High Tea

Continuing on the Nobel theme, this week we visited the Grand Hotel (1874), which was where the first Nobel banquets were held between 1901-1930, before moving to City Hall:

Here we enjoyed a fabulous afternoon tea at the Cadier Bar:

SANDWICHES

- shrimps in dill mayonnaise

- smoked ham w/ tomato chutney

- smoked salmon w/ lemon & chives

- cepes creme w/ cucumber

SCONES

Macadamia & white chocolate

Tradition w/ brown sugar

served with:

- calamondin curd

- blueberry & blackberry preserve flavoured w/ lime

- stirred butter

- whipped cream

PASTRIES

- amaerettii w/ grandmarnier truffle

- poppy see & lemon sponge cake w/ icing

- rasberry & litchi mousse w/ a pistachio macaroon

- tonka pannacotta w/ a chocolate sandwich

Little food never seems filling but I was so stuffed after the first layer of sandwiches.

Took a good (somewhat uncomfortable at times) few hours to get through it all:

Nice toilets too :-)