New Places for Tea
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Tian Fu Teahouse, Park Royal Hotel on Beach Road.
http://www.parkroyalhotels.com/hotels/singapore/beach_road/parkroyal/restaurants/index.html
This is one of the new establishment featured recently in Sunday Times where people can go and sample tea. Feeling extremely bored today I popped in to have a feel of the place.
The decor of the place is nice, quiet and tranquil, cina without too much of being in-your-face, and wonderfully spacious.
I felt peckish, so I went for the high-tea set, which comes with 9 dimsum selection and 5 teas. Sadly, one cannot choose the teas:
2 greens - Longjing from Westlake, Zhejiang; Zhuyeqing from Sichuan
1 floral - Chrysanthemum buds with Goji berries
1 black - (they still consider it black! Beegeezus!) Pu'erh
1 oolong - Dahongpao from Wuyi city, Fujian
The dimsum selection is seriously Dian Xin in its presentation; not the 3 per bamboo basket sort, but simply 1 piece each, like a sampler, to touch the heart with a flutter of joy (not really) and not filling the stomach to bloating point. 2 pieces of dimsum each accompany 1 tea. The dimsum is not bad, though I find the hargao skin a tad too thick, and the wonton too spicy to go with the tea.
The tea selection. The 2 greens and the chrysanthemum are surprisingly good, the Zhuyeqing is fresh and lively with a lingering sweet floral aftertaste, the Longjing is subtle and nutty, the chrysanthemum calming. The pu'erh and oolong are great disappointment...
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You are on the spot about the tea. Went there today to check the place out. Ambience, nice. Tea, so so. Dim Sum, pretty good. I think the guy making tea is not very good. I ordered a dong fang mei ren and he put in so much tea leaves and used such hot water that the first brew was all sappy and astringent. On the other hand, the dancong was made with very little leaves. After the first brew, not much of juice left. Imagine.... Going by looks, I think I will go for the chrysanthemum next round. Seems so nice and refreshing. On a ten point score......... 6 overall. :P
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When the lady brought the green teas to the table, the teas were steeped in very hot water. I removed the lids off the gaiwans to cool the temperature and asked for separate cup to pour the tea into. She looked at me funny - but I'm not going to drink the tea Sichuan style by sipping the tea direct from the gaiwan and moving my tongue around to filter the leaves!
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this is a tea shop... located at T3. vivo and millienia walk... its called hanns & thanns.. quite a variety of teas, and u can sample them as well... good customer service, excellent ambience.. they also sell shampoos, etc that contains tea and herbs.. there was one tea t was very popular - bael fruit.. known to expel toxics...
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Thanks Steven. What brand teas do they carry?
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u can check out the web here - http://www.thann.info/ . it also hav collections of spa, bath acessories... worth taking a look if u r near there... can try out their breweing tea on the spot.. depends on what they are brewing at the moment... service is excellent... ") and they know their products very well... haa...
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haaa...thanks steven, hanns & thann is known for its spa and beauty products, not tea...I like their spa & beauty products, always pop in for a browse to see what's new on my way to Aesop, but tea, well...nah, I'll pass...
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haa well... den i hav to agree with you.. cuz i c more products on spa, etc more than tea... haa.. sorry...
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Naa...nothing to be sorry, everyone has his own preference, right? The hanns & Thanns in Tangs + Co., Vivocity, is opposite another tea counter, T2. T2 is from Australia, and boasts to have 100+ teas in store. That one worth checking out also...