by Chez Shamwari | Sep 25, 2017 | Blog, Menus
by Chez Shamwari | Aug 28, 2017 | Blog, Menus
Here’s another delicious afternoon tea menu. My little herb box in my humble back yard has done me proud supplying all the featured herbs in the cream cheese sandwich filling and the rosemary in the palmiers; no food miles here! Enjoy. ...
by Chez Shamwari | May 18, 2017 | Blog, Menus
Christmas is certainly one of my favourite times of the year and putting on a festive themed afternoon tea is always great fun. Items on the menu this year featured interpretations of some of the more traditional items one might find on offer. Look for them in the...
by Chez Shamwari | Feb 18, 2017 | Blog, Menus
2016 was an extremely busy year and as you can tell by the date of when this afternoon tea took place, I’m very behind posting this blog. Nevertheless, I remember it well! Autumn was a significant influence in what to include on the menu along with wanting to...
by Chez Shamwari | Oct 2, 2016 | Menus
There’s a lot being said about ‘staycations’ these days; choosing to stay home rather than holiday further afield. A bank holiday weekend might be one of those occasions to take to the road and get away with the extra day on offer. As it turned out, a certain six...
by Chez Shamwari | Jun 23, 2016 | Blog
With 2016 being the 400 year anniversary of Will Shakespeare’s passing and with all manner of commemorations taking place around the country, we thought we’d pay our own little tribute to the Bard with a ‘cake knees up’ of our own. It wasn’t necessary to find a link,...
by Chez Shamwari | May 2, 2016 | Blog
This recipe uses rhubarb (Yorkshire rhubarb to be exact) as the base fruit flavour but you can replace this in equal quantity with any other soft fruit you prefer, e.g. raspberries, strawberries, etc, and follow the same method of preparation. There are two parts to...
by Chez Shamwari | Mar 1, 2016 | Blog
For our theme this time we’re ‘Going Local’. This could encompass anything from local ingredients (whether home grown or sourced from a local supplier) or a recipe reflecting traditions or cuisine local to your area. Our hosts for the evening were...
by Chez Shamwari | Jan 30, 2016 | Blog
The baking theme for this month was an encouragement to shake off the dust of those cookery books seldom used or to put to use what might have appeared under our Christmas trees. There weren’t many of us for our gathering but it was none the less great fun with lots...
by Chez Shamwari | Jan 30, 2016 | Menus
There could be no better way to start the year off than with an afternoon tea. A private booking no less where ‘the fat man in a red suit’ had adorned the relevant Christmas trees with gifts of an afternoon tea at Chez Shamwari. It had all been secretly planned with...
