http://www.smallpleasures.org.uk Reviews of Cream Teas from around the UK Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:07:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ This blog has not been abandoned. It just looks that way because its winter and day trips to tearooms happen a lot less in the winter. But I am already planning some trips for 2008. However, to keep some scone action going in the meanwhile, I have decided to start ... http://www.smallpleasures.org.uk/2008/01/28/scones-at-home/ Scone was fruited, decent texture, served with a mini pot of jam and a couple of pats of anchor butter. Which all sounds fine, but it was lacking in flavour somehow. Tea - well that's another thing altogether. Only nasty paper cups available, no real milk, only the unpleasant miniature ... http://www.smallpleasures.org.uk/2007/10/08/woburn-safari-park/