The Orangery was built in 1704 for Queen Anne as a sort of green house (which I assume is why it's called the Orangery). The restaurant used to be a favorite of Princess Diana; she lived in the Kensington Palace.
Our DIS schedule recommended the Orangery as "HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! FOOD & SETTING AMAZING"...how could I not go? The description included enticing phrases such as "head for the gleam of starched white linen glistening through the Orangery's spectacular floor-to-ceiling windows....A truly English experience!"
Anyone who says English food is bad is not talking about their tea. I ordered the Orange Breakfast tea with the classic tea meal. It came on the plates as seen above, with cucumber, salmon and ham sandwiches on the bottom, an orange-flavored scone in the middle and delicious pastries on the top.
Cheers!
Mmmm... looks amazing! Why has a tradition as awesome as tea time not made it to VT yet? You'll have to help me fix that one =)
ReplyDeleteI just read the original Peter Pan. J.M.Barrie also enjoyed Kensington Gardens and spent a great deal of time there playing with the children that became the Darling children and the lost boys! Must be a very inspiring place.
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