So we went (without reservations) so we got put inside instead of the outside hall. Which was nice in the end since there was a wedding going on at the same time and Eric and I wanted to talk since it'd been ages since we spent any significant time together...(Minus labour day last week I guess....)
Anyways! We both went for the King's Tea (although I was almost tempted to try their asian inspired tea box (which had egg tarts and smoked duck with Hoisin sauce...) with out selective tea blends. They didn't bring us the box to smell the leaves so we just picked from a list.
Eric went for Early Grey, I tried the Golden Assam.
Our food tier showed up, and it was amusing considering I was shorter than Eric, so I had to talk around this thing XD
The top tier is Desserts, Middle is sandwiches, then scones on the bottom.
Its funny since most of their desserts are probably based on seasons so what we got wasn't necessarily what was listed in the menu. In comparing to the menu they emailed me, its definitely not the same, but nonetheless yummy!
Dessert plate: chocolate tarlets, Raspeberry shortcake (I think? in the glasses), the little brown "cookie" was nut based, and sweet honey Madeleine
Sandwiches: I spent so much time trying to identify what was in these...Got an Egg salad, Cucumber and radish, a turkey sandwich, and I couldn't identify the last one. Amusingly it was the first one I nabbed. Green in colour, super rich.
Scones: Currant Scones with Devonshire Cream
Was it worth the experience? Absolutely. Its classy, and definitely worth trying at least once. The food was rich, but worthwhile. Amusing as the ladies behind us were all gasping at the amount of butter and mayonnaise they were consuming but to hell with that. Can't think of calories when having high tea!
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