Welcome back to Tea With Me and Friends - we hope you've had a tea-riffic week!
Lorna and I were very lucky this week - we were invited to the launch of the new afternoon tea at the Langham London. You may have seen Head Pastry Chef Cherish Finden on the TV recently as she is one of the judges on Great British Bake Off Creme de la Creme. Well, it's an exciting time for Cherish as the Langham is launching a scrummy new afternoon tea on the 6th April.....
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| Afternoon tea - Langham London |
Guests at the launch were treated to tea, soft drinks or bubbles, all served in the conservatory. As we mingled with other guests, trays of the savoury items were served...
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| Afternoon tea sandwiches - Langham London |
The fillings included duck egg, cucumber, pastrami and coleslaw, salmon and coronation chicken - served on a variety of breads. The bread was all soft and fresh and as expected there wasn't a crust in sight.
My favourite filling was definitely the chicken, and Lorna really enjoyed the coleslaw and pastrami.....
Once we had enjoyed the savouries, Chrish joined us in the room to introduce the all important sweet treats. Cherish spoke with such passion about her creations, it was a real pleasure to listen to her talk. She described each pastry in turn, describing the flavour combinations and the textures that we would find when we bit into the pastry.
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| Head Pastry Chef Cherish Finden describing her new afternoon tea creations |
After Cherish had described each piece we were treated to something rather special, as the Duchess of Bedford joined us for tea.....
Just in case you're wondering .....the real Duchess of Bedford is best remembered as the first person to enjoy afternoon tea, as she requested tea and cake in the afternoon between lunch and dinner to help with the "sinking feeling" she used to experience.
Cherish then mingled with us as the pastries were served. As well as all the treats on the sweet plate, we were also offered scones with cream and preserve....
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| Afternoon tea sweets - Langham London |
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| The most amazing Victoria sponge |
Everything looked so pretty, each piece so detailed and unique. But even better than a pleasing plate of treats, everything tasted amazing too. From the well flavoured Opera Cake to the tiny strawberry and pistashio macaroon, everything was so scrummy!
Cherish spent time with all the guests, talking about the afternoon tea and also the GBBO Creme de la Creme.
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| Cherish Finden with a plate of Opera Cake |
We also got to meet Cherish's fabulous team....
We had a wonderful evening as guests of Cherish and the Langham and can't wait to see this scrummy new afternoon tea appear on the menu in early April. For more information about afternoon tea at The Langham please visit their website.
We'll leave you with one last look at those scrummy savouries and sweets....
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| Afternoon tea - Langham London |
Thank you for popping by today,
Rachel & Lorna
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