In the middle of October, a friend and I went to Roast restaurant at Borough Market in London to enjoy bottomless afternoon tea. It was a Day of the Dead and Halloween theme, and we also indulged in bottomless Prosecco and we had three cocktails, which were the special themed cocktails. Keep reading and scrolling down to see what we received.
We both got the vegetarian menus, and this included a selection of sweet and savoury items. First up, we had a Bratwurst Scotch egg (made with vegetables not meat), Falafel with hummus and mustard cress, a Bratwurst sausage roll (plant-based), chickpea roll, tomato lateral, and an onion lateral.
We could choose our own tea from the list, and I had the Indian Darjeeling tea.
The sweets received were decorated with the Day of the Dead theme. There was a pumpkin mousse, fresh fruit tart, and a choux bun.
The cocktails were ordered separately. Roast Raven came with black raven feathers. La Llorona came in the skull glass and was tequila and linquer with grenadine and lime juice. Dead End was Campari, gin, and pumpkin puree. It was served with a black skull ice cube.
We also got scones, which were coloured black. These came with a syringe of strawberry jam (which looked like blood) and clotted cream.
The food was very filling, and we had to wait for awhile to be served and to receive top ups of the Prosecco. They were definitely short-staffed, and the afternoon tea must have proved to be very popular.
Before we went home, we went to London Bridge Rooftop Bar and had a couple of drinks.
Happy belated Day of the Dead! It took awhil to publish this post as I have been busy in the past three weeks.
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