Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi will offer an afternoon tea, created in collaboration with the exhibition “Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay: Impressionists—Stories of Interiors” being held at the National Museum of Western Art (Tokyo), from September 1 through November 16.
All sweets and savories are crafted as homages to artworks on view at the Impressionist exhibition. The menu features a dessert inspired by Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s “Girls at the Piano” using bergamot, linden honey, and vanilla; smoked salmon and dill rillettes; a fig tart inspired by Albert Bartholomé’s “In the Conservatory”; a tartelette of purple sweet potato and semi-dried apple; a vanilla bavarois inspired by Henri Fantin-Latour’s “Roses in a Vase”; crème brûlée; a chamomile bavarois inspired by Gustave Caillebotte’s “A Bed of Daisies”; pistachio mousse; and banana confiture. Seasonal Japanese autumn ingredients such as figs, Shine Muscat grapes, and purple sweet potatoes are used. Beverages include Japanese tea, black tea, and seasonal tea mocktails. Guests will receive a collaboration coaster featuring a representative work from the Orsay Impressionist exhibition and the Four Seasons Hotel.
Location: THE LOUNGE on the 39th floor. Price: from 7,800 yen, tax and service charge included.
