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2015-10-15
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Earle Swensen is actually the founder of Swensen's chain of restaurants. Unlike typical Swensen's outlets, Earle Swensen's focuses more on quality grilled entrees and all-you-can-eat buffet salad bar that offers a seasonal change of ingredients. Be spoilt for choice with an impressive mix of fresh compound salads, mixed greens, fruits, garnishings and homemade dressings.Walking into the main dining hall is a corridor filled with sofa booth seats. As this was an OpenRice event for Earle Swensen's
Earle Swensen is actually the founder of Swensen's chain of restaurants. Unlike typical Swensen's outlets, Earle Swensen's focuses more on quality grilled entrees and all-you-can-eat buffet salad bar that offers a seasonal change of ingredients. Be spoilt for choice with an impressive mix of fresh compound salads, mixed greens, fruits, garnishings and homemade dressings.
Walking into the main dining hall is a corridor filled with sofa booth seats.
As this was an OpenRice event for Earle Swensen's collaborating with Dilmah to help participants get a better understanding of tea and it's benefits. The staff from Dilmah were very friendly and helpful, they shared their different selections of tea that you can get from different regions.For example :
1. Black Tea is from India, Sri Lanka and China
2. Oolong Tea is from Taiwan
3. Green Teas are from China and Japan
4. White Teas are from China and Sri Lanka
At the begining of the workshop, we were explained the differences between Dilmah and other tea competitors. The key difference is that ALL their teas are handpicked from their own plantation and sorted/cleaned/fermented in their own plants. Hence, their level of quality control is standardized and are able to deliver high appreciation for their teas.1. Dilmah Exceptional English Breakfast and Pure Peppermint
First up was the pure peppermint tea, which had quite a pleasant aroma. This really hit the spot for me. The english breakfast was strong and I think it went very well with the sandwich. There is no hard and fast rule when it comes to tea pairing. But when it comes to savoury items like the chip & slaw sandwich, we were recommended to take a bite of the sandwich and sip abit of either of these two teas to emphasize the taste of the food and the tea.2. Chip & Slaw Sandwich
Chip and Slaw Sandwich
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Here are the range of Dilmah Exception teas that you can pick at Earle Swensen's. I'm definitely eying to try a few more!
Did you know that tea was accidentally invented in China? Why Tea? Tea can protect your bones, lungs and has the ability to increase metabolism rate and promote weight loss! Time to drink up more tea!
One key thing to note about Dilmah Exceptional is that they their tea bags aren't flat. They're pyramid shaped, this allows the tea leaves to unfurl for a more aromatic and fragrant cup of tea. Hence you get a stronger aroma and taste in teh teas.3. Dilmah Exceptional Elegant Earl Grey & Ceylon Green Tea
Next up was the my favourite earl grey. This is definitely one of the strongest earl grey tea I've had in a while and it complimented the ice cream cake perfectly. I didn't feel the same way about the green tea. Maybe because I'm more inclined to a stronger tasting tea, which the green tea wasn't.
The earl grey tea had such a strong aroma, and without adding any sugar, I felt like it had a subtle sweetness to it.4. Layered Ice Cream Cake
The ice cream cake wasn't too sweet, which made it a great pairing with the earl grey tea. There was a frozen slice of peach on the top of the cake that remained frozen the entire time I was working on the cake. There were also white chocolate bits on the ends of the cake. All in all, not a bad tea-time option.
I would like to thank OpenRice, Earle Swensen's and Dilmah for this educational opportunity to learn more about teas.
Other Info. :
Take note that the tea time options for $6.90++ is for weekdays between 2-530PM
(The above review is the personal opinion of a user which does not represent OpenRice's point of view.)
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