high tea

High tea at Kensington Gardens – London

by Simone (junglefrog) on October 11, 2011 · 29 comments

The sweat slowly starts to trickle down my back as we stand in line at the Orangery restaurant in Kensington Gardens. It’s one of those late summer hot days and the waiting line for the restaurant is in the middle of the terrace, in the scorching sun… I feel the sweat starting to go down [...]

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Salmon sandwiches for high tea

by Simone (junglefrog) on October 9, 2009 · 18 comments

in Food and Drink

After doing the scones for the Monthly Mingle I got thinking that I would like to do some of those really typical sandwiches that you always get with a high tea as well. And I needed to make lunch at the studio anyway, so why not combine the two..? I had wanted to make some [...]

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Scones; high tea treat for Monthly mingle

by Simone (junglefrog) on October 7, 2009 · 27 comments

in Desserts & other sweets, Food and Drink, Recipes

I’m an avid reader of Meeta’s gorgeous and beautiful blog ‘What’s for lunch, honey‘ and so I couldn’t help but find the announcement for the Monthly Mingle on her blog a while ago. I immediately loved the theme which was High tea treats. While High Tea is really a typically English tradition there are a [...]

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