Category: Afternoon Tea

1. Scones of the Month - February 2015

   Posted on 2:00pm Sunday 8th Mar 2015

    

   Delaunay Counter

   This month’s scone blog features four fabulous places to enjoy scones. I started off with a visit to the Delaunay Counter which is one of my favourite cake places in London. The  Counter is a separate eat in/ take away deli, adjacent to The Delaunay Restaurant, and its menu is inspired by the grand cafes of central Europe. I often stop by for tea and cake but I have been curious to try their afternoon tea which is offered at an unbelievable price of just £12.95, so how could I resist! 

2. Charles Rennie Mackintosh, How Can Anyone Not Love a Man who Designed Tea Rooms?

   Posted on 9:00am Wednesday 18th Feb 2015

   Today Mackintosh Architecture opens at RIBA (The Royal Institute of British Architects) and is on until Saturday 23 May 2015. Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868 – 1928), the Scottish architect and artist, is one of the most influential designers of the late 19th and early 20th century and this exhibition devoted to his work features over 60 original drawings, models and films. This is one of the exhibitions I am most looking forward to seeing in London this year as Mackintosh is very special to me as it was discovering more about his work that started my passion for architecture and design, particularly my appreciation of modernist styles.

   Mackintosh was born in Glasgow and most of his surviving work can be found in his home city. In 2006 Wendy Jo, dear friend and fellow CRM lover, and I visited Glasgow and joined the Mackintosh in Style weekend organised by the CRM Society.  The weekend was amazing as we visited so many wonderful buildings so I thought I’d post a few photos of our trip.

3. Scones of the Month - January 2015 - Part II Scones on the Town

   Posted on 2:00pm Tuesday 3rd Feb 2015

    Ampersand Hotel

   Welcome to Scones on the Town, the second instalment of Scones of the Month for January (title courtesy of friend and artist Lozzy Bones). This section covers eating out with three afternoon teas and a cream tea. Part I Scones at Home reviews some delicious mail order/ take away scone options. This month I had the pleasure of introducing Dr Immy Smith to the Ampersand Hotel, which is a favourite of mine.

4. Scones of the Month - January 2015 - Part I Scones at Home

   Posted on 9:00am Sunday 1st Feb 2015

   Sconnoisseur

   Welcome to the first Scones of the Month for 2015. This also sees my London Scone Review celebrating its first birthday and to mark the occasion this month there is a double issue. Part I Scones at Home starts off in style with the fabulous Sconnoisseur and Part II will be Scones on the Town (title courtesy of friend and artist Lozzy Bones).

5. Scones of the Year 2014

   Posted on 10:00am Thursday 1st Jan 2015

   Cocomaya

   Happy New Year everyone and welcome to Scones of the Year. It's now 12 months since I started Scones of the Month and today I'm announcing my top 10 favourite places to have scones in London in 2014. It's been a difficult dilemma as there are really so many wonderful places to chose from however these are some of my personal favourites, in no particular order, although I have saved my overall favourite to the last. Enjoy...

6. Scones of the Month - December 2014

   Posted on 11:00am Monday 29th Dec 2014

    

   Bond and Brook

   In this final edition of Scones of the Month for 2014 I have included four reviews, including one I enjoyed on a day trip to Cambridge. I was lucky that December started with two consecutive days of afternoon tea #bliss. The first one was a visit to Bond and Brook, the second floor restaurant in Fenwick, the department store on New Bond Street.

7. Bettys is Brilliant - The Quintessential, Iconic Tea Rooms

   Posted on 7:00am Wednesday 3rd Dec 2014

    

   Bettys is brilliant. To me it epitomises the quintessential British tea room. On my recent visit to York a trip to Bettys for afternoon tea was on top of my must do list alongside seeing the York Minster. 

8. Scones of the Month - November 2014

   Posted on 9:00pm Sunday 30th Nov 2014

   Café Liberty

   This month’s scone blog features a couple of fabulous cafes in London as well as a day trip to York, where I managed to fit in two scone tastings including a visit to the legendary Betty’s. I’ll start with my visit to Liberty, one of London’s top department stores, with it’s beautiful Tudor-revival architecture.

9. Scones of the Month - October 2014

   Posted on 4:30pm Wednesday 29th Oct 2014

    Ham Yard Hotel

   One of the pleasures of writing this blog, apart from eating the scones of course, is discovering new, quirky places, so Yannick and I decided to visit Ham Yard Hotel in Soho, which only opened a couple of months ago. Despite being a Westminster Guide, I have to say to my shame, even I had a bit of difficulty finding it as it's tucked away behind Piccadilly Circus but for me that just added to it's charm. I ordered the scones which arrived warm and beautifully presented wrapped in a napkin in a wire basket.  They were accompanied with a generous portion of clotted cream and two bowls of jam, one strawberry and the other cherry.

10. Crime and Cream Teas at the Agatha Christie Festival Part 2

    Posted on 8:00am Tuesday 14th Oct 2014

     

    Agatha Christie Mile Plaque - Torquay

    Crime and Cream Teas Part II features more about my recent trip to the Agatha Christie Festival in her home town of Torquay. In Part I I wrote about my visit to Greenway, Agatha's holiday home but in this blog I am focusing on some of the other things I did.