![]() ![]() So, till next time, old beans xxįeel free to share stories, views and tips in the comments section below. Expect lights and trees and pies and pigs and puddings and plenty of festive feasting. As we are snowballing into Christmas (ding-dong), I’m getting my favourite pudding-themed jumper out of mothballs and dusting off my candy cane headband to bring you highlights from around the capital. Another landmark London experience under our belts and saved for posterity. 5/5ĭesserts: A little bit of everything, and all of it delightful. Scones: Just the one, but the blueberry and orange jam makes it a mighty fine one. Savoury selection: Delicious, and the comte cheese egg and soldiers pushed it over the edge. Service: Lovely waiting staff who couldn’t have been more attentive. This came out with me the next day, providing a welcomed distraction between South Ealing and Acton Town as my tube stalled at a red signal One of the two takeaway boxes I brought away at the end of the tea. Okay, I need to stop hanging around these unisex toilets. Turner Prize art installation meets ‘ 2001: A Space Odyssey‘ meets ‘Alien‘ meets inside-out Kinder Egg collection Take out the rainbow panelling and this is the pastel version of the giant eggs hatching in Roland Emmerich’s ‘ Godzilla’Įgg-shaped “pee-pod” toilets. Ta-ra, you kitschy curio.Įgg-shaped toilet cubicles, or “pee-pods” as I have christened them. The pink palace may have had a facelift, but we shall preserve its vintage, day-glo, Doris Day/Rock Hudson 60’s sex comedy vibe for all eternity. So, as a belated goodbye to The Gallery of old, let’s pay homage to Jayne Mansfield’s boudoir with pithy captions and fabulous photos. It is, without doubt, one of my favourite afternoon teas and worthy of every bit of the hype it has received, though things have changed quite a bit since my visit late last year. So, reverting to the old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words to make up for my laziness, I present you with a pictorial tour of my adventures at Sketch. All the classics), I have little time for waffle. However, owing to a recent spate of unexpected journeys across the globe (Poland, Bangor. It was… well, expensive, though as I’ve mentioned, this was the era before wiping yourself on the shower curtain to avoid buying loo roll was a viable cost cutting measure, and as my then £60pp afternoon tea has now skyrocketed to £75pp, I feel I got something of a bargain. Dining at this glamourous, Michelin-starred extravaganza had been an ambition of mine for years, and it didn’t disappoint. Whilst recently sorting through photographs on my phone, I realised that this was an experience too good to remain forever trapped in The Cloud. Sadly, being the sort of blogger who writes better in their head and is often distracted by shiny objects, I put writing about this experience on the backburner where it simmered to the point of evaporation. I was able to tick ‘Afternoon tea at Sketch’ off my ‘Teas To Taste With Bankruptcy Nigh’ bucket list during the halcyon days of 2021, back when we could still afford to eat and didn’t need an overdraft to boil the kettle. A shorter post today, but don’t let the lack of paragraphs fool you. Generated by Wordfence at Thu, 18:39:09 GMT.Served Monday-Sunday 11:00 – 16:00 Afternoon tea at The Gallery at Sketch, Mayfair Please read this FAQ entry if this does not work. If the email address you enter belongs to a known site administrator or someone set to receive Wordfence alerts, we will send you an email to help you regain access. If you are a site administrator and have been accidentally locked out, please enter your email in the box below and click "Send". Still benefit from the other security features that Wordfence provides. If you're still having trouble, then simply disable the Wordfence advanced blocking and you will Were accessing your site too quickly, then increase the number of accesses allowed per minute. If you were blocked because it was detected that you are a fake Google crawler, then disable the rule that blocks fake google crawlers. Will need to regain access to your site, go to the Wordfence "options" page, go to the section for Rate Limiting Rules and disable the rule that caused you to be blocked. If this is a false positive, meaning that your access to your own site has been limited incorrectly, then you The reason your access was limited is: "Access from your area has been temporarily limited for security reasons.". Important note for site admins: If you are the administrator of this website note that your access has been limited because you broke one of the Wordfence advanced blocking rules. ![]() Reason: Access from your area has been temporarily limited for security reasons. Your access to this service has been temporarily limited. Your access to this site has been limited Your access to this site has been limited ![]()
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