DINING DELICIOUS: EAST, MIAMI’S TEA ROOM
By Rafa Carvajal | Photos provided by EAST, Miami
The Tea Room at EAST, Miami offers a delicious Asian Night Brunch with spectacular views of the Brickell and Miami skylines, Biscayne Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean, plus excellent curated cocktails, carefully selected sakes, and a mouth-watering array of dishes of “Asian roots with a dash of Latin spice and seduction.” According to Carlos Grotewold, director of nightlife operations, “our Asian Night Brunch is in a category all to itself. Nowhere else in Miami can you find a venue like Tea Room, offering our twist on brunch after dark, with panoramic views of the city. People don’t just come to Tea Room to dine. They come to Tea Room to have an experience they’ll never forget.”
Upon arrival to Tea Room, I whet my appetite with the High Over Manila cocktail with bourbon, herbal liqueur, lychee, mango, and lemongrass-infused syrup. With your five-course Asian Night Brunch you can enjoy two hours of free-flow of red, white, rosé wine, champagne, rosé champagne, prosecco, beer and soft drinks. I chose an outstanding Sake Pairing Menu with my five dishes for an additional $12 per person that included Seikyo Omachi Junmai Ginjo “Ancient Strain,” Yuki No Bosha Junmai Ginjo “Cabin in the Snow,” Joto Junmai Nigori “The Blue One,” Joto Yuzu Junmai “The Citrus One,” and Hou Hou Shu Rosé Sparkling Sake “Rosé Clouds.”
Asian Night Brunch diners have the choice of one item per each of five columns on the menu. Our five delectable selections included the Naruto Roll with tuna, crab, salmon, avocado and ponzu sauce; Thai Lobster Salad with lobster tail, mango, Fresno pepper, cilantro and scallions; Bombay Lamb with baby lamb chops, Balinese rice and mango yogurt sauce; Takoyaki with shrimp and octopus fritter, wasabi mayo, eel sauce, scallions, red tobiko and bonito flakes; and the Mango Mochi Ice Cream with raspberry coulis and wild berries for dessert.
This sophisticated Hong Kong-inspired cocktail lounge located on the 40th floor of EAST, Miami, with floor-to-ceiling windows, provided me with a delightful dining experience unlike any other I have experienced in Miami.
The cost of the Asian Night Brunch is $88 per person plus tax and gratuity, with a minimum of two people.
Tea Room. EAST, Miami. 788 Brickell Plaza. Miami
This was originally published in Wire Magazine Issue 15.2019