Crown Casino, 8 Whiteman St, Melbourne

 

Afternoon Tea

Sandwiches

Sweets

Sweets

Scones

Sorbet

Overall:

One of the best high tea places that I have ever been to! The service was prompt and professional, the atmosphere elegant and relaxed, the decor lavish and the quality of the high tea food was sensational.

The sandwiches included:

• tomato, basil and buffalo mozzarella on ciabatta
• egg and cress salad on olive bread
• smoked chicken with mango on whole wheat bread
• whisky marinated salmon croissant
• cucumber and cream cheese on white bread

Although the whole wheat bread was a bit dry and hard around the edges, and the cucumber and cream cheese sandwich didn’t have quite enough cream cheese spread, the sandwiches overall were very tasty = Good

The sweets included:

• lemon curd tart with raspberry meringue
• apple and blackberry crumble with Tahitian vanilla cream
• strawberry and vanilla tarts with Pimm’s cream
• earl grey tea flavoured chocolate mousse and tonka ganache
• chocolate eclairs
• moist orange chocolate cake
• gin and tonic jelly with sweet cucumber
• white lady
• pistachio sponge with orange marmalade

All of these desserts were rich and marvellous, except for the white lady (which tasted like cream and nothing else) and the gin and tonic jelly shot (I am not a big fan of gin) = Good

Scones:

Traditional raisin and buttermilk scones that come with winterberry jam and clotted cream. The great thing about this place is that you get to decide exactly when you want to have your scones during your afternoon tea session. Baked fresh on request (they take approximately 12 minutes to cook), the results are hot buttery delicious scones that are light and fluffy = Excellent

Sorbet:

Raspberry sorbet with Grand Marnier on a praline base. A terrific palate cleanser to end on. A clean sweet sorbet with a hint of crunchy praline = Good

 

I am definitely coming back here again for afternoon tea!