Afternoon Tea - how can anyone eat it all?

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I've been looking at things to do next weekend. Looked on Wowcher, Groupon etc. A regular offer is Afternoon Tea for two. Whilst it looks lovely, they regularly feature about 6 sandwich corners each, a few savoury items and FOUR cakes each. I love my food, and I like cake, but there's no way I could eat all of that in one sitting. Can anyone eat four cakes in a row? Are we meant to take a doggy bag?

I do think where you go makes a difference on the size of the tea. I had the one I said before and I had another afternoon tea in a London museum and it was awful and so were the waiting staff. They tried to over charge us too. It was a treat for my niece and the treat was spoilt.

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They replenished all our cakes but we didn’t actually need them (came over and just put them there) then they wouldn’t give a doggy bag. I sent an array email about food waste and basically got told tough shit 😂

Why do some people not make a correlation between calories burnt and calories consumed? If you have a very physical and active life then you need lots of food to sustain it. At my peak fitness I could see away a full English breakfast with a burger and chips on the side in one sitting. A full afternoon tea would have been a light snack to me back then 🤷‍♀️

Is this the first time you’ve been on MN? Because anyone that eats food, small, normal or large portions, gets a load of shit thrown at them r
I got called grotesque for eating a share size bag of malteasers recently.

The Ritz gave my mum a doggy bag.

The Wolseley has lovely doggie bags - I've seen them. I have yet to need one myself

@VeniceVentura I am very grateful and accepted graciously, I am going and I am sure I'll have a lovely time with the experience-but I can't make myself like things I don't like!

@stressedespresso indeed! They weren't to know and I did (truthfully) tell them it is a lovely gift. I will have a lovely time with my Mum (and will probably donate my cakes to her which will make her doubly happy)!

Nobody can like everything! I probably have unsophisticated taste!

I’m lol-ing so much at this thread:
“mouth sized quiches”
”focus on the cakes”
”There’s a technique…”

Ive found my people 🤣🤣🤣

Not only could I scoff/polish off/inhale an afternoon tea, I could also manage a high tea (with steak pie and toast)

I hate it when my scones are messed around with like that ;-)

Thankfully you are here to educate those ghastly, slobby, obese people letting their children have a treat

Each to their own! 😀

My English FIL used to love coming to visit us to try all the weird scones.

Never been to one. If the cakes are tiny as people here say, I can eat 4 in a row no bother. If they're 'big slabs', I can still eat 4 in a row, minus the sandwiches then. Massive sweet tooth, can polish off remarkable quantities (but don't). I'm nowhere near overweight, for reference.

Afternoon teas are a rip off at the best of times so if you really don't think you can manage to eat it all why the fuck not, the cakes and sandwiches are very small save yourself the bother and expense and spend the money on something that you are actually going to make full use of.

They really are a rip offf. £20+ when you could have a lovely main course.

I’ve never eaten it all. The scones are so filling I can’t eat like 3 cakes after that!

I think you need to cut down on your ‘massive salads’ for a fortnight before OP so you have room.

They really are a rip offf. £20+ when you could have a lovely main course.*

It’s not a ripoff if you enjoy it, which I do and I like having a variety of things to eat.

😁

I like your style! 👏

Stay at home and have half a carrot and a raisin for dessert.

Is this for real? Most places refill the plates until you’ve had enough. I have always deleted all the food and had at least 1 more plate. It’s several finger slices not several whole sandwiches. And mini scones and mini cakes. It’s not like you’re given 4 Colin the caterpillars.

and now I’m off to make some cucumber and cream cheese sandwiches. Thx OP

But Malteasers are just air?!

Most places refill the plates until you’ve had enough.

Really? I've had A LOT of afternoon teas and no place has ever done this. Tea/coffee yes, but not food.