From October 1st to November 12th, the Marble Lounge on the first floor of Hilton Tokyo will be hosting a new autumn sweets buffet, "Marie Antoinette - The Queen's Masquerade," following on from the currently popular "Marie Antoinette Sweets Haute Couture."
In a space reminiscent of a queen's bedroom, with a noble purple base and sensually scattered with luxurious masks, jewels, roses, perfume and lingerie, you can enjoy over 30 kinds of sweets and savory dishes made with figs, pomegranates, pears and other ingredients, as well as 10 kinds of tea from Ronnefeldt, a luxury German tea brand, served by teapot service. The price is 3,980 yen per person (4,300 yen on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays), and will be held every day during the period. [In cooperation with Atelier Pierrot]
Each table will be decorated with a birdcage-shaped afternoon tea stand adorned with masks and smoky-colored flowers, and a beautifully decorated dessert trolley will travel around the tables to serve desserts in line with the theme. We will also continue to offer a live station where you can enjoy freshly made assiette desserts while watching the chefs' skills up close. In this new lifestyle, we will be able to provide the excitement and photogenic experience of a buffet in a safer and more secure way, while also allowing you to enjoy the elegant service that only a hotel can offer in a relaxed space.
Inspired by the story of Queen Marie Antoinette sneaking out of the Palace of Versailles to secretly attend a masked ball in Paris one autumn night, this sweets buffet is designed to resemble the queen's bedroom, littered with dresses, masks and jewels as she gets changed without the help of maids. Guests can savor a variety of sweets that they would savor in secret after a masked ball.
Hilton Tokyo Executive Pastry Chef Osamu Harita's sophisticated sweets offer a sophisticated taste, combining autumn fruits with accents of vanilla, cinnamon, and red wine, resulting in a selection of new creations with deep flavors and elegant forms. Desserts are not self-service, with guests served by staff from a beautifully decorated sweets cart in keeping with the Marie Antoinette theme.
※1 『Tonight's Wig』The desserts include "Tonight's Wig" (*1), a rose mousse with apricots hidden inside, and raspberry cream and meringue arranged to look like a stylish wig; "Secret Poire" (*2), a French autumn treat, queche wrapped in pear bavarois and topped with a glossy blueberry glaze; and "L'Evantaille" (*3), a crispy pâté sucre topped with milk chocolate cream and raisins compote in red wine and orange, inspired by the queen's fan, and many other sweets perfect for preparing for a glamorous masquerade ball.
The lineup, inspired by the Queen's late-night snack sweets, begins with the "Queen's Favourite" (※4), a tea pound cake made with milky and sour fermented milk and rose, topped with caramelized apples flavored with anise and cinnamon, and continues with the "Praline Café in" which is a hazelnut and coffee dacquoise sandwich with coffee butter cream. We offer a diverse selection of desserts that are full of autumn flavors, including the "Bed" (*5), and the sophisticated "Passpartout" (*6), a champagne-flavored mousse with a fig compote simmered in spiced red wine.
Refreshing glass-style sweets include "Amethyst" (※7), a lavender-flavored blackcurrant jelly made with Kyoho grapes, and "Parfum d'Amour" (※8), a fromage blanc with green apple compote and a refreshing finish made with lime and vervain.Your heart will be delighted by the enchantingly beautiful sweets, such as "macarons," "chestnut madeleines," and "Bijou Rose" (※9), a rare cheesecake topped with pomegranate and rose jelly.
Enjoy six types of sweets at the Live Station, where the chef will prepare and serve them fresh right in front of you. In addition to the elegant "Biscuit de Savoie," made with generous amounts of Nasu Royal Eggs, and the "Puy d'Amour," a charred puff pastry filled with cream flavored with green anise, new items have also been introduced, such as the "Japanese Chestnut Mont Blanc," an original Japanese chestnut-based paste squeezed into an ultra-fine Mont Blanc cream dispenser, served fresh. In addition to sweets, you can also enjoy light meals such as pasta, sandwiches, and soups made with plenty of autumn ingredients.
Drinks include a selection of 10 teas perfect for autumn from Ronnefeldt, a luxury German tea brand. In addition to the classic Earl Grey and Darjeeling, there are also other drinks to enjoy with sweets, such as Black Toffee, a toffee-scented blend made by slowly simmering butter and sugar, and Rooibos Caramel, a caramel-scented blend.
Enjoy an autumn sweet time to your heart's content, surrounded by elegant and uplifting sweets while immersed in the picturesque world of Marie Antoinette.
