Afternoon Tea inspired by the current season's trends? YES PLEASE!
Celebrating
a birthday with afternoon tea is always a treat, but a champagne afternoon tea
adds a little sparkle. My aunties booked
the Prêt-à-Portea at The Berkeley Hotel in Knightsbridge for my
mum’s birthday. To enjoy this unique
fashionista afternoon tea we were shown to the Caramel Room, where our table
was laid out with fluorescent coloured menu cards and beautiful Wedgewood china
place settings especially created for the The Berkeley’s Prêt-à-Portea. We raised a birthday toast with our champagne, ready
to gasp with admiration at the food that was to arrive at our table.
The unique menu changes every six months and reflects the season’s collections. Our menu was for Autumn/Winter 2015/16. We chose the delicately fragranced Ceylon and Rose tea to accompany our food. Along with savoury mousses and scones there were platters of sandwich triangles, with a range of fillings.
Soraya x
The unique menu changes every six months and reflects the season’s collections. Our menu was for Autumn/Winter 2015/16. We chose the delicately fragranced Ceylon and Rose tea to accompany our food. Along with savoury mousses and scones there were platters of sandwich triangles, with a range of fillings.
Classic three-tiered
trays filled with cakes, cookies, pastries, taster spoons and shot-like glasses
filled with tempting treats. With all
this fabulous food on our table, the waiter then showed us pictures of some the
season’s catwalk collections and pointed out which sweet treat replicated and
paid homage to a particular designer outfit, shoe or bag. The flower motifs from the ‘Viva La Mama’
collection by Dolce & Gabbana were beautifully replicated on a pastry as well as on a Mary Jane cinnamon
biscuit. A mallow biscuit dusted in coconut
to represent the design of a Moschino dress; a cake covered with glossy dark chocolate with a
vibrant blue decoration on top as seen on an Alice Temperley design and a
Giambattista Valli creation. The Fendi
coat was a chocolate biscuit covered in pillarbox red icing with detailing in
brown icing. However, my favourite was the miniature Valentino rockstud handbag
cake with its multi-coloured chocolate stripes emblazoned with the iconic ‘V’
of Valentino. We had to sit back and
marvel at these stunning creations – it was all too good to eat. When we did finally tuck in it all tasted as
heavenly as it looked. Delicious!
It didn’t end
there….at the end of the afternoon as we left we were each given a Prêt-à-Portea cardboard goody bag with a couple of the
sweet treats we’d enjoyed in the tea to enjoy again at home. Scrumptious!
Soraya x
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