#254 La Petite Cuillere @ Mount Pleasant, Vancouver
As I have been seeing pictures of friends dressing up at La Petite Cuillere in facebook, I suggested to my FNH girls that we should go for high tea there as well. We decided to go there on a Friday night in November and dressing up in black and white according to the theme of Movember.
La Petite Cuillere
55 Kingsway Street
Vancouver, BC V5T 3J1
(604) 298-0088
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As you can see from my pictures above, La Petite Cuillere is decorated beautifully with bone china tea set. The decoration is very vintage and makes you feel at home. If you walked by this area, you would not even notice this place as such a place would not exist at Mount Pleasant but I am glad we discovered this beautiful place. We spent so much time taking photo of the place that we delayed our time for the tea set to be served. The owner and servers were very lenient with us taking countless of photos and even taking many snapshots for us. They were dressed in cute little costumes if I remember correctly. Since we went there at night, the place was a little too dim for snapshots but I tried my best to take good shots. Also, there were not many customers since people usually have their high tea during the day.
Four of us got 4 sets of tea and we took turns trying each other’s tea. We had Black Tea with Blossoms (CAD$3.75), Earl Grey Cream, Ceylon Kenilworth and Winter Celebration Tea (CAD$5.75). Black Tea with Blossoms consists of a blend of chrysanthemum, black teas, French rose and roselle, which produces floral aroma and a medium-bodied tea. The Earl Grey Cream is not your typical earl grey tea as it is lightly scented with real sweet vanilla, bergamot and a tinge of caramel oil due to the mixture of Darjeeling, Ceylon and China teas. As Ceylon Kenilworth comprises of a true ‘Orange Pekoe’ size leaf, it has more of a woody and oaky taste.Winter Celebration Tea sounds like a novelty tea. It is a mixed black floral fruity tea that has apple, papaya, orange peel, cranberry, pineapple, cinnamon, almond slices, blue stewn and rose petals with blue cornflowers in black tea. The teas were overall really good and soothing.
However, we do not feel the same for the food. The sandwiches, biscuits and cakes were very ordinary and some of which were below average. I took some desserts home for my sister to tried and she spit out the chocolate caramel cake right after putting it in her mouth. They usually get their cakes from Calabria Bakery so maybe it is not so tasty anymore? We did not finish the remaining leftovers either. The savoury sandwiches and scones taste better than the miniature desserts though but still very mediocre. Just for your information, three of us got the Afternoon High Tea (3-tier high tea set – CAD$24.50 per pax) while one of our friends got the High Tea (2-tier high tea set – CAD$12.75) as she has already eaten before she came.
I was quite shocked that they do not have a proper receipt for us but the smile made it all go away! So the first three prices is for the three afternoon tea set and teapots while the last one is for the high tea set and teapots. We decided to topped up 10-15% tips to the total costs.
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OPENING HOURS:
Mon, Wed-Sat 10:00 – 20:00
Sun 11:00 – 20:00
Nearest Station: Main Street Skytrain Station
Ambiance: 10/10
Service: 9/10
Food (taste & appearance): 6.5/10 (Thumbs up for their tea but BIG NO NO for the food.)
Value: 7.88/10
Total: 8.35/10★
Head to La Petite Cuillere to enjoy the lovely ambiance but I seriously would not recommend the food there.