"Marie Antoinette: The Queen's Masquerade" Overview
Venue:
"Marble Lounge" (1st floor, Hilton Tokyo)
Dates:
Thursday, October 1st - Thursday, November 12th
Opening Hours:
2:30pm - 5:30pm
Price:
3,980 yen per person (4,300 yen on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) *Tax and service charges not included
Reservations:
Website: https://www.hiltontokyo.jp/plans/restaurants/sweets/marble_lounge_2010
Executive Pastry Chef Harita OsamuExecutive Pastry Chef Harita Osamu
Born in 1979. After graduating from Ecole de Patisserie de Tokyo, he moved to France in 2005. After working under MOF chef Elie Kazosus, from 2006 he worked in various dessert departments under three-star Michelin chef Yannick Alleno at the five-star hotel Le Meurice in Paris, before being put in charge of the assiette desserts. During this same period, he won a prize at the Relais Desserts Charles Proust Cup, one of France's most prestigious confectionery competitions, in 2006, and in 2009, he won a prize in the chocolate category of the national qualifying round for the Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie. After returning to Japan, he served as chef patissier at his family's pastry shop, Knott's Berry Farm, in Tokushima Prefecture. In January 2017, he became the executive pastry chef at Hilton Tokyo.
Hilton CleanStay Measures
- The buffet format has been replaced with dessert service from a cart and plated service by the chef. Desserts can be enjoyed multiple times.
- The number of seats has been increased from 208 to 160, ensuring ample space between seats.
- Staff wear masks and gloves.
- Guests are asked to use disinfectant spray upon entering the store.
For more information on Hilton CleanStay, Hilton's new hygiene standards, please click here.
https://www.hilton.com/ja/corporate/cleanstay/
Live StationLive Station
Freshly made sweets will be prepared and plated for you by our chefs. (Photos are for illustrative purposes only.)
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You can always enjoy taking photos in a pristine condition. (Photos are for illustrative purposes only.)
Dessert wagonDessert wagon
A decorated dessert wagon makes the rounds to each seat. (Photos are for illustrative purposes only.)
About Hilton Tokyo
Hilton Tokyo opened in Nagatacho on June 20, 1963 as part of the globally expanding hotel chain Hilton Hotels & Resorts. It was the first foreign-owned hotel in Japan, the year before the Tokyo Olympics. It moved to its current location in Shinjuku Subcenter on September 1, 1984, and is located in a prime location in a corner of Shinjuku Subcenter, close to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building and adjacent to Shinjuku Central Park. It is a first-class hotel boasting extensive facilities and a high level of service known as the "Hilton Standard." Guest rooms are located on the 8th to 38th floors, with a total of 830 rooms, including suites, featuring international interiors incorporating a Japanese ambiance, and all rooms are equipped with wired and wireless internet access. The hotel also offers six restaurants and bars, including the Japanese restaurant "Junisou," the Chinese restaurant "Ocho," the Metropolitan Grill, the dining floor "TSUNOHAZU" with the bar and lounge "ZATTA," the Marble Lounge, and the British-style "St. George Bar." Other amenities include a large banquet hall accommodating 600 guests for formal dinners and 900 for standing receptions, 21 small and medium-sized banquet and meeting rooms, a wedding chapel, a fitness center with an indoor pool, gym, sauna, and outdoor tennis courts, and underground parking, making it a versatile hotel with ample functionality. For more information about Hilton Tokyo, please visit hiltontokyo.jp.
About Hilton
Hilton is a global hospitality leader with more than 6,200 hotels (over 983,000 rooms) in 118 countries and territories. Hilton is committed to its mission to be the world's most hospitable company and has welcomed more than 3 billion guests in its 100-year history. The company was selected as one of the top companies in the 2019 Global Best Companies to Work For, and was also named a global industry leader in 2019 on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, the world's leading ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investment index. In 2020, Hilton developed a new hygiene and disinfection standard, "Hilton CleanStay," and introduced it at hotels around the world. The company currently operates a portfolio of 18 global brands (in Japan, it operates 17 hotels across four brands: Conrad Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, DoubleTree by Hilton, and Curio Collection by Hilton). In addition, Hilton Honors, the award-winning guest loyalty program, has 108 million members. Hilton Honors members who book directly through Hilton's official reservation channels can enjoy digital check-in with room selection, Digital Key (Digital Key is available at some hotels in Japan, but guests must check in at the front desk in advance), and Connected Room (not yet available in Japan) immediately after registering as a member.
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What is the official hashtag for Hilton's sweets experience, “#HiltonSweets”?
Hilton Hotels & Resorts across Japan are participating. This new sweets experience, which punctuates the sweet time between lunch and dinner, will further enhance the "delicious sweets" and "extraordinary, luxurious time" that have been offered up until now, with a diverse range of themes, offering exciting visual impact and a "photogenic world view you'll want to brag about to your friends."
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