Toward the end of May, I visited InterContinental Hotels at Park Lane in London to indulge in afternoon tea with friends. At the moment, InterContinental Park Lane are celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee with a themed afternoon tea. This could be enjoyed with a glass of champagne or a special cocktail for an additional price. Visitors could choose their tea and a vegetarian or non-vegetarian menu.
I opted for the champagne to start, and I also had the Darjeeling tea for most of the experience. I also tried the Traditional Karak tea from Sri Lanka. This tea is a blend of spices - peppercorn, ginger, cardamon, and cloves. I enjoyed it too. The other tea that I tried went the best with the desserts: No 1 Park Lane. This Sri Lankan black tea is flavoured with vanilla.
The standard menu listed the following sandwiches: trout pate with caviar, salmon eclair with asparagus and watercress, coronation chickn with apricot, slow-roasted vension with truffle and mushroom chutney, and cucumber with cream cheese. The vegetarian menu consisted of aubergine pate and balsamic pearls, roasted vegetable eclair, coronation eggs, roasted courgette with truffle chutney, and cucumber sandwiches.
After the sandwiches and a second helping of them, we had the scones. The scones included plain and fruit with clotted cream and a selection of strawberry jam or lemon curd.
The pastries came last, and they included a selection of Platinum Jubilee designs inspired by the queen and the special day. They feature rich chocolate biscuit cake, which is the queen's favourite. There was also a rhubarb and custard tart with gingersnap biscuit, a strawberry delice, and lemon drizzle cake.
We enjoyed the afternoon tea. The lemon drizzle was the least favourite of the pastries, which we all agreed on. The chocolate biscuit cake was extremely rich but delicious. My favourite was the rhubarb and custard tart.
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