http://www.smallpleasures.org.uk Reviews of Cream Teas from around the UK Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:05:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Guest reviewer: Jim Petts And so to the amazing triangular castle of Caerlaverock on the Northern shores of the Solway Firth. Amazing because inside its traditional castle-like exterior lies the red sandstone façade of a later stately home, looking for all the world like something from Petra. All it needed was ... http://www.smallpleasures.org.uk/2010/06/27/north-of-the-border/ Guest reviewer: Jim Petts To tell you the truth I don’t remember this scone too clearly except that it was a life-saver. I was taken over all peculiar in an antiques shop in Corbridge, possibly due to low sugar level, and needed an instant injection of scone-related product. This we found ... http://www.smallpleasures.org.uk/2010/06/27/hadrians-scone/ Shuttleworth - interesting place - there's the Shuttleworth Collection of old planes, the Swiss Garden, a Bird of Prey Centre and some kind of play area - all a bit random, all in the grounds of a big house that isn't open like a stately home, but I think you ... http://www.smallpleasures.org.uk/2008/06/15/shuttleworth-beds/ Guest Reviewer: Jim Petts Not exactly a cream tea, but highly relevant. We attended upon the Town Mill Bakery at Lyme Regis for the elevenses. This is something of a local institution: as well has purveying a splendid selection of bread-based product, they also provide an amazing eating experience based on ... http://www.smallpleasures.org.uk/2008/06/15/the-town-mill-bakery-lyme-regis/ This time I went for the official cream tea on offer, so got two scones rather than the one I normally go for. So the price is a bit more. The tea was all in order, cup and saucer, tea in a pot and milk in a jug. Nicely provided with ... http://www.smallpleasures.org.uk/2008/06/15/baddesley-clinton/ Two things struck me when I opened up my pack of scones 1/ They are triangular - I think I have previously made my feelings about unusual scone shapes quite clear. 2/ Boy are they yellow! Maybe it's the double butter, or maybe it's the use of eggs in the mix ... http://www.smallpleasures.org.uk/2008/05/15/genesis-crafty-scones/ Waitrose don't make any grandiose claims about these little babies. Mearly stating that they are, "Delicious served with jam and cream". And I can't argue with that really. These are your basic pre-packaged off the shelf Waitrose own-brand jobs. In a pack of 6, they are a little on the ... http://www.smallpleasures.org.uk/2008/03/07/waitrose-fruit-scone/ This scone comes from the cream cake fridge in the bakery area of Sainsbury's in a box of two. Prefilled with cream and jam. It's really stretching the definition of scone. No fruit and the scone itself is very heavy on the icing sugar - I don't mean the bit sprinkled ... http://www.smallpleasures.org.uk/2008/03/03/sainsburys-cream/ Sorry, no picture for this scone yet. I took some, but they came out really blurry. I shall upload a pic when I next eat some of these babies! These scones come in a four pack from the in-store bakery section of Morrisons, so don't confuse them with the various scones ... http://www.smallpleasures.org.uk/2008/02/01/morrisons-bakery-scone/ Let me be clear before we start. Tesco is evil and I rarely shop there if I can avoid it, but I was at work and the only shop within striking distance of White City on a Sunday is the scary miniature Tesco. And those miniature shops only sell the ... http://www.smallpleasures.org.uk/2008/01/28/tesco-finest-cornish-butter-and-sultana-scones/