Anyone who likes clotted cream and scones has either probably had a cream tea somewhere or afternoon tea at some swanky place. As a change, we went for Cantonese tea for two (which was part of my mum's birthday present) and we managed to get a great price via Groupon.
This was held at the Grand Imperial (part of the Grosvenor Hotel near Victoria station) and before we went we did not know what would be part of the deal.
To start with, we were asked what type of tea we wanted and then a large teapot with china cups came out (very posh). After this, a cake stand appeared with 3 tiers of delightful goodies. The top layer held 3 different starter esk type goodies containing pork, lobster and we think crayfish or prawn. The middle tier had 2 duck and cucumber pieces on a prawn cracker and then 2 with an array of small diced veg. To finish (on the bottom tier) was two egg tart pastries and 2 green tea mousses. We were expected to eat most of this with chopsticks (which for pros like us is normally fine) but due to a few food accidents, we had a little bit of help from our hands and some spoons in the end : )
For me the starter and main tiers were my favourite - they had lots of choice of flavour and were all made differently. The puddings weren't bad, but for once they didn't really work for me.
The experience overall was really good - great service, nice food and a relaxed atmosphere.
If you're intrigued, I would definitely try it, as I found it enjoyable and tried a few new things : )
This was held at the Grand Imperial (part of the Grosvenor Hotel near Victoria station) and before we went we did not know what would be part of the deal.
To start with, we were asked what type of tea we wanted and then a large teapot with china cups came out (very posh). After this, a cake stand appeared with 3 tiers of delightful goodies. The top layer held 3 different starter esk type goodies containing pork, lobster and we think crayfish or prawn. The middle tier had 2 duck and cucumber pieces on a prawn cracker and then 2 with an array of small diced veg. To finish (on the bottom tier) was two egg tart pastries and 2 green tea mousses. We were expected to eat most of this with chopsticks (which for pros like us is normally fine) but due to a few food accidents, we had a little bit of help from our hands and some spoons in the end : )
For me the starter and main tiers were my favourite - they had lots of choice of flavour and were all made differently. The puddings weren't bad, but for once they didn't really work for me.
The experience overall was really good - great service, nice food and a relaxed atmosphere.
If you're intrigued, I would definitely try it, as I found it enjoyable and tried a few new things : )
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