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Corliss Group Travel, Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong Launches Afternoon Tea for Gentlemen10 Years AgoThe
afternoon tea
ritual with delicate sandwiches and warm scones is one that is normally
preserved for women, an experience that Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong is famed
for in both Clipper Lounge and Café Causette.
This
March, however, the hotel will launch a series of special afternoon teas for
gentlemen to enjoy in the famed Captain’s Bar and The Chinnery.
The
Chinnery and Captain’s Bar are both known and loved for their gentlemen's
club-like surroundings, with leather booths and dark-wood furniture, and now
men will be able to meet and relax, or secure business deals over two different
afternoon tea’s the Gentlemen’s Power Snack and Gentlemen’s Power Afternoon
Tea, which have been created especially for them. Both of these sets will
include a chilled draft beer of their choice served in the famed silver
tankards. The
Gentlemen’s
Power Snack will feature a mini pulled pork burger, a truffle
croque-monsieur, an English pie and a chocolate cigar. It costs HK$238 per
person. On
the other hand, the Gentlemen’s Power Afternoon Tea will include roast beef
with mini Yorkshire pudding, pork pie, smoked salmon bagel, Welsh rarebit and
truffle croquet Monsieur, along with an array of sweet treats from The Mandarin
Cake Shop such as a chocolate brownie, apple pie and, naturally, the chocolate
cigar at HK$328 The
beer can be changed to a 12-year Macallan whisky for an additional HK$40. “Afternoon
tea can now be enjoyed by everyone,” said Director of Food and Beverage,
Nicolas Dubort. “Whilst ladies and children can enjoy delicate finger
sandwiches, cakes, scones with clotted cream and our famed rose petal jam in
the elegance of the Clipper Lounge and Café Causette, gentlemen can now retreat
to the masculine setting of Captain’s Bar or The Chinnery to enjoy a tea
experience that we have created especially for them.”
The
Gentlemen’s Power Snack and the Gentlemen’s Power Afternoon Tea will be available
between 2.30pm and 5pm Monday to Saturday in the Captain’s Bar and between
2.30pm and 5pm Monday to Friday in The Chinnery. To
celebrate the launch of these gentlemen’s afternoon teas, The Mandarin Barber
will also launch a tailor-made Gentlemen’s Retreat package. This will allow
gentlemen to enjoy not only the Gentlemen’s Power Afternoon Tea, but also a
30-minute reflexology in The Mandarin Barber. The cost of this special package
is HK$488. |