The Shard – shiny, pointy, futuristic and dominating London’s skyline for as far as the eye can see.
Shangri-La hotels – luxury, charming and all with a wow factor of their own.
This is a tale of when Shangri-La hotel met the Shard and laid on afternoon tea (With cake!) in the sky…
At this time of year, there’s a 25-acre corner of Surrey that’s devoted to the purply blue fragrant haze of lavender. It’s the perfect season to walk through fields of scent and wash it all down with a fragrant tea afterwards.
Afternoon tea is a very British way to while away an afternoon and the Biscuiteers takes it to a new London level, iced biscuits at the ready!
Henry VIII liked his tarts, both of the female and culinary persuasion and the original Maids of Honour is a rather unique name for a tearoom, stemming all the way back from the time of his reign. Rumour has it that he came across Anne Boleyn with her ladies-in-waiting, i.e. her maids of honour eating a…
Afternoon tea follows a fairly traditional formula, sandwiches, scones, cake all served with a lashing of tea. To stand out from the crowds, we’ve seen restaurants do a Chinese afternoon tea, chocolatey overload afternoon tea at Oxo tower and even a Cuban inspired afternoon tea! The Taj hotel have jumped on this bandwagon and are…
“We’re going on a baby-moon”, I exclaim excitedly to friends. Simultaneously, the husband is telling friends “We’re going to watch England test cricket in the Caribbean”. We exchange incredulous looks – how can two people going on the same trip be taking such different holidays? I’m thinking sun, sea, sand, virgin cocktails and the husband…
Celebrating the ‘scents of summer’ isn’t a hard ask for anyone in England, here any sights, smells, sniffs of summer are eagerly awaited and it’s all we can do to stop ourselves leaping into the air clicking our heels at the sight of the sun. So it’s a no-brainer to sample this tea, especially when…
When you’re roaming central London craving a sugary hit, your options tend to be rather limited. There’s the Nutella pancake stalls and they’re ok, but you’ll be eating standing up or you can try duck into a restaurant and convince them to let you jump straight to dessert but you may get some strange looks. I’ve…
Beas of Bloomsbury is a bit of an institution when it comes to all things cake and taking afternoon tea in one of their outlets has been on my to do list for a while! The St Pauls venue is a relaxed, informal and casual spot to visit with the added benefit of being right…
Afternoon tea at the Lancaster Hotel in London is just a few steps away from London’s Lancaster gate station, in a corner of West London overlooking London’s leafy green Hyde Park. Afternoon tea is served in the lounge of the hotel, a dimly lit area of dark wood, low chairs and coffees and a gentle…
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