Afternoon tea - European style

Where is all the time going? Met up with a friend from uni on Sunday who was over from France for the weekend. I hadn't seen her in a few years and it was great to catch up. At one point, she said something about: '15 years ago' and I just thought: bloody hell: I've known you for this long already? Especially as she still looks exactly the same as back then, it feels really strange to think that all those years have gone by.

Anyhow, we had afternoon tea at The Delaunay - a Grand European cafe restaurant (that's how they describe themselves) near Covent Garden or Temple station. Lovely place, great service and superb cakes. I thought they were a bit stingy on the savoury side though. All in all, good afternoon tea and - for London standards - still reasonably priced at <£25 each.

this was shared by us, by the way; rose flavoured battenberg: a delight! and my rose tea on the right; and the guggelhupfs hidden under the cloche served with cream and jam