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High Tea at Le Petit Souffle Starts Tomorrow - FRIDAY!

Written By clapalisoc on Wednesday 8 March 2017 | 08:57

High Tea is starting to gain popularity in our local food scene. It's been around for years, mostly being served in hotels and tea salons but the foodie scene caught up with it just around a year ago. 


Le Petit Souffle Mega Mall
Le Petit Souffle in Mega Mall
photo c/o Le Petit Souffle Management

Restaurants that also specializes in baked goods like pastries and cakes or those offering French Cuisine have started to offer High Tea as well, making it available and easily accessible to many.

High Tea Set from Le Petit Souffle
High Tea Set from Le Petit Souffle

High Tea is defined as the meal in between lunch and dinner. You can categorize it as a snack but for some, it serves as one meal - a late lunch, early dinner kind of light meal that's more like a "brunch" in timing. It's perfect for an afternoon or late afternoon catch-up with friends, date with daughters or just some escape for an alone time.


High Tea Set from Le Petit Souffle
French or Japanese? Le Petit Souffle offers both!

Early last week, I got an invite to attend the preview of Le Petit Souffle's High Tea. It's not really surprising that this restaurant serving French and Japanese fusion came up with something like this. 


Le Petit Souffle Mega Mall
A look inside Le Petit Souffle in Mega Mall
photo c/o Le Petit Souffle Management

Le Petit Souffle
Checking out the details of the restaurant -- so lovely!
photo c/o Le Petit Souffle Management

With their garden set-up exuding a very comfortable and relaxed vibe, more like an escape from the busy Metro within the Metro, High Tea was something that was inevitable for them to do.

Forever grateful to the looloo crew for extending this invite - Le Petit Souffle x looloo x foodfanaticph = YAY!!!


Chef Miko Aspiras
Chef Miko Aspiras and Chef Kristine Lotilla as they welcome the media into their High Tea Set preview.

Braved the EDSA traffic to get to Le Petit Souffle in Megamall. I was excited to see what Chef Miko and Kristine has come up with for their High Tea. I love Le Petit Souffle's dishes as well as their tdf desserts so I knew that this one will turn out great!


High Tea Set from Le Petit Souffle
French or Japanese? Their High Tea Sets are will not disappoint!

Being a French - Japanese restaurant, it was just fitting for them to offer two High Tea sets. Combining cake slices, pastries and even savory toasts, each set had components that defined French and Japanese well.


High Tea Set from Le Petit Souffle
French High Tea Set from Le Petit Souffle


The French High Tea Set had the following:

Lavender Tea
Scones a l'orange
Tartine: Camembert and Apple
Emmenthal Puffs
Foie Gras and Raspberry L'opera
Salted Caramel and Dark Chocolate Cone
Butter Croissants


High Tea Set from Le Petit Souffle
Genmaicha x Lavender Tea in cute teapots

The Lavender Tea had a floral, pungent aroma and flavor. It also had this weak apple-like profile and it was a little earthy in flavor with an undertone of mint.


High Tea Set from Le Petit Souffle
Scones!

I'm a fan of all things sweet and those with strong flavors so the scone did not appeal to me. Some loved though especially when smothered with the orange marmalade and clotted cream that it was served with.


High Tea Set from Le Petit Souffle
Camembert Cheese is LOVE


I love the Camembert and Apple Tartine! The toasted bread and the slices of creamy and buttery cheese went well with the caramelized apples.


High Tea Set from Le Petit Souffle
French High Tea Set with the Emmenthal Puffs just below the Dark Chocolate Cones
photo c/o Le Petit Souffle Management

The Emmenthal Puffs were good as well! Loved the generous amount of cheese inside each puff!


Opera Cakes from Le Petit Souffle
Opera Cakes! Matcha x Foie Gras!

The Foie Gras and Raspberry L'Opera cake slice needs more of the Foie Gras flavor. Overpowered by the chocolate and raspberry, the distinctive Foie Gras flavor was left as an after taste.


