Hubby took me out for Afternoon Tea on Friday. I knew all about it and it was at a British Store/Restaurant close to where we live. We went for breakfast there the other week, and I wrote about it here.
The cost per person was $42.50 plus taxes, which worked out too around $48 each, with tip we paid a total of $110. There was a lot of food! The top tier included a shortbread cookie with jam in the middle, dark chocolate mousse, and Eton Mess.
Middle tier one plain and one cheese scone each. It came with jam and clotted cream which was homemade. We had to ask for butter for the plain scone, and she brought a container of margarine 😐
Bottom tier there were 3 Coronation chicken (cooked chicken, mayo and curry powder) sandwiches each, 3 cucumber and cream cheese sandwiches each, and 3 egg mayo and spring onion (salad onions) each. A mini broccoli and cheese quiche, and a mini bacon, egg and cheese quiche each.
Drinks was unlimited tea or coffee, we chose coffee.
As the scones and quiche's were warm we ate those. Due to having different flour over here in Canada, the scone's were very dense, but putting the clotted cream and jam on the plain one, made that taste better. Putting marg on the cheese scone didn't help; I suggested they supply butter in future as it had a better taste than cheap margarine. The lady was surprised we asked for butter as she thought we would put the clotted cream and jam on the cheese scone????
The quiches were just the standard store bought quiches, or at least the pastry cases were store bought.
We had to eat the Eton Mess and the Chocolate Mousse as we couldn't take those home with us. The Eton Mess was good, the chocolate mousse was nasty. I love chocolate but this mousse was again very dense and bitter, and I could taste the cocoa powder in the teaspoon I tried. The lady said that the mousse seemed to be left most of the time. I suggested a light lemon mousse as by the time you have worked your way through the bottom two tiers you are looking for a lighter finish.
We tried a sandwich each and they were fine. The bread they used was really nice.
We took home the rest of the sandwiches and the cookie and had them for supper.
So all in all it covered both our lunch and supper. The sandwiches wouldn't have lasted any longer as they were already drying out by supper time.
Overall we thoroughly enjoyed it. It made a super nice treat and the coffee as I said before is really good.
Overall well worth the price for the amount of food we got, they just need to make a couple of adjustments in my opinion to make it even better.
P.S. I just wanted to say I loved all your comments you made about the sugar sandwiches.💖
8 comments:
Sounds like they have room for some improvement. Why they wouldn't have butter is strange because I would think it would be a given for something like a special tea.
Happy Birthday!! I love those afternoon teas, they just seem so special. I love the photos you took too and I'm glad you enjoyed yourself.
"Overall we thoroughly enjoyed it" ... that's good :)
All the best Jan
The presentation was nice.
Unfortunately, I'm allergic to eggs, so most of that would have been beyond me. Even mayo is causing a reaction these days.
A lovely way to spend your birthday. I am glad that you both enjoyed it.
God bless.
That’s a lot of food!
It’s always disappointing when something looks beautiful but then you take a bite and it’s awful.
I have to say. I do make a mean scone. There is never any left over
I love an afternoon tea but they do vary greatly. I agree, butter, (not marg) on a cheese scone, jam and cream on a fruited scone, i love chocolate but not chocolate flavoured things so would have left the moose. The sandwiches wouldn't have been my choice either, lol I'm a picky so and so 🤣
It sounds like a very generous tea for the price, though disappointing about the butter and the Eton Mess. I would love a scone right now!
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