55 Kingsway Street, Vancouver (Mount Pleasant)
Self-dubbed as "Vancouver's newest high tea", La Petite Cuillere is located on Kingsway just off of Main Street in Vancouver's Mount Pleasant neighbourhood. The space itself is very different on the outside, and quite unassuming if not for the telltale round sign with the drawing of a spoon on it (as 'la petite cuillere' means 'little spoon' in French). But once you walk in, it's almost as if every grandmother came together to design this space. And that's not necessarily a bad thing, though if you're afraid of floral print, this may not be the place for you. However, I found the whole space to be quite endearing. My sisters and I made a reservation and were seated right away at an old looking table in front of a very old looking cabinet that was filled with different floral-patterned china tea cup sets. This is probably one of my favourite parts of high tea - using the fine bone china! We each had the 'High Tea', which is $14.25 a person. This includes unlimited tea from their tea collection, two sandwiches, two sweets, and a scone complete with fruit preserves and Devonshire cream, all on the classic tiered tray. Our 'sandwiches' included a tuna salad tart and a salami, cheese and cucumber on foccacia bread, and the sweets was a miniature slice of cheesecake and a vanilla cake with lemon cream. Aside from the High Tea, we also got three macarons: an early grey, a black sesame, and a lemon flavoured one. The high tea items were not really spectacular though they all tasted great. My personal favourite was the cake: the lemon frosting was super light and not heavy like some cakes can be. The macarons were okay too, though I found them to be exceptionally chewy, which I am not used to. The entire high tea experience at La Petite Cuillere was great, and you can really tell that the family that owns it puts a lot of heart into what they do. Would recommend!
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3066 West Broadway, Vancouver (Kitsilano)
This was my very fist time having high tea, and I went to Neverland Tea Salon with my friend Emma to give it a try. The short verdict? I love high tea. Located on West Broadway, stepping into Neverland Tea Salon is like walking into neverland itself. The interior decor is very magical, with fine bone china hanging from delicate branches on the ceiling. There were soft plush couches, long white tables and cabinets with gorgeous patterned china that looks better than your grandmother's. High tea usually is a very pricey affair, and Neverland makes it more accessible than other places in the city. We had the Neverland Grande High Tea, which definitely gives you the best bang for your buck. For $32 a person, you get unlimited pots of tea, a choice of a sweet or savoury scone, 5 savoury courses and 4 sweet courses. Each of the courses are delicate miniatures, but don't be fooled: $32 leaves you incredibly satisfied and full. Let's start with the tea: David's Tea is no match for the wide variety of teas that are offered at Neverland. The greatest thing about the grande tea beyond the unlimited pots of tea is the fact that you aren't restricted to one tea: you get to try as many different types of teas as you'd like. I got to try three different kinds of black tea: lavender earl grey, Mumbai chai, and the vanilla ice cream. By far my favourite tea was the lavender earl grey - two of my favourite flavour profiles all brought together in a full and flavourful tea. While I loved all the teas that I tried (the Mumbai chai was also flavourful and full of spice, and the vanilla ice cream is like an ice cream cone), the lavender earl grey went really well with all of the courses. The sweet scone was a lemon and sugar flavour served with Devonshire cream and a raspberry jam. I personally have never been a fan of scones, but this changed my mind forever. Scones are usually very dry and crumbly, but this scone was crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside, and the Devonshire cream and raspberry jam went beautifully with this lemon zest scone. The savoury courses were upscale versions of every day sandwiches in miniature form. In no particular order:
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