The Royal Academy |
The Park Lane Hotel |
You Know I Can Find a Bay Tree! |
Wild Blossom Champagne Cocktail |
Special Tea Sandwiches |
Scones and Very Special Desserts! |
Scones, Scones and More Scones! |
My Favorite Part of the Flowering Afternoon Tea! |
The Gnome Looks Soo Lonely! |
My English Herbal Companion and I spent Monday in London at the Royal Academy of Arts in the morning seeing the exhibit of George Bellows, an American artist from the turn of the last century who was known for his paintings of boxing matches and the gritty urban landscapes of early 20th century America just to name a couple of themes. I did my tea shopping at Fortnum and Mason and then we went for a special flowering afternoon tea at The Park Lane Hotel. Here is the menu:
Selection
of sandwiches:
Poached Scottish salmon, cucumber and fennel crème fraiche, mini muffin
(cucumber flowers)
Orange
blossom honey, wholegrain mustard roast ham, candied tomatoes and watercress,
white bread
Roast
corn fed chicken, walnut, celery, red onion and nasturtium mayonnaise, granary
bread
Smoked
trout and confit trout, citrus cream cheese, radish and herb leaf salad,
crostini
Goats
cheese, asparagus and lemon verbena tartlet, soft boiled quails egg
Scones:
Traditional plain and apple and raisin scones served with lemon verbena
curd, clotted cream and seasonal preserves
French
pastries:
Chocolate hanging basket with spiced Chai tea mousse and chocolate soil
Honey
orange blossom pain de gene with mango compote and edible honey bees
Rosewater and raspberry mousse with crystallized rose petals on a rose
macaroon
Pistachio and hazelnut chocolate financier “garden patch” with chocolate
ladybird
Tea will be served with a Wild Blossom Champagne
Cocktail
We each had a plate of sandwiches and we shared (very diplomatically) the sweets. It was a wonderful tea with beautiful harp music playing in the background. A fabulous day.
It is a beautiful summery (finally) day here in the 'Burgh. Hope you're having a great day. Talk to you later.
3 comments:
Looks delightful, Nancy! Lovely presentation and a beautiful way to incorporate edible flowers in the tea! Thanks for sharing.
What a wonderful tea. Thanks for sharing it.
It was wonderful ladies. Thanks for stopping by. xo
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