The Podium restaurant at Hilton Park Lane in London celebrated the return of the Rolling Stones to Hyde Park (and Glastonbury) this summer with themed afternoon tea. The afternoon tea included a choice of tea, sandwiches, scones, pastries and chocolates. The pastries were provided on an edible plate made of chocolate. Earlier, we had just gone for a walk in Hyde Park as the weather was pleasant. It was the perfect day for a walk in the park, followed by afternoon tea.
The first 'course' of the afternoon tea included a glass of champagne and egg, cucumber, smoked salmon, and ham sandwiches.
Sandwiches: ham, smoked salmon, egg, and cucumber.
The sandwiches were followed by tea and a three-tier stand of pastries, scones, and chocolates. We started from the bottom up.
Our three-tier stands of pastries.
The scones were plain and raisin. We also had three types of 'filling' for the scones: chocolate spread, clotted cream, and strawberry jam.
Scones
Next, we had the cupcakes, and some of these were named according to the theme of the Rolling Stones. The flavours were: chocolate (Swagger), strawberry, raspberry (Let it Bleed), and toffee. They looked nice, but they were a little bit too sweet for my taste.
Cupcakes and lollies
Cupcakes
Raspberry cupcake
After the cupcakes, we had the main pastries. These kept up with the Rolling Stones theme. They included: cherry biscuit lips, "Tattoo you" cheesecake, "Exile on Main Street" marzipan dice, "Between the Buttons" chocolate macaroon, a shot glass of silver 'pebble' chocolates with two lollies: "She's a Rainbow" marshmallow lolly and "78 records" liquorice lolly. All of these were served on top of an edible plate made of dark chocolate.
Rolling Stones pastries
Rolling Stones pastries.
The pastries were very sweet, and there was so much chocolate. Most of them ended up being taken home with us.
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