Irene & Mei is on leave today at one stretch up to cny so we decided to go for hi-tea today. We went out in the morning to Central for some last minute shopping followed by Dessert Buffet at Shangri-la from 3 - 6 pm. We were greeted by a friendly staff at the hotel lobby who asked us where we are heading for, she led us all the way into The Rose Verandah when we told her we are here for hi-tea. Great & personal service. We were led to our seat.. by the window.. shiok with the greenery outside. Mei was extremely excited cos it was what she loved--desserts hahaha. I had actually made reservations for lunch buffet but Mei later said she wanted desserts so we changed to their Desserts Showcase buffet.

Irene was super funny when we went to get food. She went one round and came to us to tell us, "Cham, its really all desserts, I was still thinking if there are chicken wings or not". Hahahaha, its really hilarious, afterall Irene is not a dessert lover, so we can understand that kekeke. Irene was thoroughly enjoying herself on her notebook with the wireless access there & Mei was busying herself with the desserts hahaha. I love the classy ambience, and the exquisite cutlery, everything from the plates to cups & teapot was of rose motifs, which is really apt for its name as The Rose Verandah.

The main attraction of The Rose Verandah was their selection of 102 teas. We were very much impressed by the great variety and quality of the teas that we had 3 pots of different teas each, hahaha. But we all loved our choice of our first pot of tea best, coincidentally our choice was in sequence on the tea menu, Mei's Irish Whiskey Cream, my Vanille & Irene's Wild Cherry. Subsequently we had 2 more pots each so in total, 3 of us drank 9 pots of tea altogether... we must be mad hahaha! Ya, and the tea proved too much for me that I puked in Irene's car after the buffet when we were onto the next destination, maybe I drank too much tea.. maybe it was indigestion, luckily I had a plastic bag in my bag, if not I cant imagine how Irene's car would be... Kekeke, I still love their teas, but next time, only 1 pot will do, not 3 pots hahaha... I guess we were too greedy hahaha.

Desserts wise, the cakes were not really that fantastic, but I liked their banana fritter very much, it was different from those goreng pisang u buy outside haha. The cream bulee and rose & lychee dessert was also mouth watering. Other than the puking part, I do like the buffet at The Rose Verandah. I would love to go back again to try their lunch buffet.