Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto will offer a “Lemon & Honey Afternoon Tea” from March 1 to May 31.
The afternoon tea is arranged mainly in yellow with pastel-colored accents. The sweet items include six varieties such as the “Charlotte Apricot Lemon Cake,” topped with cookies shaped like a honeycomb, and the “Honey Lemon Mousse,” featuring dark chocolate with a hint of cinnamon. The savory selection consists of five items, including “Yorkshire Pudding” with Japanese wagyu roast beef, smoked mashed potatoes, and onions, and “Smoked Salmon Sablé” made with cream cheese accented with lemon. Four types of baked goods are also available: a financier kneaded with lemon zest, lemon pound cake, honey galette with a fragrant honey aroma, and vanilla-scented scones, all served with acacia honey and clotted cream. The venue is EMBU Kyoto Grill on the first floor. Seating starts at noon, 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3:00 p.m., with each seating limited to 120 minutes. The price is 8,000 yen on weekdays and 8,800 yen on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
They will also offer limited to 20 servings per day of a matcha parfait (4,000 yen), sakura bean paste butter sandwich (2,300 yen), sakura matcha pound cake (4,200 yen), and matcha pain suisse (600 yen).