High Tea Set from Le Petit Souffle
Salted Caramel and Dark Chocolate Cone

I'm not a fan of dark chocolate and the small ice cream cone had a generous serving of this. Though the dark chocolate was smooth and thick, I scooped it all out to get to the salted caramel beneath that was nothing but heavenly! It was thick, sweet and had a good burnt sugar taste which I absolutely liked!


High Tea Set from Le Petit Souffle
Butter Croissants and some Japanese Tartine

The Croissants were straight forward but they were so good! They weren't too flaky but were soft and each bite was bursting with a good butter flavor!


Japanese High Tea Set from Le Petit Souffle
Japanese High Tea Set from Le Petit Souffle


The Japanese High Tea Set, on the other hand, had the following:

Matcha and Jasmine Tea
Matcha and Black Sesame Scone
Tartine: Furikake Chasyu and Japanese Mayo
Matcha Cheesu Profiterole
Matcha Opera
Red Bean Cone
Butter Croissants


High Tea Set from Le Petit Souffle
Genmaicha - Matcha x Jasmine Tea

Genmaicha was the tea for this set. It's a different kind of Japanese green tea where it doesn't really have the usual strong Matcha kick. It had a subtle Matcha flavor with some flowery notes coming from Jasmine. It also had a strong roasted flavor.


High Tea Set from Le Petit Souffle
Scones, Puffs, Tartines and croissants

Same story here for the Matcha Scone. Though it was soft and the texture was smooth, it didn't have the Matcha flavor I was looking for. It was bland and bitter at the same time.


High Tea Set from Le Petit Souffle
Furikake Chasyu and Japanese Mayo Tartine

The Furikake Chasyu Tartine was my favorite from this set! It was so flavorful and savory! Loved that the meat portion had just the right fat trimmings! I can finish three of this in a giffy!


Le Petit Souffle
Matcha Cheesu Profiterole x Butter Croissants!

The Matcha Cheesu Profiterole had a light Matcha taste but had a good portion of cheesy goodness inside.


High Tea Set from Le Petit Souffle
A plate full of my favorite stuff - Camembert and Apple Tartine x Matcha Cheese Profiterole x Butter Croissant x Matcha Opera Cake x Foie Gras Opera Cake!

Matcha Opera cake was pretty good too! Matcha mousse, matcha cake and raspberry jam in between the layers!


High Tea Set from Le Petit Souffle
Red Bean Cone

The Red Bean cone can get a little cloying since the red bean filling was too sweet for my liking.


High Tea Set from Le Petit Souffle
French High Tea Set featuring the fluffy cotton candies!
photo c/o Le Petit Souffle Management

Both sets include two sticks of cotton candy that you can use to sweeten your tea. I wasn't able to try this though but the other foodies said that it made the tea taste better.


High Tea Set from Le Petit Souffle
French and Japanese High Tea Sets Menu

Each set can be shared by two. Do not expect a meal like fullness hear coz High Tea is supposed to be an in between meal kind of thing. 


The Workshop! Le Petit Souffle's Bespoke Bakery!
photo c/o Le Petit Souffle Management

Overall, Le Petit Souffle offers good High Tea options when you are in Mega Mall or Century City Mall. The ambiance of Le Petit Souffle Restaurants will also complete the experience!

PSA: High Tea Set will be available in both branches starting Friday - March 10, 2017!


4 out of 5 Stars for Le Petit Souffle's High Tea Sets!



--- Le Petit Souffle: 2/F Mega Fashion Hall, SM Megamall, Ortigas, Mandaluyong City

***you can also find them here: Third Floor, Century City Mall, Kalayaan Avenue, Poblacion, Makati City



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About clapalisoc

I am a workaholic mom who is also trying to be the best wife ever. I am a self proclaimed food lover, a frustrated cook and pastry master. I have a thing for books and scrap booking fills up my free time. Blogging? It's something I do once in a while when I can squeeze in some "me time" in this super busy life.

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