Dessert king Adriano Zumbo and QT Sydney launch a luxurious high tea experience

Australian ‘dessert king’ Adriano Zumbo has joined forces with quirky boutique hotel chain QT to launch a unique high tea experience in Sydney‘s CBD.

The menu features a daring range of sweet and savoury treats – including macarons dubbed ‘Zumborons’, scones and tarts.

Disregarding traditional high tea foods like cucumber sandwiches and cupcakes, guests can expect to be impressed by the combination of interesting and curious flavour pairings. 

Disregarding traditional high tea foods like cucumber sandwiches and cupcakes, guests can expect to be amazed by the combination of interesting flavours with every bite

The food is perched on a modern rotating centrepiece with removable tiles for easy serving, and guests can enjoy a cup of limited-edition burnt blueberry tea or glass of champagne.

Savoury menu offerings include a lobster roll, smoked salmon and caviar topped on a potato blini, a Caesar slider with parmesan cheese and a goat cheese tart.

Popular options among the sweets include the ‘Just Love Me’ heart-shaped cake with chocolate mousse, raspberry glaze and pistachio, as well as a passionfruit tart and ‘reinvented’ scone.

Adriano, 40, told FEMAIL he was inspired by the ‘mysterious, quirky’ vibe of the QT Hotel when curating the menu.

‘We started off with a few classic dishes and made a few twists here and there,’ he said, adding: ‘I wanted to create a high tea that you’d never expect.’

At the moment Adriano is also working on developing an entire plant-based alternative for vegans.

In true Zumbo style, the whole event and menu is well thought through with perfection in every minor detail. QTea will be available to book from $95 per guest from Saturday 29 May

QTea will be available to book from $95 per guest from Saturday May 29. 

While Adriano often doesn’t reveal his baking secrets, on this occasion he has shared his macaron recipe for foodies to replicate at home.

You’ll need a variety of ingredients to make the ganache and macaron shells – including cream, vanilla bean, white chocolate, egg whites, icing sugar, caster sugar and unsalted butter. 

The key to make the macaron shells fluffy is to ensure all the air bubbles are removed from the mixture by tapping the base a few times.