Welcome back…today we have a fabulous Guest Post for you! Now you
probably realise that Lorna and I are southerners….going for afternoon tea
mainly in Surrey and London. Therefore its always brilliant to have someone based
elsewhere tell us about their afternoon tea experiences!
Today we are joined by Roz from The Foodie Couple Blog who recently indulged
in a spot of afternoon tea at Hotel La Tour, a modern city centre hotel in
Birmingham, which has been open for about a year. Afternoon tea at the hotel was served in the rather stylish
Aalvar Bar.
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Here is what Roz thought of her afternoon tea experience......
The food began with the sandwich selection on the top tier of the cake stand, we had a choice of ham and tomato,
coronation chicken, smoked salmon and cream cheese, cucumber and mint - all of
which were very pleasant but not spectacular.
We were also treated to savoury welsh rarebit dip – this was one of the
highlights of the afternoon tea, which came with dippable toasted bread/croutons. It was real cheesy
goodness!
On the second layer of the stand we had the scones- two fruit and two plain. The
scones were nice and moist, served warm and they were not too big. They were
served with good quality cream and jam; personally I would have liked another
jam flavour choice (although I know the strawberry/raspberry is traditional).
Next came the sweet treats – we had a strawberry macaroon with chocolate filling,
which looked divine and the texture of the macaroon shell and filling was great….
but the strawberry flavour was overpowered by the chocolate filling. We also
had shot glasses filled with vanilla pannacotta, cucumber and strawberry jelly
this was really nice and refreshing, a good alternative to another bit of cake
which can get quite heavy after a while. The two standout sweet bits were the
take on a jammy dodger - with blackberry jam, and the winner of the day a piece
of lemon cake, with buttercream and lime zest.
Overall my favourites from this afternoon tea were the lemon cake, the welsh
rarebit dip, and the plain scones.
The ambience and surroundings at the hotel were brilliant as well, with lovely comfy
chairs and sofas in the bar. The staff were
really attentive too - you wouldn't go wanting for any extras, but importantly they
weren’t intrusive either.
The cost of the afternoon tea was £18.95 pp, which included your choice
of iced tea, teas and coffees, all of which were refillable. Alcoholic drinks were
priced individually as extras.
I would definitely
recommend this afternoon tea to others and will go again myself in a heartbeat –
it was a great way to spend an afternoon, and close enough to Birmingham’s main
shopping area, the Bullring, to go and collapse after a hard days shopping!
I don’t know about
you – but my mouth is watering just reading that review! To read more about Roz’s
experience pop by her blog, there are lots more scrummy photos to see! There are loads of other fab foodie articles over
there...so if you've got a spare minute or two its well worth popping by!
A big thank you to
Roz for sharing her afternoon tea experience and fab photos with us here at the
Tea With Me And Friends afternoon tea blog!
Thanks for popping by
today, we hope to see you again soon!
Rachel and Lorna
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