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We treated ourselves to the Mad Hatter's Afternoon Tea at the Sanderson London this afternoon.
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The hotel was lovely and the afternoon tea was held in their courtyard, with cozy blankets and heaters to keep us warm.
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The table setting was so pretty with quirky plates, menus in books and sugar cubes in a musical jewellery box with spinning ballerina.
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Once we were seated, we were brought cocktails and a tray of teas to select from.
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With so many tasty flavours to choose from, picking our tea wasn't easy, but there were tasting note cards as well as scent bottles to help us.
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We chose the Cheshire Cat with orange and chocolate flavours and the Queen Of Hearts with red rose and vanilla.
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Our tea came served in King & Queen teapots with party hats, which we couldn't resist wearing for ourselves.
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And then, our food arrived on a cake stand decorated with carousel horses and a plant on top.
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First we tackled the White Rabbit finger sandwiches with cucumber and cream cheese on pesto bread, and the King Of Hearts parmesan croque-monsieur.
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There were also some super fancy snacks including smoked salmon Scotch quail eggs topped with caviar and crab rolls with a creme fraiche and avocado sauce.
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We then topped our scones with clotted cream and jam while they were still warm.
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Just before we moved onto the sweets, we were surprised with little plant pots filled with ice cream and topped with chocolate soil and flowers.
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It was then time to get stuck into dessert with Queen Of Hearts rose & strawberry jammy dodgers, Tweedle Dee lemon curd financiers, mocha chessboard gateau.
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My favourite dessert was the, Mad March hare vanilla pocket macarons that looked like little watches.
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We then sipped on adorable little pots of Alice's cinnamon, apple & peach 'drink me' potion.
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There were sweets hidden in the plant on top of our cake stand including chocolate & pistachio blue caterpillars, wonderland marshmallow magic mushrooms and the Mad Hatters lost carrot & fennel meringues.
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I never wanted our afternoon tea to end but we returned home with a box of leftovers and my crown which I had saved for Bobbin.
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