BB Bakery Afternoon Tea Bus
Bumping along on an open sided Routemaster bus is not the obvious place for afternoon tea, but BB Afternoon Tea and Rennie teamed up for a wonderful blogger’s event. The refurbished bus is a regular sight in London, taking tea drinking tourists on a unique experience which captures the heart of London and it’s landmarks.
BB Bakery Bus Afternoon Tea
I’ve always had a soft spot for the Routemaster, it was the bus I caught to school from the age of seven, the open side meaning that if you’d cut it fine, you could still make that hair raising leap and get on the bus. Mr Glam and I were on the top deck, getting a fabulous birds eye view of the very crowded streets below, whilst enjoying a wonderful choice of sweet and savoury offerings.
BB Bakery Afternoon Tea Bus Tour Round London
It was the light mini mushroom quiche for me as we drove over Waterloo Bridge and on to the Houses Of Parliament. Delicious fresh cream cheese and cucumber sandwiches and smoked salmon Blinis went down a treat as we passed Harrods. A huge choice of tea and coffee was constantly refreshed, but we had been warned that there was no loo on board!
The Rennie Bus Afternoon Tea Invitation
As we got to South Ken it was on to the cakes, choux buns filled with a sweet vanilla cream, tarts topped with berries and tiny cup cakes crowned with swirls and pearls. My first choice was the lemon meringue pie, tart, sweet and gooey, perfect. I raised a cake to the passengers on the bus pulled up beside us, who could only stare in envy.
Mini Lemon Meringue Tart
Just as I was deciding which would be my last cake, the scones and jam came round. Golden, light scones the only dilemma, Cornish or Devon – Jam first then cream or cream first then jam, either way there was plenty of both. This was a really fun event and perfect for a birthday or just to show friends the classic sights with a generous tea. It was a great afternoon and despite the bumpy ride I didn’t need the speedy effects of Rennie to settle indigestion.
Scones And Jam
The BB Bakery Afternoon Tea Bus leaves from Northumberland Avenue, tea is £45 for adults and £35 for children. Check out their website for booking
What an adorable idea! I really want to revisit London-it has been far too many years since I last visited and so much has changed!
Now, that sounds like way too much fun!! I loved the open buses, it was always so easy to jump on and off. I neve cared for the automatic door ones.
Everything looks so good! All my favourites are there I see!
What a lovely idea and the gorgeous bus certainly does take you on a very special route of London. I would love to do something like this and that scone with jam and cream is so very British! xx
I would love this tour, it looks such fun and what fabulous treats. Thanks for sharing it.
That’s a tour I would love to be on. Beautiful food!
What a lovely way to enjoy afternoon tea.
What afaboulous idea and howfunny that you get the cakes around South Ken as that is where I get my cake dose from.
How very interesting and fun to have afternoon tea on a tour of London. Brilliant idea.
Jam then cream of course. This sounds a wonderful idea, I might be in a little trouble without a loo as I tend to be a bit of a teapot. Do they have loo stops? What fun this would be, great for an afternoon party.
Oh please! I want to do this. It sounds like so much fun and so very British.
What a marvelous day out!!! Everything looks delicious. 🙂
Us bloggers do have some fun don’t we!
What a fantastic idea. Love the ideas of scones on a London bus
Oh, that really seems to be a great tour. The sweets that were served simply look amazing. I definitely have to try that tour when I return to London. Thank you so much for that fantastic post!
Warm wishes, Amelie
Oh what fun! And a brilliant way to see the city without all the footwork! 😀
Janie x
What a lovely tea service! All I can do is stare with envy as well! Everything looks amazing.
Fabulous idea! I think I need to get back to London, last time I was there I was working 90 hour weeks in the kitchen, it was the middle of winter and I was crook as a dog. But everyone tells me that was odd, it really is one of the best cities in the world.
That Mini Lemon Meringue Tart looks relish. Could go one right now. 🙂
For a while we’d said we must give the B Bakery Afternoon Tea Bus Tour a go but never got around to it. So, when we won Afternoon Tea for two at a social media meetup in January we were absolutely delighted! Getting to ride London’s iconic vintage Routemaster is a treat, to do it whilst eating tasty cake… awesome!! ???? ???? ????
I’ve just done this tour too and shared my B Bakery Afternoon Tea review, the cupcakes were so tasty!