Afternoon Tea - Goring or Rubens?
May 5, 2016, 11:11 am
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Afternoon Tea - Goring or Rubens?
Hello everyone!
Long time lurker, first time poster here.
Off to London tomorrow and have made reservations for Afternoon Tea at both The Goring and Rubens Hotel. Goring is £42 and Rubens is £32. I have never had Afternoon Tea before, is the £10 difference noticeable or should I opt for the cheaper alternative?
And a quick one, which is the best gourmet burger in London in your opinion?
Cheers!
Long time lurker, first time poster here.
Off to London tomorrow and have made reservations for Afternoon Tea at both The Goring and Rubens Hotel. Goring is £42 and Rubens is £32. I have never had Afternoon Tea before, is the £10 difference noticeable or should I opt for the cheaper alternative?
And a quick one, which is the best gourmet burger in London in your opinion?
Cheers!
May 6, 2016, 2:20 am
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Gourmet burger is pretty much an oxymoron, but if you mean non-fast food, I'd suggest Bar Boulud in the Mandarin Oriental, or Burger and Lobster (there's one on the top floor of Harvey Nicks across the road from the MO).
May 6, 2016, 2:50 am
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And neither will be nearly as good, IMHO, as pretty well any of the tea shops which line the streets of the nicer towns in Devon and Cornwall, where it will be much less than £10. But, of course, you have to get there.
May 6, 2016, 2:59 am
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Thankfully, I am off to Devon in a few weeks' time!
May 6, 2016, 3:35 am
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There's a lot of decent burgers from achingly trendy "food trucks" around, but there's a lot of hipsterified dross as well. Hard to give a particular recommendation, although I did particularly enjoy one from an anonymous van at the back of the Truman Brewery in Shoreditch.
There's a couple of decent options around King's Cross and the new St Martin's College at lunchtime, but again, I couldn't give you specific options.
There's a couple of decent options around King's Cross and the new St Martin's College at lunchtime, but again, I couldn't give you specific options.
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May 10, 2016, 1:39 am
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May 10, 2016, 3:52 am
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You have any sources to quote for that assertion? I looked it up and it doesn't seem like it.
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http://www.teagenius.com/index.php?o...=27&Itemid=119
You have any sources to quote for that assertion? I looked it up and it doesn't seem like it.
You have any sources to quote for that assertion? I looked it up and it doesn't seem like it.
