Afternoon Tea is available on sea days at The Sip which is the champagne bar onboard Scarlet Lady. There are two options. For $19 USD you can just have tea and the tower of savory and sweet snacks. Or for $35 you can get the above plus a glass of More Chandon champagne. We elected for the latter. Went not do it right?
You have your choice of tea. I went with a green oolong. My wife got mint tea. They had several to chose from. Then the tower arrives.
Three tiers. The bottom was all savory including a slightly sweet open faced cucumber sandwich. A "bar" with a thin layer of lover mousse topped with pickled watermelon. And a watercress sandwich. The cucumber was my favorite, suprising with the sweetened cream cheese.
The middle tier was all sweets.
The rainbow cake was a super moist and flavorful chocolate cake. The one shaped like a shell was also chocolate with a hint of hazelnut. There read also a cream puff with some fluffy sweetened whipped cream. My least favorite was the macaron. I expected some kind of fruit flavor but instead it was just sweet.
The top layer was scones. One savory with onions and scallions and the other traditional. Served with more like a whipped unsalted butter (instead of colored cream) and strawberry jam.
Both scones are drier than I prefer. And the savory one needed a boost of flavor. Neither terrible, especially with the jam and butter.
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