I had a particularly lovely day this Saturday. ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
bella_luugosi and fluffymark were in town to see Die Walküre, so robert_jones and I decided to join them, and because the opera started at 17.30 and ran right through any sensible dinner time, we thought that afternoon tea would be a good way to start.
We went to L'oscar, which I was quite pleased with as a find, as it managed to combine posh hotel ambiance with very reasonable prices. I had their house blend black tea, which was very fruity and I enjoyed a great deal. My favourite sandwich was the egg and truffle, but that may just be because I would add truffle to literally everything if I could get away with it. The scones were served with lemon curd as well as the usual clotted cream and raspberry jam, which I wasn't entirely convinced by, but there was enough cream and jam that I could ignore it after the first bite, and leave it to those as liked it. The cakes were ridiculously elaborate, even by afternoon tea standards:
Clockwise from top: Opera Pina Colada (pistachio, coconut, vanilla, banana), L'oscar Chapelle (tonka, mango, passion fruit, mascarpone), and La Vie en Rose (strawberry, rose, lychee, lime)
And now I have overrun my ten minute timer, so I shall have to tell you about the opera tomorrow...
bella_luugosi and fluffymark were in town to see Die Walküre, so robert_jones and I decided to join them, and because the opera started at 17.30 and ran right through any sensible dinner time, we thought that afternoon tea would be a good way to start.We went to L'oscar, which I was quite pleased with as a find, as it managed to combine posh hotel ambiance with very reasonable prices. I had their house blend black tea, which was very fruity and I enjoyed a great deal. My favourite sandwich was the egg and truffle, but that may just be because I would add truffle to literally everything if I could get away with it. The scones were served with lemon curd as well as the usual clotted cream and raspberry jam, which I wasn't entirely convinced by, but there was enough cream and jam that I could ignore it after the first bite, and leave it to those as liked it. The cakes were ridiculously elaborate, even by afternoon tea standards:
Clockwise from top: Opera Pina Colada (pistachio, coconut, vanilla, banana), L'oscar Chapelle (tonka, mango, passion fruit, mascarpone), and La Vie en Rose (strawberry, rose, lychee, lime)
And now I have overrun my ten minute timer, so I shall have to tell you about the opera tomorrow...
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Did you know that Opera North's Ring cycle (which is super awesome and which I saw live in 2016) is available to watch online? https://www.operanorth.co.uk/the-ring-cycle/
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