Aqua Shard's afternoon tea is inspired by the adventures of Peter Pan on the island of Neverland. Drawing on popular motifs from J. M. Barrie's much-loved novel, the tea is a fitting tribute to the author and his fictional characters. Innovative treats are served on a custom-made tea stand inspired by Captain James Hook's pirate ship, the Jolly Roger, which symbolized pirate ships in the 18th century.
To start, guests will enjoy a savoury selection of finger sandwiches with a creative twist, including a chicken sandwich topped with crispy bacon wrapped in paper denoting the four ‘Lost Boy Rules’, and an ‘Enormous Mushroom Chimney’ - mushroom-shaped bread inspired by the mushroom stools ‘of charming colour’ in Neverland. The ‘Codfish’ Captain Hook cod brandade croquette is named after Peter Pan’s nickname for his nemesis and will arrive complete with carefully crafted pastry hook.
Moving into the sweet section of the tea, quintessentially British warm scones will be hidden within a special treasure chest, accompanied by sweet apricot marmalade (or ‘mammee-apples’) as well as coconut clotted cream.
The sweet confections include a Tinker Bell Cookie, Peter Pan's Secret Hollow Tree Entrance (a chocolate log cake), Tick-Tock the Crocodile (a sweet dessert of raspberry and rooibos jelly with a crocodile gummy), and Hook's Perish Cake (lime green Victoria sandwich with coconut), all drawing on popular motifs from the book.
That is such a fun tea time theme!
ReplyDeleteThe sweet section of the tea looks and sounds like everything tastes, absolutely divine.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun theme!
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