The Milestone Hotel and Residences Limited Edition Afternoon Tea
The Milestone Hotel and Residences invites you to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth!
The quintessentially English tradition of Afternoon Tea, came to fruition during her reign and our special Victorian Afternoon Tea is inspired by some of her favourite treats. Enjoy cakes along with a variety of finger sandwiches, fruit & plain scones served with home-made preserve and clotted cream.
Served in the hotel’s sophisticated splendour this exclusivel Afternoon Tea includes:
Battenberg Cake: A light sponge cake with apricot jam, covered in marzipan. Created for the wedding of Queen Victoria’s grand-daughter to Louis of Battenberg in 1884
Cranberry & Chantilly Cream Tart: Vanilla sweet pastry, cranberry and light Chantilly cream, supposedly one of Queen Victoria’s favourite sweet treats
Beetroot & Chocolate Mousse Dome: Decorated with a sugar veil and a chocolate pearl to reference Queen Victoria’s love of lace and pearls, and placed on a dark chocolate cake base to represent how she wore black to mourn Prince Albert for 10 years
Strawberry & Rhubarb Mousse: Strawberry mousse, fresh English rhubarb decorated with a gold crown and a sugar diamond to represent the crown and jewellery she wore.
Traditional Victoria Sponge: Created and named after Queen Victoria
Price: Traditional Afternoon Tea, £52.00 per person or Champagne Afternoon Tea, £62.00 per person