G and I celebrated birthday’s last week, so for our joint celebration we decided to go out for Afternoon Tea – surprise surprise! We did have a week off from eating Afternoon Tea and I managed to gain weight, go figure.
One of the most famous Afternoon Tea’s in London at the moment is The Berkeley’s Pret-a-Portea Afternoon Tea which draws inspiration from various fashion house shows each season including biscuits in the shape of clothes and shoes, and little bags made out of cakes (someone has a lot of patience!). The menu is changed every 6 months.
I was lucky enough to make the booking in early January as you do need to book in advance as all the little fashionistas have their tea here.
The sandwiches are brought out on a tray and the Gluten Free sandwiches were amazing! Love the fillings and the bread.
Now if you are expecting Scones, Clotted Cream and Jam you are going to be disappointed like G was – as this Afternoon Tea does not come with scones but you can request these at an extra cost which G ended up doing as apparently all the cakes were just snacks. The below two photos are of the standard Afternoon Tea.
Still get confused why the Gluten Free Afternoon Tea never comes out on a Cake Stand like the normal Afternoon Tea’s. These were my Gluten Free goodies –
I loved this Afternoon Tea, its quite cosy and G and I got to sit next to each other on a couch looking out at all the guests enjoying their teas. The colour scheme is rather bright which I adored – imagine bright pinks, yellows and green.
I would recommend the Chocolate Mint Truffle Tea, it’s divine!
I didn’t think there would be refills for this Afternoon Tea but there is and the waiting staff are extremely attentive and refill without asking which was a great surprise.
And if you don’t finish everything – don’t stress, you get a bright little doggy bag to take home with all your uneaten treats! I asked G if he wanted to carry his little man bag but he grabbed the Liberty bags instead – chicken!
I would definitely recommend this Afternoon Tea and if you are Gluten Free don’t worry they have got a number of great treats for you as well.
For my birthday, Mother Nature gave me 10 hours of daylight and sunshine, what a great birthday present, Spring is on the way!
xx
