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Weston Hall Afternoon Tea


Well if you haven’t guessed I do enjoy an afternoon tea even though I don’t have a sweet tooth.  For my last birthday my lovely friend Fordy got me two vouchers for afternoon tea at Weston Hall, Stafford.  Having a browse on line beforehand this looked like a marvellous setting.
We arrived at this lovely building which was very picturesque the only down side was that it was quite close to a main road and this spoiled the view a bit but the noise levels weren’t too bad.  We headed into the Cellar restaurant where our afternoon tea was booked and showed into the lounge area where we would be having it.  Mr Bus and I chose some lovely sofas to sit on next to the fire, although it was the end of May we went the weather was still cold and wet so this was welcome.
For our afternoon tea we could choose from a range of teas or coffee and we opted for Assam, being one of our favourites.  We were expecting to wait a little while and started to have a nose at what else they had on offer.  One thing that caught our eye was the Gentleman’safternoon tea which we will have to return to sample, this included more savoury items much to my joy being burgers and pork scratching mmmm, my mouth is watering now just thinking about it.

Our afternoon tea turned up and it looked gorgeous, the taste didn’t let it down either it was splendid.  We had a selection of sandwiches, cakes which were a fruit cake, a mini lemon meringue pie, bakewell slice and a big wedge of the lightest Victoria sponge in the world.  There was also one fruit and one plain scone each.



Now with most afternoon teas I find them too much to eat and too sweet.  I have found a way of combating the sweetness with alternating a bit of cake and then a finger sandwich, this worked very well.  I still couldn’t eat it all and we ended up taking a doggy bag home with us.

Overall I would have to say this is one of the best afternoon teas I have had, the setting was brilliant, the service was brilliant and the food was gorgeous.  We will definitely be returning not only for a gentleman’s afternoon tea but some meals as well.
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