Re the waiter spreading the cream - it wasn't so much spreading it as sort of 'plopping' it out of a large spoon! Thankfully we had already spread our own butter and jam - so the waiter just came along with this huge bowl of cream .... and in a masterful way sort of 'plopped' Mt Etna on top of the jam! Much merriment ensued.
Jo - I think (being a typical old worrypot) I may well book the tea at Reid's as an excursion from the ship. Otherwise I won't relax - I'll be worried about getting back to the ship; but it depends on what time we're due out of port. We'll see.
Lemon curd sounds lovely. Whenever I can I always try and opt for apricot preserve - but when we were offered pineapple scones we thought it would simply be pineapple preserve, but it wasn't - the scones had been freshly made and had little pineapple pieces in them.
It's going to be very much later in the year - and if I'm a very good girl then just maybe we'll pop in a Canary Islands cruise - and I promise to get to Reid's .
Meanwhile, I have to say that in Betty's in York we had a wonderful rhubarb cake - not the whole thing, just a slice each.
At one afternoon tea we were offered cheese scones in with the normal scones - and it really made sense. Instead of afternoon teas just trotting out a variety of sandwiches (or mini rolls on Cunard) I do wish that there were more savoury items too.
Em
) is now on our wish list of things to do later on this year. (Conveniently there some smashing shops in SoA too).
