Fifi & Ally - afternoon tea

Since my daughters, Emily and Maria, are on SlimmingWorld regime, I have been also trying to cut down rubbish and fat from my diet but that has not been working. Clearly ... and it is such time that one also wants to eat something sweet, dessert, cakes, creams, YES, let's have another Afternoon Tea!

So we have just been to Fifi & Ally (http://www.fifiandally.co.uk) (Princes Square, 48 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 3JX) for afternoon tea through on-line deal.

The voucher deal notes: £14 instead of £30 for a decadent Prosecco afternoon tea for two including a choice of delicious gourmet sandwiches, mouthwatering cakes and meringues, tea or coffee and a glass of Prosecco each, saving 53%.  The voucher further informed us that a selection of finger sandwiches including mature cheddar, Argyle hot smoked salmon, tuna mayo and hand-cut ham; a selection of Chef's organic cakes and scones with cream and jam, a choice of English breakfast or Early [sic] Grey tea or coffee each and a glass of Prosecco each. Wow, sounds very promising, so off we went.

I was salivating with thoughts of mouthwatering cakes and meringues.

The Afternoon tea started with a glass of Prosecco, which was quite nice. Emily was driving so I had her glass as well, ha ha ha.

Cheers or Kampai!  Emily with glasses of Prosecco 

Then came the Afternoon tier stand....  how do you tell if they are organic? Are there any meringues they promised? Cakes are rather tiny and so as scones.....  After all, technically we only paid £7.00 each but it was not certainly worth £30 for this ...?  I think it was fine for what we paid for.  Once we settled in that argument, we started enjoying the food.  I liked the hot smoked salmon sandwich. Somebody else liked the carrot cake.  It was just .... everything was small... it was like eating Afternoon tea sample.  Never mind, it was only £7.00.  Yes, yes that's right, it was only £7.00, don't forget....

It did not take that long to finish all neither. You know, all the other afternoon tea deals we have been, this was the only place we ate all. At other places, we could not finish all and even took some home afterwards. But not here, at Fifi & Ally, you get sample size for £7.00 and it was fine for what we paid for. Just remember that....

Meanwhile, Craig ordered his Chicken open sandwich with salad. You can't see it properly but underneath the heap of rocket leaves, there were mass of chickens hidden too. I don't eat meat but even I almost fancied eating his as it looked delicious and 'a lot' on the plate.

Ah, they also brought us tea - in a tiny pot with tea bag...

I say I only talk about positive and never complain about food in my blog, so I am very sorry today ... To be fair to Fifi & Ally, it was what we paid for and there was nothing wrong about the food they served.  The problem was probably us ... I think we all had certain expectation from Fifi & Ally; we expect them to be expert in cakes and desserts and were looking for them to showcase what they are good at - cakes and dessert.  We should never have had high expectation to begin with.
Do we go back to Fifi & Ally?  Probably not because there was no USP and there are so many other places to try, still it was good to go there and try their afternoon tea. After all, I had an extra glass of Prosecco from Emily so by the time we left the place, I was like Brewhaha, ha ha ha!

That's all forks!