Right so, as I said, I went to the Berkeley Hotel in London, for afternoon tea a couple of weeks ago, which of course was amazing! Although before I went, I did have reservations about spending over £40 on afternoon tea, I can honestly say this was worth every penny, it was that good.
Before the main stand itself came out, we were presented with these little plates of sandwiches. I can't remember exactly what they were, but I remember being really impressed with the bread, as I think each was flavoured with something different, although, let's be honest, I was just trying to eat them as fast as possible to get to the main event!
On the bottom tier of the stand, there were some savoury tasters and my favourite were these shot glasses of gazpacho, which were actually pretty spicy, but I also enjoyed the salmon, and the feta cheese and wasabi with crispy pitta bread.
But obviously the best bit was the cakes. I have literally never seen anything like them, and the they tasted just as good as they looked. It was also nice that once a tier was finished, the waitress would come over and ask if we wanted any more and of course we said yes! At the hotel itself we must have got through over a stand worth of cakes each...
...and then when we were finished for good we were asked if we would like some cakes to take away, and we were given these cute little boxes.
Finally, as we went for afternoon tea, it only seems appropriate to mention the tea itself, I loved the Pear Caramel flavour I had first, as it was just sweet enough but wasn't so flavoursome that it overpowered the cakes. I then moved on to the Vanilla a bit later, and I have to say was a bit dissapointed, it just didn't really taste special. Luckily, my sister was happy to finish it off, and I had her Funky Fruits, which was probably the best fruit tea I've ever had. The ones I've tried before didn't have a very strong taste, but this was just right.
If it wasn't obvious enough I would definitely recommend this. It's definitely not something that you're likely to make a habit of, but for once in a while or even for a one off it's a nice treat - I'm already eyeing up the special afternoon tea they're doing for the Jubilee!
