Friday, I went on a post birthday afternoon tea with my friend at the Swan restaurant at the Shakespeare Globe theatre bankside London.
Once again got a great deal on a voucher from Buyagift using a discount code. It cost us £32 each with a glass of prosecco. My friend did not like the prosecco, so I got her glass as well!!!!..
The menu price is £38.50 each without the prosecco so I saved us some money
The current Menu on offer is the Romeo and Juliet theme and they also do a savory afternoon tea.
The restaurant is quite modern in looks. Downstairs is the large bar with seating and upstairs is the nice light modern restaurant with windows looking out onto the Thames. This is where the afternoon tea is served so you get a lovely view.
We choose a table for two by the window which had a great view of the Thames. Our table was nicely laid with China plates and matching cup and saucer in black and white design to go with the theme. There was also a small vase on each table with fresh flowers in.
The waiter handed us the menu and asked if we had any allergies so we just said that we do not eat salmon so could we just swap it for another type of sandwich. They said this was fine and offered us a glass of tap water and took our drinks order. I decided to try the Wild Encounter berry fruit tea and my friend ordered a coffee. The waiter then poured us each a large glass of prosecco.
The tea was very nice, glad I ordered it.
After about 15 minutes the tea stand arrived and first thing I spotted was the large homemade scones that looked freshly baked.
The bottom plate looked a bit empty as we only got 2 tiny mini chicken rolls each, a very tiny cheese quiche and an egg mayonnaise sandwich each. However, these did l taste lovely and nice and fresh.
The scones were very nice, and we got a plain one and fruit one each with strawberry jam and clotted cream. We both like lots of cream and jam so had to ask for some more. This was brought out to us quickly.
After the scones we ordered another coffee each and started on the top plate of mini cakes. And when I say mini, I mean bit size. We did however get one each of the 5 different ones so ended up being enough food as the scones had filled us up. I really liked how the Romeo and Juliet theme was used on these cakes as detailed in the menu description.
A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME White chocolate mousse topped with a buttercream rose leaf, a rose and lychee pate de fruit (gf)
MONTAGUE VERSUS CAPULET Dark chocolate salted caramel lollipop, speckled gold leaf
SUCH SWEET SORROW Lemon scented cupcake filled with lemon curd and zesty buttercream topped with a fondant iced Juliet
WILD ENCOUNTER Hibiscus flower and berry scented jelly, vanilla panna cotta and berry cremeux, blackberry and meringue (ve, gf)
MY TRUE LOVES KISS red velvet and cream cheese filled macaroon sealed with a chocolate kiss (gf
Overall, a nice, themed afternoon tea in a nice venue with lovely view.
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