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😍 5/5 - Like many other reviews, this is based on the Afternoon Tea
By 👻 @Michael R., 04/27/2022 3:00 am
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Like many other reviews, this is based on the Afternoon Tea experience. On our recent trip to Memphis, I wanted an excuse to visit the Peabody without staying there. A friend recommended the Afternoon Tea. I really enjoy tea in general and I also love the kind of finger sandwiches that come with a nice afternoon tea service, so this was an easy sell for me. We made a reservation via their website for a Sunday afternoon.First, let's address the price. Yes, $50 per person is quite a bit to spend on a meal without booze. However, this sort of thing is meant to be an experience--as much about the service and atmosphere as the food and tea. Is it a good value? No. Is it worth it? In my opinion, yes, when you account for the level of service and the portion sizes (you get a light meal, not a light snack).On arriving, we were immediately greeted, asked about allergies (none), and led to our table. A waiter held my chair. Not being a capital L lady I had no idea how to deal with that. We pushed past the awkwardness and settled in. Chez Philippe is in the interior of the Peabody and has no windows. Instead, there are a number of murals depicting a masquerade of sorts. It's a bit dimly lit, but in a mood-lighting way not in a "can't they afford lighting" way. The table was set for the two of us, with two place settings, flowers, tea cozies, and milk, honey, and sugar waiting. The menus included a list of teas and the courses. Water was promptly provided and our waiter explained the courses and we placed our tea orders (Earl Grey for me and a ginger tea for my dining companion).We each received our own pot. The pots are not charming, but very functional glass pots. The waiter poured an initial cup for each of us and topped the pots with their cozies to keep warm. We were able to enjoy the tea for a few minutes before the first course came out.The first course was the savory course. There were five items for each diner included in this course. Four were appetizer sized toasts: pimento cheese with tomato, cucumber, and goat cheese; a salmon mousse; a crab salad; and prosciutto with cantaloupe. The fifth was curried chicken salad on a mini-croissant. All were very good and a little more substantial that I was expecting. I'm hard pressed to pick a favorite but I'm a sucker for curried chicken.Next came the scones. We had one each and they were served with clotted cream and jam. The scone was cinnamon cranberry. I found it to be sweeter than I would have liked but the texture--somewhere between a drop-biscuit and cake--was excellent.The dessert course was decadent and almost too much at that point. We'd each had a pot of tea by then and were on our second pots. But my sweet-tooth demanded I have every last pastry offered, so I had all five: a strawberry, pistachio, and white chocolate opera cake (the pistachio flavor was lacking but it was beautiful); an orange and raspberry macaron; a coconut and chocolate macaroon; a lemon cheese cake with an adorable chocolate duck; and a Linzer cake. My favorite was easily the Linzer cake (but I like Linzer anything ... cookie, torte, you name it).In addition to the courses arriving and being cleared promptly, our waiter and other staff checked on us a number of times during the experience. This is a place that prides itself on a level of service to which most of us are unaccustomed. The wait staff to occupied table ratio was close to 1 to 1. It's really the service that lifts this to five stars. Although I'm totally at home with divey takeout spots, I can appreciate an experience where service is an art.
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