Shinagawa Prince Hotel will offer a “Chinese Afternoon Tea – A Sweet Tea Party Dyed in Strawberry Red” from January 13 to March 15.
This afternoon tea, created by a young female chef, features desserts such as almond tofu with strawberries and pomegranate, strawberry macarons, strawberry milk coconut dumplings, chocolate terrine scented with Japanese pepper (sansho), and mousse combining sakura-scented strawberries and almond tofu.
Savory items include an appetizer of snow crab and green papaya, stewed chicken with dried tangerine peel, soft-shell crab stir-fried with spicy mala salt, shark fin soup with sakura shrimp and seafood, xiaolongbao and flower-shaped shumai, and fried rice topped with a thick crab meat sauce.
As an optional drink, guests can order one pot of Chinese tea, choosing from five types.
The venue is the Chinese restaurant Shinagawa Daidaiten on the 4th floor of the Main Tower. The price is 6,000 yen per person, and Chinese tea is 1,000 yen per pot. All prices include tax; a 13% service charge will be added.
