Corinthia Hotel’s Lush Afternoon Tea
Afternoon tea today is inspired by Sarah Barber who is the head pastry chef at Corinthia, and is a celebration of her recently launched book “Patisserie Perfection”...
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Afternoon tea today is inspired by Sarah Barber who is the head pastry chef at Corinthia, and is a celebration of her recently launched book “Patisserie Perfection”...
Pineapple scones are hotly swaddled in cotton, waiting to be split and spread with clotted cream and a lime preserve that has as much bite as the air outside, enlivening in their sharpness.
Savouries are Asian inspired buns and rolls, the best of which are filled with Thai shrimp cake, puffy and run through with lemongrass, cucumber relish and slivers of green mango.
Gone are the traditional sandwiches, replaced instead with sliders of pulled oxtail, flatbreads with welsh rarebit, and butter-fried toast with sautéed mushroom and cheese.
Created to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s popular book, the Alice in Wonderland afternoon tea is full of little ‘Eat Me’ and ‘Drink Me’ treats.
The Royal Baby Shower afternoon tea is served in the hotel’s gorgeous Art Deco lounge, a decadent room of lustrous fabric and rose gold motifs.