Afternoon Tea Ideas
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Afternoon Tea Ideas
Requests for afternoon tea recommendations come up on a regular basis. Perusing dinner menus on Bookatable this lunchtime I noticed they have an afternoon tea feature running at the moment. Pics, menus and pricing are included.
http://www.bookatable.co.uk/afternoon-tea-deals
As ever, I am not affiliated etc etc,
http://www.bookatable.co.uk/afternoon-tea-deals
As ever, I am not affiliated etc etc,
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The difference:
http://britishfood.about.com/od/faq/...teavafttea.htm
"When I were a lad" the evening meal was just known as tea, dinner was at midday.
http://britishfood.about.com/od/faq/...teavafttea.htm
"When I were a lad" the evening meal was just known as tea, dinner was at midday.
#8
My Aunt Judith lives in London and likes to take clients to Brown's.
I, personally, think it is daft to spend 50+ quid on tea.
I would just go to Pret A Manger for a tea and a scone (rhymes with John, not Joan).
Have fun in the Four-Gated City.
Thin
I, personally, think it is daft to spend 50+ quid on tea.
I would just go to Pret A Manger for a tea and a scone (rhymes with John, not Joan).
Have fun in the Four-Gated City.
Thin
#10
Again, good suggestions. The Pret A Manger looks right for lunches (and tea) at any of the locations. The V&A museum is on our list, so is definitely a possibility.
Didn't know that scone rhymes with John, not Joan. All these years I've been pronouncing it wrong!
Didn't know that scone rhymes with John, not Joan. All these years I've been pronouncing it wrong!
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On pronunciation see also: http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2...you-say-scone/
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Here's a photo spread to whet your appetite:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ailbhemalone...don#.ffrjZBjwn
When I lived in the England and had tea in London, I usually went to The Wolseley -- it's contemporary, buzzing, and good for someone on their own. Not so great for someone who wants to have quiet conversations -- this place can get loud.
https://www.thewolseley.com/afternoon-tea
I sometimes went to the cafe at Sotheby's auction house. Pleasant and more art and antique dealers than tourists.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/inside/se.../overview.html
http://www.sothebys.com/content/dam/..._April2015.pdf
You could also turn afternoon tea into a day out in small town near London. There are a few places in the charming, Thameside village of Marlow. One lets you have tea while you overlook the river:
http://www.afternoontea.co.uk/uk/sou...mpleat-angler/
http://www.theaa.com/hotels/marlow-m...-angler-377422
My favorite place for high tea rather than afternoon tea was The Plough and Stars in Philadelphia. A real high tea, esp. pleasant in winter when you could sit near the wood-burning fireplace. Alas, they don't serve it anymore.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ailbhemalone...don#.ffrjZBjwn
When I lived in the England and had tea in London, I usually went to The Wolseley -- it's contemporary, buzzing, and good for someone on their own. Not so great for someone who wants to have quiet conversations -- this place can get loud.
https://www.thewolseley.com/afternoon-tea
I sometimes went to the cafe at Sotheby's auction house. Pleasant and more art and antique dealers than tourists.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/inside/se.../overview.html
http://www.sothebys.com/content/dam/..._April2015.pdf
You could also turn afternoon tea into a day out in small town near London. There are a few places in the charming, Thameside village of Marlow. One lets you have tea while you overlook the river:
http://www.afternoontea.co.uk/uk/sou...mpleat-angler/
http://www.theaa.com/hotels/marlow-m...-angler-377422
My favorite place for high tea rather than afternoon tea was The Plough and Stars in Philadelphia. A real high tea, esp. pleasant in winter when you could sit near the wood-burning fireplace. Alas, they don't serve it anymore.
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I wouldn't worry about it too much. I grew up in England and I've always said it to rhyme with Joan. I have no problem being in a minority, lol.
If I'm going to do a full afternoon tea and the weather is good I go to the Orangery in Kensington Park.
If I'm going to do a full afternoon tea and the weather is good I go to the Orangery in Kensington Park.
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There's no "correct" pronunciation of scone in England (where sconn/scoon split roughly 50/50): in Scotland it's complicated still further by the politics of the Stone of Scone, which drags in both a third pronunciation ("scoon") and seven hundred years of victim posturing by the Scotch.
But most of those who rhyme the baked product with cone are convinced rhyming it with con is the mark of a yob, those rhyming it with con think the "cone" pronunciation is reserved for effete Southern snobs and no-one gives a stuff how other English-speakers pronounce it.
It seems to be one of the few cases where the lower-class pronunciation has moved overseas (Derby is another) - implying the allegedly posh variation is a relatively recent affectation by those effete Southerners.
The likelihood any tourist will find waiting staff in a London cafe who are native English speakers anyway is so remote that this should a complete non-issue. Except that TEFL courses typically teach the "cone" version
But most of those who rhyme the baked product with cone are convinced rhyming it with con is the mark of a yob, those rhyming it with con think the "cone" pronunciation is reserved for effete Southern snobs and no-one gives a stuff how other English-speakers pronounce it.
It seems to be one of the few cases where the lower-class pronunciation has moved overseas (Derby is another) - implying the allegedly posh variation is a relatively recent affectation by those effete Southerners.
The likelihood any tourist will find waiting staff in a London cafe who are native English speakers anyway is so remote that this should a complete non-issue. Except that TEFL courses typically teach the "cone" version
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Well, Jessica Mitford would have said s-con, not s-cone and she, as everyone knows, had a highly cultivated sense of the ridic.
But, you are correct. No one at The Connaught will give a toss as they have all become numb to class distinctions watching Macca's current wife parading around the lobby in yoga pants and a sports bra.
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But, you are correct. No one at The Connaught will give a toss as they have all become numb to class distinctions watching Macca's current wife parading around the lobby in yoga pants and a sports bra.
Thin
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My Irish immigrant family in the US called Irish soda bread scone, pronounced scon. They distinguished between scone, with no final "s", and scones, which was something Scots people ate, and what is now known throughout the civilized world.
#20
What in the name of Lady Bracknell is formal mid-morning tea?
Do you mean elevenses?
I think most would make do with some Lipton's and Marmite spread on a HobNob.
Of course, if you were posh, you would have a nice chilled Chardonnay (absolutely no Vin de Pays!) and some savoury Bombay mix.
Thin
Do you mean elevenses?
I think most would make do with some Lipton's and Marmite spread on a HobNob.
Of course, if you were posh, you would have a nice chilled Chardonnay (absolutely no Vin de Pays!) and some savoury Bombay mix.
Thin