Afternoon Tea @ Swich Cafe
After reading her post about the Afternoon Tea at Swich Cafe, Publika, I can’t wait and throw a gossip gathering for my girl friends, Hooray!
Afternoon Tea Set for 2 @ RM 55.00+, available at Swich Cafe, Publika from 3 pm to 6 pm on weekends. You will be given 1 choice of cake from the display (there were only four choices that day) and select your tea from the extensive tea menu. They serve Teapigs fine tea origin from UK.
The three-tier tray consisted of 2 types of sandwiches, puff pastries, cupcake, our selection of cake, pavlova and scones, pretty generous in portion considering the price we paid.
From the bottom tier:-
Egg Mayo Sandwich ~ Generously stuffed with filling, simple but nice 🙂
Chicken Rendang Sandwich ~ Definitely a better alternative to those tiny size finger sandwich you get from “premium” Afternoon Tea Set at hotels.
Tuna Puffs ~ I merely can taste the tuna filling >.<
From the middle tier:-
Pavlova with Berries ~ Not too sweet and the sourness from the passion fruit puree topping complement each others well.
Cupcake ~ Can’t really figured out the flavor which was quite mild.
Our choice of cake ~ Carrot and Cranberry Cake
Firm and packed with carrot, cranberry and walnut bits.
From the top tier:-
Scones with Cream and Swich’s Homemade Cherry Jam
The raisin scones were light and adequately buttery, quite a good stuff when slathered with the clotted cream and cherry jam.
Tea came with the Afternoon Tea Set ~ We opted for Rooibos Creme Caramel Tea which very aromatic but somehow very light in flavor when drinking it. One also can choose to have 2 Long Black instead of a pot of tea.
Iced Latte (RM 10.00+)
Valrhono Chocolate (RM 12.00+)
Swich’s Mangosteen Hokkaido Cake (RM 6.90+)
Hokkaido milk sponge cake was fluffy however I hardly tasted any mangosteen flavor from the cream. Arghhh…. my most anticipated Mangosteen cake was sold out ~>_<~
Soursop Cake (RM 10.90+)
Sponge cake made with soursop fruit was not fluffy enough in my books. (my personal preference though). The soursop cream and fresh soursop chunks successfully made this piece of cake more refreshing to the palate nonetheless~
There are small selection of pastas & other mains in the menu too such burger and pizza for those who want a more substantial meal.
Soft Shell Crab with Salted Egg Pasta (RM 22.00+)
This definitely out of our expectation, we expected something similar with our Chinese style salted egg cooking style (think of salted egg crab) but the pasta came with aglio olio style topped with fried soft shell crab & rockets and scattered with salted egg. The pasta itself was quite bland and the ingredients seem like not really associated well, quite a let down to be honest.
Please bear in mind that Swich Cafe @ Publika is just a small kiosk set up located between Baby Loft and Wings at level G3 with tables and chairs spread along the passageway.
Verdict: The Afternoon Tea is worthy of $ considering the portion although the quality of the cakes/pastries not at top notch. I will return for the infamous Mangosteen & Cempedak cakes.
Swich Café Level G3, Publika Shopping Gallery
Solaris Dutamas No. 1
Jalan Dutamas Kuala Lumpur. Tel: +6018- 599 5152/ +6012- 777 3247 Business Hour: 10.00 am – 10.00 pm (Monday-Sunday) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ M-01, Mezzanine Floor, Block B, HP Towers
12 Jalan Gelenggang 50490 Kuala Lumpur. Tel: +6018 599 5152 Business Hour: 10.00 am – 3:00 pm (Monday-Friday) Facebook: www.facebook.com/Swichfinefood
The high-tea portion looked kinda small from your photos though the variety looks at the very least, slightly different from the usual high-teas elsewhere. was it filling? 🙂 and i love the cempedak cake! 🙂
RM 55 for 2 is quite a worthy set for me and the portion is more than enough 🙂
Oooh, I want a slice of that carrot cake with a double layer of cream cheese!
😉
next time must try their durian cake 😀 😀
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Ya, I just saw blogs reviewed their durian cake after I came back >.< *Excuse to go back, wanna join?*
Their Afternoon Tea Set looks yummy le.
They have interesting flavors cake…
The cakes definitely a highlight here!
Would love to try the carrot cake, it seems to be filled with handful of nuts and was that cream cheese? It should be lovely if so.
The carrot cake was quite good 🙂
The Mangosteen and Chempedak cakes are quite special, wouldn’t mind giving it a try the next time I’m in Publika.
Those 2 cakes I also haven’t try yet, must go back for it!
Chicken Redang Sandwich,what a fusion high tea set!
Malaysian like fusion!
soursop cake? mangosteen cake? berry interesting it seems!
your post just reminded me that i haven’t had a afternoon tea for some time jor…
Time to call a afternoon tea date with ur girls!
Every single bite of the sandwich, cakes, cupcakes feels like heaven. Now I wanna find at which part of KK is serving this kind of afternoon high tea too.
Hope u can get it!
nice place to pak tor :p
more suitable for girly gossip session XD
Food looks good ^^
too bad the pasta taste bland ~~
Interesting, salted egg with pasta. Should try it out some day.
Hope u can get a better version than mine 🙂
I love their cakes very much…. heard their salted egg soft shell crab pizza is good.
The pasta is not ok, not sure about the pizza 😛
Dear Choi Yen
Thanks for coming by and for writing about our Hi Tea! Our offerings are constantly evolving based on customers’ feedback or our research and experimentation in the kitchen. I’m sorry to hear that you did not find the Soft Shell Crab pasta the way we hope it would be enjoyed…in the future if it is so, please let our staff know, and please allow our hardworking kitchenfolks to redeem themselves :). We hope to always serve delicious food and cakes, and to leave people happy and happier. 🙂
Hope to see you again soon!
Cheers
CC
I will definitely go back for the mangosteen & cempedak cake , hehe 🙂
I thought the pasta is something to shout about especially reading the words ‘salted egg’. Nevertheless, it was a brave try there.
I think my friend who ordered this also attracted by the “salted egg” hehe 😛
I was told that their mangosteen cake would not be available for a few months as it is out of season… let’s go back for that ya! 🙂
Is it? *disappointed mode ON* ~>_<~
oh, English high-tea!! i like it~~ 🙂
haha, never expect a guy like English High tea 😛