The team at Dine In The Dark have commandeered the French colonial house below them (previously Botanic Cafe) and remade the leafy, al fresco eatery into a daytime counterpart for their lightless, night-time restaurant upstairs. As the name suggests, Tea Garden specialises in teas; there are nearly 40 varieties on the menu – white, black, green, oolong, milk, herbal. The place opens at 7am and serves brunch until noon, lunch until 4:30pm or so. The brunch menu starts with banana bread trifle at $3.50 and tops out with Eggs Benedict at $6.50. Lunch includes salads, pastas, small plates and mains. With entries such as coconut poached salmon and crispy skin snapper, the food appears every bit as discerning as the DITD association would indicate. But here you can actually see what you’re putting in your mouth. Tea Garden, #126 Street 19.
