the best afternoon tea i've ever had!

Best afternoon tea ever? Bold statement, I know. But, seriously? TRUE STORY! I don't know why I haven't posted this sooner, O and I went to the Lake District a few months ago for a little weekend getaway. We stumbled across this gorgeous hotel right on the shores of Lake Windermere. If you check out their website, they have a swanky spa and the hotel is seriously the lap of luxury, but all we were interested in was their afternoon tea! We had no idea what to expect and when the sandwiches came out on their own plate, I was a little worried that we wouldn't get a lovely cake stand. This was O's first ever afternoon tea, you see and I had promised him a lovely cake stand filled with tasty morsels. Let's just say, we were not disappointed...

Is that test tubes I hear you say? Oh yes! At the Lakeside Hotel, you don't just choose your tea from a menu, you grab a test tube {or ten}, take a big sniff and then make your decision!

What can I say about these teapots? FANCY!

If you know me well, you'll know that I'm not a huge tea drinker {I know, you're disappointed in me...}, so of course I went for this fruity concoction. O said it looked like Ribena...

Cold cucumber soup in a fancy bowl anyone? I was dubious, but oh my!!! Feels strange eating {drinking?} cold soup, but it tasted AMAZING!

The usual arrangement of sandwiches arrived and this is when I feared there would be no cake stand...

How silly I was to ever doubt the lovely Lakeside Hotel! LOOK! Just look at all those cakes!! I'm not going to lie, we almost did finish this, everything was a pleasure to eat and it was difficult to leave that last bite of cake pop, but by this point I was in a serious cake coma.

Now this wasn't the cheapest afternoon tea that I've ever had, but with the sheer amount of cake and the beautiful scenery, I would've happily paid more than we did. There are different options to choose from too, so if you want to ditch the soup and sandwiches and head straight to the cakes {who would blame you?}, you can do! I'll leave you with one of my favourite photos of the day, except from the cakes of course...

{PS You can now find my review directly on the hotel website here!}