This June, the iconic Skylon restaurant at the Southbank Centre is to launch an all-new Afternoon Bee Tea inspired by the floral and bee motifs featured in Alex Monroe’s 30th Anniversary collection ‘Four Seasons’, launching 1 June 2017.
For this unique partnership, recently appointed Executive Chef, Kim Woodward, has creatively drawn on Alex Monroe’s intricate designs to develop an afternoon tea menu featuring honey and pollen as key ingredients throughout.
Guests can enjoy a selection of open sandwiches with toppings including honey mustard salt beef and black pepper mayonnaise, and pollen crusted salmon, smoked honey, and lemon balm cress.
Plain and raisin scones are served with lavender butter, wildflower honey and orange blossom marmalade. Honey lovers can enjoy sweet treats such as chocolate hunny pots with honeycomb, black and yellow lemon drizzle Battenberg cake, bee pollen macaroons decorated with bee stripes, and honey glazed strawberry tarts topped with a meringue hive.
For those looking for an extra buzz with their tea, Skylon’s bar team have developed the Beelicious cocktail to complement the menu, a golden mix of Havana Club 7 year, King’s Ginger, honey, lime juice, ginger and lemon cordial.
The Afternoon Bee Tea falls under D&D London’s group-wide #BlossomCity campaign, a celebration of all things floral during the months of May and June. The tea will be served Monday to Friday from 1pm to 4pm during the month of June at Skylon Bar, offering stunning views of the Thames.