SKAI High Tea at Swissotel The Stamford – YSK

Generally, we did not really fancy the savoury pastry as it either did not taste fragrant and strong enough, or that it has a weird taste to it. I think TWG savoury pastry is much nicer in comparison.

Moving on to the sweet pastries, we were served with 8 different sweet pastries, which include:– SKAI Macaron– Chocolate bonbons– Pistachio Raspberry Tart– White Cacao Bean– Raspberry Cheesecake– Chocolate Crunchy Cannoli– Madagascar Vanilla Scones with Devonshire cream, strawberry jam, and apple marmalade

– Mushroom Quiche

We really liked some of the sweet pastries. I will just elaborate on the few pastries that we think is really nice and worth a try!

First up! The pistachio raspberry tart is really nice! It is made up of a tart crust, with sponge cake in it, topped with a raspberry jam and pistachio cream. The pistachio cream on top is really light and does not have a strong pistachio flavour (which is great for someone like me as I don’t really fancy strong pistachio flavours). I think that the tanginess and refreshing raspberry jam pairs well with the slightly sweet and fragrant pistachio cream and add a great flavour to the tart.

Next up, this white cacao bean is a nice surprise! It is not too sweet, unlike the usual white chocolate that we are used to. The mellow sweetness from the white chocolate, combined with the light fluffy sponge cake is great and worth giving it a try!

This chocolate crunchy cannoli is really nice as well! This cannoli is a tube-shaped shell of deep-fried pastry dough, which tasted slightly hard, but I wonder if it is because we ate it the last few. It is filled with sweet and creamy filling, similar to that in an eclair.

Other than that, there are also small little crunchy chocolate balls in it. On top of the cannoli is a sweet biscuit, which really adds to the texture and flavour of the cannoli.

Lastly, the Madagascar Vanilla Scone, which sounds boring, but is definitely worth a try. The crispy and crumbly vanilla flavoured scone is dense and has a slightly sweet vanilla taste to it. Additionally, it goes really well with the apple marmalade and strawberry jam that comes with it, which are great as they are not too sweet nor too sour.

The service is quite disappointing as they provide minimal service after guiding us to our seats.

Although I understand that it might be very crowded and they might be understaffed, I still think they should have provided a better service, especially with such a price.

Address: Hotel Swissôtel The Stamford, 2 Stamford Rd, Singapore 178882Opening hours: Sunday – Friday, 3pm – 5pm (for high tea)

High tea menu: https://skai.sg/menu/high-tea