Did someone say Afternoon tea week

Afternoon Tea Week has begun and I thought I would share a fun yet oh so sophisticated afternoon tea in London, 'Childhood Memories' at the Corinthia Hotel London. Childhood memories is the brain child of Sarah Barber the new Head Pastry Chef. The new menu will transport you back to your childhood with flavours of jaffa cake, bubblegum and snickers, providing a real taste of nostalgia. Not only are the flavours rich and pretty spot on to the real thing but the platter you are given is a thing of beauty being bold and bright.

The afternoon tea is served in the Lobby Lounge in The Corinthia and it's a stunning location and the china you are served with was designed specifically for The Corinthia, it's beautiful, elegant yet features a modern twist - I really wanted to buy it! 

So what do you actually get at this afternoon tea, let me enlighten you.

You can start with a glass of bubbles, Laurent-Perrier Brut darling. Then you get to choose a tea, if you know me then I am a fruity tea kinda girl so I went for the Pomegranate Oolong which was a lovely relaxing tea with a rich marriage of flavour. 

After drinks are sorted you are brought some finger sandwiches featuring some of the classics you would expect at afternoon tea, each on a different type of artisan bread:     
             

Loch Var Smoked Salmon, Cream Cheese and Chive            

Coronation Chicken                   

Egg Mayonnaise and Watercress Cheese and Piccalilli               

Roast Beef and Creamed Horseradish                          

Severn and Wye Smoked Trout and Cucumber

All I can say is that my plate was empty!  

Next a tower of treats arrived with some picture perfect scones featuring at the top of the tower, of the plain and raisin variety. The fancies on offer are: 

Snickers

Jaffa Cake

Bubblegum Macaroon

Crunchy Toffee Cream 

BFG

Rose Choquette

Strawberries and Cream

Childhood Memories Afternoon Tea is served in The Lobby Lounge until 31st August and is priced from £50 so get booking quick! 

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Restaurant of the month: Ping Pong

Ping Pong, is my favourite Chinese dim sum restaurant enabling you to surround yourself with food so you have no more space on the table for your mobile phone. 

Not only is there scrumptious food but the authentic cocktails and gourmet teas that all have a unique British twist.

Ping Pong is available across London, in eight locations with new artesian cocktails and autumnal inspired dim sum dishes are available.

So we had the special Sunday Special which for just over £15 you can have as much Dim Sum as you would like!

We had:

Nibbles

Garlic and black pepper prawn crackers with a spicy mango dip £1.95

Fried & Gridled

Duck Spring Rolls, £4.45

Prawn Toast with Seaseme Seads, £4.15 

Potato and edamame Cake £3.05
Beef & Chili Parcels £4.15

Baked
Roast Pork Puff £4,15

Rice Dishes
Vegetable sticky rice £4.15
Chicken and mushroom rice pot £6.15

Steamed
beef dumpling £3.95

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Dinner @ The New Tuttons

Tuttons in covent gardenre-opens its doors after multi-million pound makeover

I usually don't eat in Covent Garden unless I am taking one of the family out for a 'Tourist' meal, so I was excited to hear that Tuttons on Covent Garden Piazza, had re-opened  with a brand new look and an exciting English-accented menu to create somewhere Covent Garden can be proud of and not just a tourist pit stop.

The new menu draws its inspiration from traditional British ingredients such as pressed Sussex ham hock, Yorkshire black pudding, Shetland mussels and Kentish raspberry cheesecake.

So straight away I got on the bubbles (Nyetimber classic cuvée, West sussex 2007) after looking over an impressive array of wines from around the world I was surprised to see the Cuvée was produced in West Sussex it was light, fresh and a very good wine!

The Menu

In addition to Tuttons’ celebrated grill selection, including its 28-day hung steaks and popular Cote de Boeuf, some of the new dishes included:

(We had a taster plate and tried the four starters and the four deserts, I have starred my fave's. For my main meal I had the classic steak and chips with peppercorn sauce which you can see below - so tender and delicious!)

Starters

• Lancashire roasted beets with goats cheese and beetroot mousse
• Pressed Sussex ham hock with mustard piccalilli and soda bread*
• Tuttons cured salmon, fennel, smoked caviar
• Honey rolled beef carpaccio

Mains

• Pan fried sea bass, linguini of vegetables with mussel, clam and saffron bouillabaisse
• Wicks Manor braised belly of pork, caramelised Razor Russet apple with a warm puy lentil and red chard salad
• Fillet steak (Rare!) with peppercorn sauce and matchstick chips

Desserts

• Rhubarb & custard tart with a ginger and vanilla Chantilly cream
• Summer pudding trifle with seasonal berries and creamed custard*
• Kentish raspberry cheesecake
• Dark and white chocolate brownie

So Tuttons definitley gets a 5* star rating from us, with it's fresh, modern new look and fantastic new menu, T2G look forward to returning!

And after you have had a bite to eat you can head down below to Dirty Martini for a cocktail or two!

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