Vi endte opp med å forelske oss i den søte kaféen "Bake-a-boo", som serverer afternoon tea hver fredag-søndag, med priser fra £18. Etter å ha kikket gjennom menyen og stalket bilder på instagram, ble vi fort veldig begeistrete, og booket med en gang. For de fleste afternoon tea's må du booke i forveien, og vi måtte også betale 50% på forhånd, noe som virkelig ikke er noe problem. Vi booket for klokken 1 på søndag, noe som var en perfekt tid for litt mat og kos.
Afternoon tea is something I have wanted to try out ever since I got to London, and this Sunday I finally got the chance to go. Afternoon tea is a very typical English tradition, which you should really try out when you have the chance. Some of the most famous places to go are fancy hotels like The Ritz, where I would of course love to try out one day, but for now that is a bit too expensive for my student life. The thing that a lot of people don't know/ expect though, is that there are so many other options than these expensive formal hotels, when it comes to having an afternoon tea. Me and Isabelle decided on finding something in the price range of £15-25, and we still had a lot to choose from!
We ended up falling in love with the cute café called "Bake-a-boo", which had afternoon tea every Friday-Sunday, with prices from £18. We quickly got really exciting after looking through the menu and stalking Instagram photos, and decided to book straight away. For most afternoon tea's you have to book in advance, and we also had to pay 50% upfront, which was really no problem. We booked for Sunday at 1pm, which was a perfect time for a little afternoon-tea snack and relaxation.
Bake-a-boo is hard to miss when you are getting close to it, with it's pink logo and matching chairs and tables outside, decorated with colorful confetti. The second you enter the small café you smell a delicious scent that is a mixture of freshly baked cupcakes and cakes, together with all different sorts of steaming hot tea. The café is small and narrow, but it is just as you would expect it to be. The ceiling is covered with different sorts of decorations, hearts, pompoms and other pink and pastel colored prettiness. On your plate there is a pink menu, with the long list of tea selections on one side. We both started of with a "Strawberry and Kiwi" tea, but you can choose different ones. You can also change it out to different ones, during your meal (we later tried the Indian Darjeeling).
Når det kommer til maten, kan det bare beskrives som helt fantastisk. Når jeg ser tilbake på bildene mine lengter jeg etter fingersmørbrødene og søtsaker, og jeg vedder på at munnen din begynner å fylle seg med vann nå. Det vakre etasje-brettet vi ble servert på bordet vårt hadde tre etasjer med godbiter, og vi begynte på bunnen med fingersmørbrød. Hvitt og brunt brød med fire forskjellige påfyll (hummus, kremost, egg-salat og agurk) var virkelig en fantastisk start, og for å være ærlig jeg skulle ønske det var flere av dem. Neste etasje var fyll av deilige nybakte engelske scones og kaker, som vi delte i to og toppet med fersk krem og jordbærsyltetøy (som vi fikk i de søteste hjerteformede skålene noensinne). Etter det andre laget var jeg allerede stappmett, men på toppen ventet mine favoritter noensinne: jordbær dekket med sjokolade og cupcakes, så jeg måtte ta en for laget (meg selv). Jeg kan helt ærlig ikke huske sist gang jeg følte meg så mett som etter dette måltidet, men det var verdt det på så mange måter, og det får meg lyst til å gå tilbake og spise mer nå med en gang.
What: Bake-a-boo
Where: 86 Mill Lane, Greater London NW6 1NL
Price: £££££ (£18 for regular Afternoon Tea, other options more expensive)
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