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The Tea Room - Queen Victoria Building

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(click on image to see larger picture, and because I'm technically incompetent, this is the best you're gonna get) I TRADITIONAL HIGH TEA FOR TWO A Savoury Spinach scroll : puff pastry with spinach fillings. Reasonable. (Pictured on plate with scones) Chicken scroll : puff pastry with chicken fillings. A little too heavy-handed with the mayonnaise, but again, reasonable. (Pictured on plate with scones) Finger sandwiches : disappointing! The sandwiches are what you would expect from a high tea - tuna, cucumber with cream cheese. Yet precisely because these are staple items in high tea, that makes them open to comparison - and these sandwiches just don't match up to those offered by other establishments. The bread is dry and tastes like super-market sliced bread, and again, too heavy-handed with the mayonnaise.  Truffle egg tart : delicious! The truffle aroma is strong (though most people rave about how wonderful truffle is, I have always found it to be an acqui...