On Saturday afternoon, six of us went for high tea to relax after a week at work, to celebrate our first pay check, and to treat ourselves to a little bit of England! It was a perfect setting for a perfect afteroon! Stepping inside the Peninsula's foyer (http://www.peninsula.com/hong_kong/en/default.aspx)we knew we were in for a treat. The hotel is arguably Hong Kong's nicest hotel and its saturday afteroon tea is a bit of an institution in the city. Served between 2 and 7pm on the ground floor, locals and tourists all come to queue for this slice of luxury! (they don't take bookings) There was a string quartet playing up in a corner balcony which was lovely while we waited!
After having suffered weeks without proper tea and milk, this was well worth the indulgence! The sandwiches, scones, jam and clotted cream and cakes all came on the traditional three tier stand and we enjoyed a lovely few hours reminising and chatting about home and Hong Kong.
Thank you to Hayley, to Cesca, to Lucy, to Gemma and to Amy for an afternoon I will remember for a while (until the next time, we are already planning our next tea outing although I fear nothing will be quite able to match up to that one!)
As we are left, extremely full of tea and cakes, and headed back in to the real world and madness of Hong Kong city, it did make me rather nostalgic for home and the wonderful WONDERFUL times I have been lucky enough to spend with so many of my friends, whether it be afternoon tea at the amazing Claridges or simply tea and viennesse biscuits (sigh!) or home baking at my house, I am, in somany ways, so lucky to have had the privilage of having you all so close by me. When you all come and visit, it is an afternoon not to be missed! love and miss you all!
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