After some calls to other places, we were glad to have our very last minute reservations accepted by the Courtyard at the Fullerton Hotel.

The Courtyard at Fullerton

The Courtyard is situated "in the sunlit atrium lobby of the hotel". Not quite as crowded as we thought it would be for a Sunday where we were expecting quite a crowd to be sipping tea away with an erected pinky... you know what I mean:

A gentleman always sips his tea while holding his tea cup with an erected pinky

So, we were quite disappointed that we didn't get to see more of the above.. But anyway, we came for the food.. cos we skipped lunch..

The Menu

The teas were from TWG, the selection was good enough but nothing to boast about (compared to an actual TWG outlet). He thinks he ordered either a Sencha-Meicha (a green tea from Japan) or a Pu-Erh Camellia (a mature tea from China)... She had a usual favourite Chamomile... He recalls yawning for the lack of bolder choices on her part...

But before long, the teas were served and the tiers of finger sized snacks came along.

3 tiers of savoury and sweet accompaniments

We recall overdosing on the items with dough and reminded ourselves (with great failure) to not overindulge. We were more impressed by their savoury selection which we had quite a fair bit of refills.

Overall, we think we won't be back for the food. The ambiance wasn't too bad but it felt too roomy to be cosy enough for an intimate conversational afternoon. It so roomy that we thought we heard echoes of our tea sips...

Ratings

1. Will we come back? NO
2. Will we recommend to friends? NO
3. Will we bring our family? NO