Afternoon Tea At The Garden View Lounge / ガーデンビューラウンジのアフタヌーンティー ~ I'm Made of Sugar!

Afternoon Tea At The Garden View Lounge
ガーデンビューラウンジのアフタヌーンティー

(Japanese follows. / 日本語は以下へ続く。)

When we went to Disney World at the beginning of August, 2015, we had afternoon tea at The Garden View Lounge, Disney's Garden Floridian Resort & Spa.

This hotel looked very high end and classic.

The lounge.

There's a humongous egg shell with characters from Sleeping Beauty.
3 fairies.

Princess Aurora.

In front of the lounge, there're Mrs. Potts on the floor.

The famous rose in Beauty and the Beast.

And Chip, a son of Mrs. Potts.

Table with a menu book.

The menu book had a window looking at the courtyard.
Unfortunately, when we're at the lounge, it's raining hard and windy so that the scenery didn't look alike.

There're several kinds of Afternoon Tea, but we chose the most basic one called The Bedfordshire Tea.
I wasn't sure how to pronounce the name, but the server was very kind and taught me how to say it.

I chose Mango Oolong from Oolong Teas.

Soon a pot of Mango Oolong Tea was brought and poured into a cup, and to keep the tea warm, they used a pot cover.

The pot had the same flower patterns as the tea cup.

It had sweet mango scent and flavor at first, and the aftertaste was refreshing and it had the characteristic oolong tea flavor, which is bitter.

Instead of 3-tier stand, they served each plate like a course meal.

First Course
Melody of Finger Sandwiches Accompanied with Berries, Cheese and Lavosh.
* Lavosh (Lavash) is an unleavened flatbread.

Egg Sandwich
The mayo favor was strong for me so that I gave the rest to my husband after one bite.

Chicken Curry
The filling didn't have mayonnaise flavor and the bread was marble rye bread.

Goat Cheese and Beets
The beets were yellow and pickled so that it had sour flavor and the texture was different from canned beets.
Goat cheese spread was stinky.

Cucumber Sandwich
There're cream cheese and thinly sliced cucumbers.

This cheese tasted like cheddar cheese.

It had strong odor and I guess it's goat cheese.

I thought it's a sweet tart, but it was a savory tart with caramelized onion.

Grapes, raspberries and blueberries.

Second Course
Buttery Scone and Jam Tart
The condiments were lemon curd, clotted cream and apricot jam from left to right.

Strawberry Jam Tart
I thought it's raspberry but it's strawberry.

It's very thick and sweet strawberry jam.

Scone
There're many golden raisins (white grape raisins) in the scone.

The scone was kept in a heated case in the lounge so that it's soft and didn't have flakiness.
And I had less buttery flavor than I'd expected.

Finale
Choice of Delicate House-Made Pastries, Strawberries and Creme or English Trifle

I got an English Trifle and on the top, it's decorated with GF, standing for Garden Floridian, which is the name of this hotel.

English Trifle is a layered dessert with custard, fruits, sponge cake, fruit juice/syrup and whipped cream.

It had thick custard, fresh mango puree and sponge cake soaked in mango juice.

My husband chose "House-Made Pastries."
Clockwise from the back, it's a chocolate eclair, white chocolate covered strawberry with crunches and a swan shaped cream puff with pear filling.

Disney's Easter Special Non-Alcoholic Cocktail (April, 2015)

A list of afternoon tea we've been to.
Orchid Room, Hotel Okura Tokyo

The Lobby Lounge, Ritz-Carlton
Palm Court, the Plaza Hotel (December, 2012)
The Lobby, the Peninsula Tokyo
The Lobby Lounge, Shangri-La Hotel
Le Jardin, Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo
Ekki Bar & Grill, Four Seasons Hotel Marunouchi
Oriental Lounge, Mandarin Oriental Tokyo
Peak Lounge, Park Hyatt Tokyo (August, 2013)
Peak Lounge, Park Hyatt Tokyo (September, 2013)
The Borneo Lounge, The Shangri-La Tanjun Aru Resort & Spa
Carcosa Seri Negara
Harrods in Suria KLCC Mall
Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur
Imperial Lounge Aqua, Imperial Hotel
Peak Lounge, Park Hyatt Tokyo (October, 2013)
Cascade Lounge, ANA Crowne Plaza Kanazawa
TwentyEight, Conrad Tokyo
Peak Lounge, Park Hyatt Tokyo (December, 2013)
Atrium Lounge, ANA Intercontinental Hotel
Two E Bar/Lounge, The Pierre New York
Le Montréalais, Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth
Alice's Tea Cup
Artnia
Palace Lounge, Palace Hotel Tokyo
Ritz-Carlton Montreal
Gryphon d'Or Tea Room
Nocochi
Birks Cafe
Peak Lounge, Park Hyatt Tokyo (April, 2014)
Zabou, Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel Camelia Sinensis
Bistro Le Sam, Fairmont Le Château Frontenac
Ritz-Carlton New York
Peak Lounge (August, 2014)
The Westin Tokyo
Dreamers Lounge (September, 2014)
Low-Carb Cafe & Bar Magico.
The Living Room, Park Hyatt New York
The Petrie Court Café, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Tea Lounge, Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas
Palm Court, The Plaza Hotel (November, 2014)
The Lobby Lounge, Mandarin Oriental New York
Rose House
Bosie Tea Parlor
Crosby Street Hotel
Peak Lounge (January, 2015)
Anna And Elsa's Frozen Fantasy Afternoon Tea At Dreamers Lounge
The Peninsula New York

Disney's Easter Afternoon Tea Set At Dreamers Lounge

Bergdorf Goodman BG Restaurant

2015年8月初旬にディズニーワールドへ行った時、ディズニーガーデンフロリディアン
リゾート&スパにあるガーデンビューラウンジでアフタヌーンティーをしてきた。

このホテルはとても高級そうでクラシックな雰囲気だった。
ラウンジの前の床にはポット夫人、美女と野獣に登場するバラ、チップ（ポット夫人の
息子）がデザインされていた。

ラウンジには大きな卵があり、眠れる森の美女に登場するキャラクターがデザインされて
いた。

メニューには中庭を見ているような窓がデザインされていた。
ただ、私たちがラウンジにいた時は大雨で風が強かったため、この絵とは全く違う状態
眺めだった。