Doug & Jodie

Two weeks ago, Alicia, Dana and I met at Fortnum and Mason for High Tea at 3pm. Since I have been living in London I have wanted to experience High Tea at one of the top Hotels in London. However, I had been told that the luxurious department store, F&M, was one of the best places to experience this. We weren’t disappointed. Dressed in our finery (the website stipulated for us to ‘lean towards elegance, not beach’!) we were shown to our arm chairs by a small window looking down upon Piccadilly on the top floor of F&M, St. James’ restaurant. Opting for the champagne tea we enjoyed glasses of pink bubbly whilst nibbling on cucumber sandwiches and mini cheese tarts. Then we moved on to our fine teas and started on the scones with clotted cream and jam. Finally finishing with the delicious pastries: chocolate fondants, berry tarts, sponge cake… we chatted away the afternoon sipping from the F&M china then left to have a look around the store which was already dressed for Christmas! It was a lovely afternoon with good friends and as our life in London draws to a close I am truly beginning to appreciate our experiences here and will really miss the old world elegance of this place…