TWG Tea Salon at IFC

A friend and I went to TWG, a gourmet tea salon, for brunch yesterday. It's such a lovely looking place, with a distinctively colonial feel to it, tastefully decorated with rows and rows of tea.

We had the eggs benedict and the scones. Both were delicious. The scones came with a light clotted cream and their signature tea jelly spread, which was heavenly - just the right balance of sweetness with a hint of tea. 

We had the tea of course - they give you a tea bible to flip through, and an extensive list of teas to choose from. I wanted a decaf tea and had a creme caramel rooibos tea. Sipping it instantly brought me back to memories of my honeymoon, which was in South Africa, where we drank rooibos tea every day.

They've got beautifully packaged teas for sale too, a tea for every occasion - they had a Grand Wedding Tea, even a White House tea, which was created to celebrate the inauguration of President Barack Obama.

The service was good. We got there just right after they stopped serving breakfast, but we felt like eggs and ham, so they made an exception for us and served us breakfast anyway. They served the savories first, then the sweets, a mark of well-trained wait staff.

They also have a delectable array of tea-infused patisseries - gorgeous looking macaroons and cakes, all very tempting. Unfortunately we had no room for dessert, but I'm definitely coming back for the sweets.

Comments

[Sylvia]

This looks great! We can pencil mark this place for our next day off!

[Kenggai]

Done!