{"id":1825,"date":"2013-10-21T15:38:36","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T13:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urban.dividiva.nl\/?p=1825"},"modified":"2024-05-27T13:18:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T13:18:49","slug":"afternoon-tea-ampersand-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanpixxels.com\/nl\/afternoon-tea-ampersand-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"(Afternoon) Tea for Two at The Ampersand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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One aspect of becoming a Londoner that shouldn’t be taken lightly, is practicing the fine art of afternoon tea. Not high tea…Afternoon tea (there is a difference you know). I’d been to The Ampersand hotel<\/a> in South Kensington on a Sunday afternoon twice, but never had the pleasure of enjoying their afternoon tea. But after tasting their super fresh and yummy scones and secretly peeking at what others were having, I knew this was the place to further practice my tea skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Luckily one of my closest friends from the Netherlands was visiting me this weekend, and if there’s one thing that we do well, it’s drinking tea. I made the reservation, and since we weren’t in the same country on my birthday it was her treat. How nice is that?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The afternoon tea at The Ampersand hotel is being served in The Drawing Rooms<\/a>, two intimate, light and colorful rooms with deep sofas and comfortable armchairs. On the menu were three different options to choose from: the classic, vegetarian and chocolate (because it was chocolate week) afternoon tea. We both are a bit of a chocoholic, but we decided to go classic this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Scones<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Afternoon<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And it was as good as I had imagined. We started with the fancy savory sandwiches, or better said ’tartines’. I think from now on they should replace all cucumber sandwiches with these delicious open ones on every afternoon tea menu. They’re so much better!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We then moved on to the next plate with the homemade scones, clotted cream and strawberry jam. Since I had them before, I knew what to expect, but they didn’t disappoint this time either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then, for ‘dessert’, the third and final plate with five different pastries (yes: chocolate!<\/em>). We managed to finish four out of five… The mini lemon meringue was so delicious, and I loved the English breakfast tea chocolate bonbon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the perfect activity for a rainy Sunday afternoon in London. I felt like I couldn’t walk or talk after eating and drinking so much, but they say practice makes perfect!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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