If you are in the capital between 26-30 May make your week go with a swing with London Swing Festival.
This year’s London Swing Festival is shaping up to be bigger and better than last year. Some of the world’s best teaching teams will be coming to London from Sweden, Australia, Argentina and Spain, plus there will be tonnes of events going on from parties to dancing competitions and workshops, as well as plenty of live swing music.
For the extensive programme please visit their website here
This year’s London Swing Festival is shaping up to be bigger and better than last year. Some of the world’s best teaching teams will be coming to London from Sweden, Australia, Argentina and Spain, plus there will be tonnes of events going on from parties to dancing competitions and workshops, as well as plenty of live swing music.
For the extensive programme please visit their website here
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afternoon tea,
alice in wonderland
Oh my ears and whiskers hop down the rabibit hole tor tea at the Sanderson
The Dormouse team are desperate to pop down to the Sanderson Hotel London sometime soon to try their amazing Mad Hatters Afternoon Tea. Described as fun and zany experience it takes its inspiration from Alice in Wonderland, written by Lewis Carroll.
With cold and hot pineapple lollipops, multicoloured sandwiches and melt in the mouth teacakes, the tea is perfect for people like us who love to have fun with food! One of the craziest dishes at has to be the exploding ice cream lollipops but there are many other tasty treats such as chocolate crackle cupcake surprise, cream cheese and smoked salmon, hazelnut and passion fruit tart, emerald spinach bread, yellow saffron bread and scones with thickened cream and jam. Yum!
The Mad Hatters Afternoon Tea is £20.00 or £29.50 with a glass of champagne and is served from 2.30pm - 5.30pm each day at The Sanderson Hotel 50 Berners Street, England W1T 3NG until 1 March.
For more information on please phone 0207 300 1444 or visit www.sandersonlondon.com
This is not a sponsored post all opinions are our own.
With cold and hot pineapple lollipops, multicoloured sandwiches and melt in the mouth teacakes, the tea is perfect for people like us who love to have fun with food! One of the craziest dishes at has to be the exploding ice cream lollipops but there are many other tasty treats such as chocolate crackle cupcake surprise, cream cheese and smoked salmon, hazelnut and passion fruit tart, emerald spinach bread, yellow saffron bread and scones with thickened cream and jam. Yum!
The Mad Hatters Afternoon Tea is £20.00 or £29.50 with a glass of champagne and is served from 2.30pm - 5.30pm each day at The Sanderson Hotel 50 Berners Street, England W1T 3NG until 1 March.
For more information on please phone 0207 300 1444 or visit www.sandersonlondon.com
This is not a sponsored post all opinions are our own.
If you want to experience a real explosion of flavours this bonfire night, hot foot it to The Royal Horseguards Hotel and try a delicious Fawkes- inspired afternoon tea. It's the perfect spot to while away a chilly November day, with it's location just moments away from the spot where the original gunpowder plot was foiled over 400 years ago
The tea begins with a hot chocolate shot and ‘toast your own’ marshmallows, served complete with tea-lights for toasting. Then follows a selection of TNT exploding white chocolate and chilli ganache truffles, Gunpowder tea infused macaroons, a scrumptious roasted chestnut cupcake with lightly fried parsnip crisp; Last but not least yummy mini toffee apple lollies which garnish a mulled wine jelly with cinnamon cream.
The Bonfire Night Tea at The Royal Horseguards, London is £28 per person and is available from 1st – 7th November. To book call 0871 376 9033.
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halloween,
halloween afternoon tea
An afternoon tea to give you the shivers (of delight of course!)
If you are more a fan of cakes and sandwiches, than things that go bump in the night then nip down to the London Hilton this Halloween. The celebrated hotel is serving up all manner of scarily delicious treats alongside traditional afternoon favorites, as part of it's Halloween themed tea.Diners are first treated to an array of savoury sandwiches including Foreman's smoked salmon and horseradish, honey roast ham and Pommery mustard, prawn mayonnaise and baby gem lettuce, cucumber with cream cheese and chives and egg and cress. This is followed by tiers of praline chocolate white chocolate and raspberry scones, served with Devonshire clotted cream. Last but not least come a number of wicked miniature fancies including: almond paste pumpkin, miniature toffee apples, dark chocolate witches hat and a blood orange bat. Dark chocolate and orange and gooey toffee cupcakes are also on offer.
Book quickly! (you'd be batty to miss it!).
Limited Edition Halloween Afternoon Tea is £25 per person and is available until 31 October from 2 - 6pm at the Podium Restaurant at the London Hilton, Park Lane. To book call 02072084022.
This is not a sponsored post all our views are our own.
This is not a sponsored post all our views are our own.
If you fancy an afternoon tea with a difference get yourself down to Harrod's Food Hall this October where Lily Vanilli's delicious chocolate cupcakes are taking pride of place alongside other decadent offerings from Greg Wallace, Tom Aikens and Ian Marber in partnership with Divine Chocolate.The Deeply Darkly Divine range of cakes are all inspired by and use the 85% dark chocolate bar, think beetroot brownies, choclate pots and fudge cake and last but not least Lily's sumptious cup cakes.
These include:
- Double chocolate expresso with fresh raspberries
- White chocolate chip with vanilla white chocolate frosting
- Cocoa red velvet with rich chocolate and vanilla cream cheese
- Triple chocolate brownies
You may have noticed that the Dormouse team appear to have taken a bit of a sabbatical of late. Well we have been to the big smoke, to the bright lights of London to refresh and inspire us. We have shopped till we have dropped, tasted the teas and we are now back to tell all... in pictures... well they say they're worth a thousand words!
