Afternoon Tea at The Peninsula
From what I can tell, the exact menu for the afternoon tea is updated from time to time, but ours was the “New York Spirit” Afternoon Tea, by Tiffany & Co. (the full selection is printed in the photo above). It was a nice touch to have the menus printed in that iconic Tiffany’s blue, and even the food featured the same shade. We decided we may as well go all out too, and splurge on adding the champagne, since it was a birthday treat, and it’s not everyday your family fly halfway around the world to visit you. The champagne came first, followed by the three tiers of food, and we requested our tea about halfway through eating, though this is all flexible depending on your preference. There is one of each food per person, and two scones each, which doesn’t sound like a lot at first, and they’re small portions of each, but it is very filling by the time you reach the last tier! We ended up taking a few of the sweet treats away in a box to finish later. All of it was so delicious and dainty, and felt very sophisticated, even though we were eating with our fingers half the time. The savouries were very tasty, the scones are of course traditional for an afternoon tea, and the sweet treats were so perfectly presented that they were almost too good to eat – almost! The choice of teas includes herbal and more traditional styles, and I opted for the Peninsula Afternoon, while mum went with Darjeeling. And my sister had Sprite, since she doesn’t drink tea, but be aware that you have to pay extra for drinks such as that, as only the tea is included.
Anyway, it was a lovely experience to have, especially on a rainy grey afternoon, when it definitely suited us to do something indoors. It may not be a cheap meal, but it’s worth what you spend. It’s classy and elegant, but still feels like fun and not as though we were out of place in such a fancy setting, and the food is delicious, beautifully presented, and certainly fills you up enough! Sometimes iconic sights and ‘things to do’ can be a bit of letdown in reality, but The Peninsula’s afternoon tea is such a nice way to spend an afternoon, and one I’d recommend anyone to do.