luxury champagne afternoon tea: Café Royal at Oscar Wilde Bar

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An afternoon tea full of and twists surprising dishes, as well as traditional fare with a distinct pleasurable tone. The quintessentially English tradition of afternoon tea in the iconic surroundings of the Oscar Wilde Bar at Hotel Café Royal is a real treat for the senses and palate. The building is ideally located just off Piccadilly in the heart of the Westend and nearby bright lights of Soho. The entire building has been sympathetically restored evoking the style and glamour of the past. Today it houses an elegant 5-stars hotel, a well-being centre, restaurants, a very buzzing cafe andsumptuous bars including the Oscar Wilde bar, where I had the pleasure of having a wonderful afternoon tea.

High Society afternoon tea at Café Royal, Oscar Wilde Bar

luxury champagne afternoon tea: Café Royal at Oscar Wilde Bar

low sidecar muffin

champagne afternoon tea: Café Royal at Oscar Wilde Bar

luxury champagne afternoon tea: Café Royal at Oscar Wilde Bar

amouse bouche: low sidecar muffin : truffle-infused cream cheese come with tiny tea pipette of apple juice and a glass of Veuvet Clicquot. A wonderful start to a couple of hours of pure indulgent afternoon tea.

selection of tea sandwiches

afternoon tea sandwiches

Wild boar, crackling, pickled apple and mustard bun – love the mustard twist
Goat’s cheese filled puff and sweet wine jelly decorated with tinny golden leaf
Mary Rose prawn cocktail – very generous filling
London Cure smoked salmon and quail’s egg – fresh and vibrant

Cucumber and cream cheese topped with caviar – luxurious and indulgent

chorizo Wellington – flaky, buttery and delicious!

Wild boar, crackling, pickled apple and mustard bun and cucumber and cream cheese on beetroot bread

London Cure smoked salmon and quail’s egg and Mary Rose prawn cocktail roll
we also had a palette cleanser hibiscus tea accompany by small marshmallows – sorry no picture!

pastries, cakes and scones

sweet afternoon tea treats at Cafe Royal – Oscar Wilde bar

“Profile 6″ chocolate and orange tart, a silky and nutty Valrhona co-branded chocolate developed by Hotel Café Royal’s executive pastry chef Andrew Blas with the Valrhona team, “Opéra 1865”- banana opera cake layered with passion fruit cream, absinthe Green Fairy macarons those are an homage to the hotel’s Green Bar, which is a room completely dedicated to absinthe complete with an absinthe fountain, and blackberry and apple crumble served on a flower mini pot, sweet! Homemade strawberry jam, clotted cream and a sharp sweet lemon curd for the scones, which were tucked in like little babies in a separate basket: plain and golden raisins.

seasonal flower pots and absinthe green fairy macaroon

apple purée, blackcurrant crème covered in chocolate glaze went well with my next choice of tea – Chocolate! yes, chocolate tea – delectable!
For more beautiful images and writing on this afternoon tea head to Cooksister Blog

High Society Tea at Oscar Wilde at The Cafe Royal Hotel, London

high society tea £42

with a glass of Veuvet Clicquot £55

with a glass of Veuvet Clicquot rose £65

with a glass of Dom Perignon £85

Book in advance to avoid disappointment!
Café Royal
off Piccadilly Circus at 68 Regent St, W1B 4DY
Disclosure: I was Jeanne’s guest who in turn was Cafe Royal’s guest. All views are my own.

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2 Comments

Jeanne
February 28, 2015 / 3:05 pm

Ah, what a wonderful afternoon we had! Those little sidecar muffins… Great write-up with lovely photos. Look forward to meeting up again soon!
rtwlabs
March 1, 2015 / 7:37 pm

Hi Jeanne, It was great and such a beautiful place. thanks for the invite. see you soon

luxury champagne afternoon tea: Café Royal at Oscar Wilde Bar