Dormouse and The Teapot's exploration into the world of tea, sometimes takes them to some strange and wonderful worlds into which they might not otherwise wander.
There has been a recent surge in interest in the theatrical; in vaudeville, burlesque and cabaret. The credit crunch has seen a rise in fascination in old-fashioned glamour, the 1940's, lipstick, powder and paint.
Alongside this a new genre of events has arisen, marrying performance with the age old ritual of taking tea - which of course never goes out of fashion- who knew Earl Grey could be so glamorous!
Heres just a sample...
Afternoon Tease!
Time For Tease puts on events that combine a delightful afternoon tea with a dollop of burlesque cabaret in one scrumptious package. Tickets for Afternoon Tease! at Volupté near Chancery Lane in London are £35 this includes full afternoon tea and a table for the afternoon.
Afternoon Teas take place on the first and third Saturdays of the month from 14.30 - 17.30. You can book tickets at www.timefortease.co.uk or call Volupté's bookings team on 0207 831 1622.
Boobytrap
Boobytrap is a unique foray into the world of lingerie and teas. The boutique which is based at 15 William Street in the West End area of Edinburgh opened in August 2008 as an outlet for stylish and sophisticated lingerie, swimwear, lounge wear and bridal lingerie.
The boutique holds a range of events including brunches, burlesque and afternoon teas. You can visit their website www.boobytrapboutique.co.uk/ for events visit www.sundaybrunchclub.co.uk/boobytrap-brunches.aspx
Operation Homeguard
Visit Ingleton North Yorkshire on July 4th & 5th 2009 and you will step right back into the 1940's. Stroll around the occupied French market town of La Chapelle- des-Marais and watch allied forces liberate the village each day. There will be performances from Gracie Lands and the Ovaltineys, Dancing in the street with Liz. Sat afternoon ENSA show with P.E.Casper Esquire, Uk's number one George formby impersonator, who will also be performing in the square on the Sunday. Sat night dance at the Centre with the Starlight swing band and 40's music by Gracie Lands. Licensed bar and Stew and dumpling supper available. Sunday afternoon tea dance. Trade stalls, military vehicles, re-encators, military cadets. Camp site available for MVT members and re-enactors. The Battle of Britain flypast (TBC).
For more information contact John or Elaine Ward on 015242 41024 or email john.ward91@btinternet.com or visit the web site at: www.ingletonhomeguard.co.uk
There has been a recent surge in interest in the theatrical; in vaudeville, burlesque and cabaret. The credit crunch has seen a rise in fascination in old-fashioned glamour, the 1940's, lipstick, powder and paint.
Alongside this a new genre of events has arisen, marrying performance with the age old ritual of taking tea - which of course never goes out of fashion- who knew Earl Grey could be so glamorous!
Heres just a sample...
Afternoon Tease!
Time For Tease puts on events that combine a delightful afternoon tea with a dollop of burlesque cabaret in one scrumptious package. Tickets for Afternoon Tease! at Volupté near Chancery Lane in London are £35 this includes full afternoon tea and a table for the afternoon.
Afternoon Teas take place on the first and third Saturdays of the month from 14.30 - 17.30. You can book tickets at www.timefortease.co.uk or call Volupté's bookings team on 0207 831 1622.
Boobytrap
Boobytrap is a unique foray into the world of lingerie and teas. The boutique which is based at 15 William Street in the West End area of Edinburgh opened in August 2008 as an outlet for stylish and sophisticated lingerie, swimwear, lounge wear and bridal lingerie.
The boutique holds a range of events including brunches, burlesque and afternoon teas. You can visit their website www.boobytrapboutique.co.uk/ for events visit www.sundaybrunchclub.co.uk/boobytrap-brunches.aspx
Operation Homeguard
Visit Ingleton North Yorkshire on July 4th & 5th 2009 and you will step right back into the 1940's. Stroll around the occupied French market town of La Chapelle- des-Marais and watch allied forces liberate the village each day. There will be performances from Gracie Lands and the Ovaltineys, Dancing in the street with Liz. Sat afternoon ENSA show with P.E.Casper Esquire, Uk's number one George formby impersonator, who will also be performing in the square on the Sunday. Sat night dance at the Centre with the Starlight swing band and 40's music by Gracie Lands. Licensed bar and Stew and dumpling supper available. Sunday afternoon tea dance. Trade stalls, military vehicles, re-encators, military cadets. Camp site available for MVT members and re-enactors. The Battle of Britain flypast (TBC).
For more information contact John or Elaine Ward on 015242 41024 or email john.ward91@btinternet.com or visit the web site at: www.ingletonhomeguard.co.uk
As you no doubt know by now, here at Dormouse we just love cupcakes! This very American staple is the centrepiece of our celebratory afternoon teas. Small ones, large ones if they are pretty and smothered in sparkles and sprinkles, well... we are happy bunnies!
Nothing do we like more than eating lovely cupcakes than reading about them and on our recent trawl through cyberspace we stumbled across London bakers Crumbs and Doilies and their fantastic blog http://www.crumbsanddoilies.blogspot.co.uk/ Penned by Ken it is a rainbow journey through every shade of cupcakery and design.
Oh and if you are in London you can buy them too http://www.crumbsanddoilies.co.uk/ (how could you resist!) Sadly we are not near enough to sample them but we would love to hear your reviews!