Teatime for Two costs £45 (£37 if collected from the deli), or £94.59 including a bottle of champagne Laurent Perrier brut. It would have been nice to have a wider choice of teas, and if I’m being finickity the scones might have been bigger and crumblier - all the better for slathering with jam - but in a time when so many deliveries are let down by meagre portions sizes or dried-out ingredients, the team at Le Deli Robuchon have done their legendary namesake proud. A final box hid the requisite raspberry jam, clotted cream and sachets of Joel Robuchon tea (Earl Grey and Moroccan mint infusion). Two more boxes contained pretty-as-a-picture miniature French pastries (fruit tarts, vanilla mille feuilles and cute-as-a-button chocolate eclairs), and viennoiseries baked on-site at the deli, with plain and raisin scones accompanied by fluffy brioche sucres and melt-in-your-mouth madeleines. Twelve sandwiches in total meant there was enough leftover for the following day. Made using ingredients from the Piccadilly deli, they included classics - cucumber and cream cheese, roast beef and horseradish, ham and emmental - along with more unusual options such as aubergine, burrata and olive tapenade, and smoked salmon, egg and wasabi mayo. Neatly trimmed sandwiches lined up in two uniform rows, with one set for the pescetarian and another for the meat-eater (a vegetarian afternoon tea is also available). Top marks for presentation, and the contents didn’t disappoint. LUXURY TEA BOX SERIESRead more: The best Mother's Day hotel experiences to book for lockdown celebrations Le Deli Robuchon’s Teatime for Twoĭelivered in a huge designer-boutique-esque bag containing a series of slick monochrome boxes, Le Deli Robuchon’s Teatime for Two, launched in time for Mother’s Day, has to be one of the most stylish afternoon tea deliveries around. Delivery is available to most London postcodes SRįirmdale Hotels Afternoon Tea at Home for Mothering Sunday costs £45 for 1, £75 for 2, £135 for 4 or £180 with Rathfinny Rose. Add to this picture-perfect spread either Wedgewood teas, or a bottle of Rathfinny Rose (or both), and you have a pretty, delicious celebration that’ll last long after teatime. We particularly liked the light puffs of choux filled with peach cream, and the miniature chocolate-and-lime tarts. Scones, both plain and fruit, are next, served with clotted cream and jams - but leave room for the patisserie, which is as delicate as it is toothsome. Tomato arancini (warmed up, please), olive and ricotta palmier and perfect finger sandwiches are the more-than-substantial savouries. Then comes the three-course feast itself, also very neatly boxed up, and a set of menus and instructions that firmly guide your toward making An Occasion of it - platters are called for, as is a cake stand and various sharing platters. For a start, it arrives in smart boutique-style bags, printed with jazzy textiles - none of your takeaway packaging here - and includes a signature Wheatgrass Bay scented candle by Rikrak to set the tone. Kit Kemp is the interiors genius behind Firmdale Hotels, and aesthetically pleasing touches abound in this generous tea. If there were ever a way to bring a splash of colour and a dollop of luxury hotel elegance into somebody’s life, this is it: a Mothering Sunday delivery that’s equal parts style and sweetness. Read more: Best gifts for Mother's Day 2021 Cakes & Bubbles’ Champagne Afternoon In I’d also bring along some mini sandwiches too - something savoury to complement it all. There’s enough in here to last anyone several afternoon teas with friends. And, two biscuit tins, including one of my favourites, Fortnum’s Chocolate Pearl biscuit, soft and buttery with Valrhona chocolate chunks. There are two boxes of chocolate, including Fortnum's popular Sea Salted Caramel Truffle Drum. There’s two tins of tea, including a Mother’s Day one which tastes like an Earl Grey with hints of rose. The Mother’s Day Hamper is stuffed with a wide selection of goodies and, as someone with a penchant for a good brew and an unfaltering sweet tooth, this is my kryptonite (in a good way). So even after all the tea and biscuits have been consumed, there’s something to remember the giftee by. One of the best things about Fortnum and Mason’s hampers are the wicker baskets they come in: each one is hand-woven using crafting designs dating back to the 1700s, and they look beautiful around the house.
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