Week 3: Lately we have enjoyed more than our fair share of afternoon tea spreads, trying out all the scones, canape sandwiches and posh teas from most of the top hotels in KL. And today we returned to THIRTY8, Grand Hyatt KL (last review from 2014) to sample their afternoon tea set. As many of you may know the restaurant has amazing 360 views of the KL city skyline, THIRTY8 is a great place for all sorts of celebrations whether it's a birthday or an anniversary or even a proposal, but how does their afternoon tea fare ? Let's find out..
Afternoon Tea @ THIRTY8, Grand Hyatt KL (review)
High Tea in Kuala Lumpur with a view.
THIRTY8 presents daily high tea in Kuala Lumpur which makes an elegant mid-day treat for afternoon tea lovers. The menu hints a selection of traditional English tea and your choice of coffee to complement your unforgettable afternoon tea in Kuala Lumpur, featuring delicious items such as sandwiches, homemade scones, freshly baked cakes, pastries and many more popular sweet delights.
The place looks exactly the same as it did in 2014 with warm tones and crisp white tablecloths. There's great natural lighting from the sky high windows, if dinner's your thing, you'll also have an amazing view of the KL nightscape. So whether you are here for lunch, tea or dinner, you'll always get to dine with a great view.
Our experience began with a selection of coffee which includes Espresso, Cappuccino, Cafe latte, Coffee, Decaffeinated coffee, Chocolate and a tea selection of Imperial oolong, Sencha green tea, Chamomile, Peppermint, Earl Grey, English breakfast and Jasmine Yunnan pu-erh. Based on the small selection of teas available for the tea set , we can only give it a 3.5 star rating, especially compared to other afternoon tea services such as the one in Ritz Carlton, TWG and St. Regis.
Top Tier - Honey Butter Toasted Brioche
The Brioche tasted as inviting as it looks. It was the just nice kind of sweet with honey and you'll still get the buttery flavour from the crusts, making it very rich and dense yet slightly spongy.
Second Tier - Mixed Berry Tartlet, Green Tea Red Bean Cake & Lemon Eclair.
Bottom Tier - Pistachio Financier, Flourless Chocolate Cake & Pecan Tartlet
Among the sweets from Second and Bottom Tier, it's hard to choose which is our favourite so let's start with our least favourite..which is the Green Tea Red Bean Cake, personally because I'm not a fan of green tea with red bean. The rest was very well executed, you'll not have the 'too sweet' or 'sweetness overload' feeling because the chef did a great job in keeping the balance between sweetness and taste in the desserts, making sure that your cravings will not be killed off just like that with an explosion of sweetness. ;)
The selection of sandwiches were excellent. Six different sandwiches in all, three classic traditional sandwiches (egg mayo, tuna, chicken), one smoked salmon, one roast chicken and one mushroom mash. The variety was great and everything tasted freshly made. I just can't get over the bread that was served with it, crunchy on the outside, soft and warm on the inside. Yumm...
The THIRTY8 afternoon tea set also comes with some Malaysian savories...staples like curry puff and fried spring roll.
Two pieces of scones - Plain and Raisin Scones, served with home-made strawberry jam and cream.
Scones were wrapped in a napkin which we do appreciate, as it did keep the scones warm when they arrived on the table. The scones had a good scone texture, not too bready or too biscuity, but flavour-wise, it still has some room for improvement. When you pair the scones with home-made strawberry jam and cream, it does elevate the flavour but still not up to par with our favourite scones in town from Ritz Carlton.
Assorted Cheese Platter (RM 53 nett)
As and extra we ordered the Assorted Cheese Platter for fun. It comes with 5 different kinds of cheeses such as blue cheese, brie, cheddar and some nuts, dried apricot and a basket of bread to pair with. The cheese platter was a definite HIT, I loved everything on it from the cheese to the dried apricot to the basket of bread.
Also the staff were kind enough to bring us a brand new basket of freshly made bread (still warm) with no extra charge, as someone had a sesame allergy and could not have the assorted breads that came with the cheese platter.
Overall, the service was excellent, as usual, especially the fact that they made a new basket of bread just to cater to our request. The staff were friendly and took time to arrange the tea set for us, poured and made sure we were happy with the food. As for the afternoon tea spread, it was well-presented and plentyful, for the price of RM 80 per set. Could this the best afternoon tea experience in Kuala Lumpur ? Well, it lost some points from the flavour of the scones, but everything else about it was solidly good. Stay tuned to find out who will be crowned as our No. 1 Afternoon Tea Place KL. ;)
THIRTY8 Grand Hyatt KL
Elegant Afternoon High Tea Set
Monday to Thurday
3pm to 5pm
Priced at RM 80 Nett /set
'High on Sugar' Afternoon Tea Buffet
Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Public Holiday
3pm to 5pm
Priced at RM 120 Nett /person (Friday)
Priced at RM 150 Nett /person (Saturday, Sunday & Public Holiday)
For more information, kindly visit :-
THIRTY 8
Grand Hyatt Malaysia12, Jalan Pinang,
50450 KL
Tel : +603 2182 1234
Website : https://kualalumpur.grand.hyatt.com/en/hotel/activities/hotel-activities/afternoon-tea-delights.html
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/hyatt
love ♥,
Sarah
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