Fancy high tea stands are all well and good, but they don't always have exactly the right ratio of what you're looking for in a high tea. Maybe you're just here for the scones, and you want seven of them and nothing else. Or maybe scones aren't your jam (!) and you're here for the savoury tarts instead. The high tea stand doesn't let you choose, but if you dispense with the stand you can choose your own adventure from a buffet.
That's what the Marriott has done for its Pink Gin Afternoon Tea Buffet. You won't find any stands here, as it is an all-you-can-eat situation. There are baskets of scones along with jam and chantilly cream, plates of vegan chilli jam and avocado bagels and offerings of white chocolate and mango panna cotta. There are also spicy lamb sausage rolls and vanilla-raspberry doughnuts – and you can have as much as you like of any of these delights.
You can help yourself to different kinds of tea or brewed coffee, or add a pink gin cocktail for $10 each.
The high tea is running until December 22 and is $79 per person, without cocktail.