30 October 2020, Hong Kong SAR, China – Garden Lounge works in collaboration with the city’s newest healthy boba tea house, Mother Pearl, to push the boundaries of bubble tea treats. The creative force presents Boba and More Gems afternoon tea from 27 October 2020, introducing a menu of sweet and savoury treats inspired by Mother Pearl’s vision on mindful consumption, wellness and sustainable lifestyle.
Offering a healthy alternative for sweets aficionados, Boba and More Gems comes with an enticing array of gourmet treats inspired by key ingredients of the specialty drinks spotlighted in this collaboration. Smoked Eggplant Sandwich Roll presents a wholesome savoury bite where the soft tomato bread is filled with flavourful eggplant puree, turmeric, piquillo pepper and Thai coriander. Beautifully housed in a verrine glass, Over the Rainbow features cashew yoghurt and charcoal tapioca, followed by a layer of turmeric and masala-seasoned lobster salad, and topped with white balsamic-marinated beetroot jelly.
Black Sesame and Matcha Verrine is a dessert version of a bubble tea drink – tapioca with sesame paste at the bottom, enriched with vanilla cream, and covered by a silky smooth matcha cream. Dressed in a romantic pink hue, Strawberry and Sake Lingot is a pillowy cream cake highlighted with a hint of sweet lychee note. A palate pleaser for vegans, Rise and Shine achieves its creamy texture with cashew and almond milk, presenting feather-like banana mousse on a peanut butter tartlet. Delivering irresistible exotic tastes in every bite, Triple Chocolate Cookie is infused with a generous slab of chai ganache.
The afternoon tea is served with vegan scones in plain and smoked pepper cheese flavours. A healthier option and equally enticing treat, the scones are made with whole wheat flour, vegan butter and Mother Pearl’s plant-based “oat hemp mylk”, a milk substitute for vegans.
Accompanying the gastronomic gems is a selection of delicious bubble teas filled with house-blended vegan “mylks”, natural sugar and handcrafted bubbles for traditional ingredients. Guests can choose from three signature drinks of Mother Pearl – PO Mylk Tea, Pot of Gold and Coconut Matcha. PO Mylk Tea is a wholesome layered drink of rose petal, keemun rose tea, oat cashew milk, coconut condensed milk, chia seed, grass jelly and acai tapioca. An anti-inflammatory chai latte, Pot of Gold is a palatable concoction of activated charcoal tapioca, turmeric tapioca, masala chai tea, oat cashew milk and coconut sugar, together with a creamy layer of coconut foam. An all-natural blend of matcha powder, Coconut Matcha is lightly sweetened with Lakanto monkfruit syrup, pink coconut water and moringa tapioca.
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Boba and More Gems |
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Price: |
HKD 698 for two persons |
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Date: |
27 October until 30 November 2020 |
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Time: |
First session: 2:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. / Second session: 4:45 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. |
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Venue: |
Garden Lounge, UG/F, The Murray, Hong Kong, a Niccolo Hotel |
Limited sets are available each day. For enquiries, please call +852 3141 8888 or email themurray@niccolohotels.com. Reserve online at https://bit.ly/TheMurrayGardenLounge.
The Murray, Hong Kong, a Niccolo Hotel
Named as the top hotel in Hong Kong in Condé Nast Traveler’s 2019 Readers’ Choice Awards and one of Time Magazine’s 100 Great Places in 2018, The Murray, Hong Kong is a high-profile preservation project by British international studio for architecture and integrated design, Foster + Partners. The hotel, part of Hong Kong SAR’s Conserving Central initiative, was previously the stand-alone Murray Building, one of the city's most iconic landmarks. The US$1 billion contemporary sanctuary features 336 oversized rooms and suites spanning 25 floors, a swimming pool and spa, a stunning rooftop bar with breath-taking views of the central business district and the green oasis of Hong Kong Park, a series of signature restaurants and bars, and creative meeting and event spaces, making it the epicentre of luxury events in the city. Further details on The Murray, Hong Kong are available at niccolohotels.com.
About Mother Pearl
Under the umbrella of PO house, a one-stop shop of sustainable lifestyle brands, Mother Pearl is a healthy beverage brand and the first and only boba tea purveyor in Hong Kong with all of its ingredients house-made from scratch. Located on Lyndhurst Terrace in Central, Mother Pearl is devoted to serving delicious textured teas filled with house-blended vegan “mylks”, unique flavors, and ingredients with proven benefits for physical and emotional wellbeing.
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