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I attended the Cafe with three of my friends. We were lucky (?) enough to be in the 6:30 slot, so our wait was not as exaggerated as later groups.
1. I really liked the concept and the setup. I've only had high tea a few times with friends and family before, but this reminded me of it greatly in terms of presentation of the foods and drink. I liked that there was a bit of variety in terms of what was there (with the different sandwiches and choices of teas available). All of the bishounen hosts seemed very gracious; while ours did seem a bit shy in our company, we all had a very good time talking with him and having him as our host.
2. I'm certain that others will echo this, but the timing was bad. I can understand things getting delayed - especially on a first run of such an event - but two hours later than our 6:30pm reservation was a bit excessive. From what I had seen and heard, it seemed like one problem (at least with the first group going in) was that either people did not want to leave and thus took up too much time for their table reservation, or that the time slots for each group were too narrow. I mean, I certainly would have loved to sat around and chatted longer - and enjoyed the company of our host - but we tried to bow out a bit early to make sure that others would not have to stand out side all night.
3. Honestly, I had not expected the performance act! Perhaps I had just missed reading about it. Either way, it was a nice treat to have that there on top of everything else.
While the timing issue was a major turn off for me, I do understand how things can be on a first run - and when dealing with crowds of people and food. Overall, I enjoyed the experience and would certainly like to see this, or something like it, happen again in the future. One thing that came up - at least with our group - is that the cafe was scheduled during supper hours, although it had (at most) snack foods and desserts to go with the tea. Perhaps scheduling it in the early afternoon sometime during the weekend would be better to capture the real high tea atmosphere.
Thank you to all of the individuals who put on the cafe this year, and especially to our host Dante, who helped to make it memorable.
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