I was in The Tetley one lazy Sunday afternoon a couple of weeks ago when I saw this
Yes a cream tea with the option of a G n'T so I immediately text my friend to let her know. Then and there we arrange a weekend for her to come and visit for a catch up.
So she traveled up on Friday night and we stayed in drinking gin, red wine and eating tapas before crashing out. On Saturday we hit the shops with the aim of getting RM a dress to wear to a wedding. I did not really take any photos of this but if your interested she got this amazing dress and necklace from Topshop. We also popped into paperchase and yes they are bunny ears.
We headed to the Tetley and ordered Two Afternoon Teas with Fizz for the princely sum of £14.00. Yes that is correct £14.00 with the added bonus of being in an art space that you can wonder round for free.
This is not a delicate dainty afternoon tea served on expensive fine china but it is a satisfy feast with a sufficiently Yorkshire theme to the sweets for it to satisfy even the most seasoned of afternoon tea goers. We sat in the bar area which is decorated with prices of Tetley and Leeds history
The Fizz was suitably crisp
And there was a tower of food. My pictures do not do justice to how big the scones were. But that is getting slightly ahead of myself.
The Tea came with three little sandwiches and the staff very kindly accommodated the fact that I don't eat meat and gave me extra cheese and salmons sandwiches. RM however informs me that the salted beef and horseradish sandwich was incredible.
We then hit a bit of a snag as we could not remember the correct order to eat a afternoon tea. A google on the phone later and we tucked into the scones.
The butter, jam and clotted cream came presented on a wooden block which I think I will replicate on another occasion.
Personally I'm of the jam then cream school of scone dressing
There was lashings of good Yorkshire quality tea
Then finally we reached the sweets; macaroons, Parkin, berries and a battenburgh slice.
The macaroons were exceptional and nicely offset by the berries but I was pretty much defeated by the scone so I picked at the remainder and I am happy to report the were excellent.
As we left the heavens opened.
For anyone looking for something to do on a lazy weekend I would highly recommend this affordable treat. How have you treated yourself this weekend?
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