Afternoon Tea Adventures; Park Regis Hotel, Birmingham

Last month as part of Afternoon Tea week I went to the Park Regis hotel at Five Ways, Birmingham to have afternoon tea. Food is served in their restaurant which has a modern classic look with views over the city.

 Tea was English breakfast with as many refills as we wanted.  Firstly we were served an amuse Boucher; a salmon mousse served in a pastry scone.

Sandwiches were:

• Cucumber and mint and Cream cheese
• Honey roast gammon ham with Dijon mustard
• Rare roast beef with Horseradish and tomato, brioche bun
• Smoked salmon and chive creme fraîche wrap

Next were the scones and the homemade fruit scone with clotted cream and conserve was delicious.

Concerning the other scone I was glad I was paying attention before I layered jam and cream on it. There were great bits in the scone. It turns out it was a savoury Cheddar cheese and chive scone. Oh how strange that would have tasted with cream and jam. It was delicious but we weren’t told it was a savoury scone and was served alongside the jam and cream.

The cakes and sweets were:

• Blackberry passion fruit lollipop
• Mango, sour cherry granules
• Jasmine green tea macaroon
• Salted caramel and chocolate mousse
• Jivara sponge, Cherry chiboust, orange sablé breton
• Raspberry and pistachio opera cake.

All totally delicious. Apart from the shock of nearly putting cream and jam on a savoury scone, everything was delicious.  The afternoon tea at The Park Regis Hotel is priced at £24.  They also serve a gentlman’s and a Hendricks gin afternoon tea which are both priced at £29.  Booking is required.