Puttin' on the Ritz

We recently had a lovely weekend in London, to celebrate Shannon's 32nd Birthday. We started with afternoon tea at the Ritz, which was actually a birthday gift for me from Pat and Pete for my 31st Birthday

Afternoon tea is held in the Palm Court of the Ritz hotel, which as you can see is a truly magnificent venue

Our delicious afternoon tea consisted of finger sandwiches (no crusts!) - with cucumber, ham, chicken, cheese and salmon. Oh, and an egg and mayo roll. Half way through, they brought out some freshly baked apple and sultana scones, which we devoured with strawberry jam and clotted cream. To top it all off we had a selection of cakes and pastries. There was an impressive tea menu of 20 odd varieties of tea, from which we selected the darjeeling - the 'champagne' of teas, from the foothills of the Himalaya (which we thought was a good omen for us), and not a bad drop!

Having a scone and a cuppa, on Pat and Pete - cheers!