petal met sugar

maybe you won't believe if i said that i already went to this place 5 times for theirhightea, one time back in 2018 for the springhightea and another four visit alone this year. well, what can i say, i am truly a sucker for a thematichightea. petal met sugar is a small cake, coffee and florist store which never fail to amaze me with theirhightee range. it located in woolloomooloo area and actually can be reach by walking distance from st james station, you can just walk pass the st mary cathedral and voila you will reach your destination within 5 minutes.

a small cafe/flower shop tucked away in woolloomooloo. thehightea was very cute and the food was quite good. price is pretty steep though...but good experience nonetheless.

bought scoopon voucher for thishightea on my birthday. it was the prettiest brunch i’ve ever had. all the pastries were not too sweet (swipe to the left):
- scones with yuzu jam&cream; scones was crumbly outside and fluffy inside, just it should be
- choux; when i ate the choux i already half full so i didnt notice how its taste like
- earl grey pond; strong earl grey and not too sweet with smooth texture
- green tea tiramisu; strong matcha and not too sweet as well
- salted caramel cronut; it could say it’s my fav so far. firstly i was underestimate it would be taste so sweet like some cronuts i had before. but it’s not anyway.
our hight tea package was included savoury stuff as well; salmon toasties (not a fan of sourdough so i didnt eat it), potato bread with scrambled egg (average taste but i liked the potato bread it’s very fluffy).
anyway i was bit irritated with the coffee, i thought because we bought voucher so it came in small cup. it’s not enough for my hubby, so i tried to buy another 2 cuppa, and still...it came in small cuppa 😓

a nice and photographichightea set. the amount may not be able to satisfy a big appetite (it was fine in my case), but it was tasty nevertheless. iced mocha a bit watery and lacking flavour.
service was friendly.

i've been meaning to visit petal met sugar for years now and finally got the chance yesterday.
i wish we'd booked for their springhightea because seeing it on other tables; god it looked gorgeous. 
instead, we ordered scrambled eggs on toast and a double cheese pastry. the double cheese pastry was delicious and the coffee average.

perfect place for the girliest brunch ever.

make sure to book as the place only has 4 tables outside. the set up for the springhightea is beautiful. depending how many people you book, they’ll accomodate to that many servings on the acrylic tray. we had 3 so there was 3 of everything.

the moscato jelly was a nice surprise, the jelly had strong hints of moscato (and i don’t particularly like alcohol) but it was enjoyable. the palette cleanser was surprisingly sweet but good.

my favourite is the watermelon earl grey jam with scones, so good.

i went to winterhightea at petal met sugar. the food look very good especially cakes. unfortunately, the taste of cakes wasn’t good. however, good thing about here are savoury menu and drink that i order. it was very delicious.
overall, i wouldn’t come back to havehightea here because the taste is average and overprice. 45$ per person. not included drink.

had the springhightea for two $40pp. everything tasted good except they were tiny. i mean tiny. i was thinking if the scone was full size it may have been okay however, everything was about size of a 20c-50c coin. in saying that everything tasted nice. i would not recommend thehightea but buying few of the cakes out on display individually which would cost less and may leave you feeling more satisfied. just not worth $80.

cafe x florist how perfect. there are only a few tables, so i would recommend a reservation. there is also a cute little kids table! winterhightea has now into springhightea from the success of this one. . the winterhightea ($30 pp). scone – house made raspberry & rhubarb jam, jasmine tea infused cream

cosy small place. when i went with a friend it was quiet hour and we had made a reservation prior as we heard there could be a wait along with we wanting to try the winterhightea. it's a nice portion, different from your standardhightea but for the price, it's fantastic. we had visited in july, hence the cold winter, the cafe facing mostly east was great as we could soak in the morning sun.
oh and not forgetting to mention, the interior of the place is a florist too!

two of a girl's favourite things: deserts and flowers 🍰🌷

drinks were ordered first which were complimentary to thehightea and we could choose any drinks we wanted. when i saw ‘earl grey hot chocolate’ on the drinks menu, i knew i had to get it. i was pleasantly surprised as the hot chocolate had the perfect blend of earl grey and the flavour was delicate; not overpowering.

the chai latte unfortunately was quite strong for me and was rather liquidy while the peach oolong tea had a soft note about it, with the scent of the peach slightly coming through. my friend and i also ordered the croissants separately as thehightea only included desserts; nothing savoury like the traditionalhightea.

we started with the ‘madeleines’ and it was like eating a little muffin but better. next, were the ‘scones’; they were lovely while the jam and cream complimented them lightly yet nicely. forget the chai latte, get your chai fix through eating the ‘carrot and chai’ cake which was delicious and not dense at all.

now for the ‘cronuts’, 3 out of 5 of ours were actually doughy and mine being one of them. i knew the texture was a bit odd but i couldn’t work it out fast enough until my friend made the comment that they were still raw. this goes to show how good the cronuts were, the flavours were definitely there but it was a shame we could not continue eating it. the staff apologised sincerely and offered us each a matcha macaron and a lavender one.

we saved one of the best till last, the blueberry tart was composed of blueberries but with a mild lavender flavour surrounding it.

i honestly hope pms continues theirhightea seasonally because it was that good and dare i say, one of the besthightea’s i’ve ever had? regardless, the ‘earl grey hot chocolate’ and ‘ham & gruyere croissant’ were scrumptious enough that i would be back to this cafe in a heartbeat.

a gorgeous place for a different take onhightea! this part florist part patisserie is located on a quiet part of woolloomooloo, and is a lovely spot for a coffee and sweet treat. i took mum here for mothers day to order their famoushightea that comes served in perspex boxes!

i was not disappointed! not only is thehightea visually stunning and totally grammable, but it tastes delicious and the staff are so lovely!

some of the treats in our boxes included:
- mini cronut
- chocolate covered strawberry on chocolate soil
- scones with cream and jam
- nougat
all surrounded by gorgeous flowers!

a lovely experience totally recommend!

had a lovelyhightea experience with my good friend to celebrate my birthday early! we tried out the new winterhightea menu which consisted of 5 mini dessert sweets and it was accompanied with your choice of tea/coffee. we were told to eat the sweets according to the order in the menu and they tasted really nice. it wasn't too heavy, it was just right! the presentation was very cute and interesting. it's a good place to go to if you wanna go out on a date or catch up with friends. would recommend coming here!

visited for mother's day and had the mother's dayhightea. presentation is some of the best, super super cute! so much attention to detail.
thehightea is designed for two people and has five different mini dessert sweets with condiments ect. we also ordered two pots of tea, the peach oolong and elder flower green tea. both teas were light but had great flavour, went perfectly with the dessert spread.

would definitely recommend to everyone! they've now got a winterhightea which looks just as yum as the one i tried. can't wait to go back and try some of their other desserts!

i went on a cold, rainy and windy day so i really wanted to have some yummy dessert to cheer me up. when i arrived, i saw there were only 4 tables outside and that was it. basically no indoor seating. i'm not entirely sure if it's always like this but in some instagram photos, i swear there is indoor seating. so we sat outside in awful weather.

service was pretty bad to be honest. they really didn't look like they wanted to be there and they served us in a cold manner.

i ordered 3 desserts including the terrarium, oolong peach and the passionfruit yuzu. passionfruit yuzu was definitely the tastiest being sweet but tart at the same time and the citrus flavours were really refreshing.
i also ordered the watermelon tea which was good but you don't really get your money's worth because the cups are small and it gets diluted with a huge cube of ice. my friend's matcha iced tea was extremely watered down and she commented on the lack of matcha taste, looked like slightly green milk.
i'd go again to try out thehightea menu but other than that, won't be returning.