Hello everybody we are here today at Carberry Tower about five miles outside of Edinburgh,
Carberry Tower is absolutely steeped in history dating back to the 1500s, when Mary Queen of Scots
did battle nearby on Carberry Hill, this is our Valentine's day treat,
we're going into Carberry Tower for afternoon tea you ready to say it, yeah, welcome to RogVLOG
Carberry Tower's gatehouse on the main road is really impressive
and sets the scene for the medieval splendours to come,
this long tree-lined driveway sweeping up to the mansion house is so cool,
now Carberry Tower isn't a castle, it's actually classed as a mansion house, but to me, it looks
more like a fortified mansion house, there are definitely some battlements up there on the top,
history first mentions Carberry Tower back in the 11th century,
but the majority of these buildings and the estate date back to about 1547,
before we have afternoon tea I think we'll have a wander around the gardens,
and I think they call this bit the champagne terrace,
despite the blue skies, it's really cold today, so we won't be sitting out here
sipping champagne, but see these branded seats, Perrier Jouet is a very high-end champagne brand,
okay let's head inside for some afternoon tea and hopefully some amazing food,
get yourself nice and comfortable and I'll get a member of the team over for your team coffee, okay
thank you,
inside it's slightly spooky and these stairs are very creaky, but I love the feeling of history,
they serve the afternoon tea here in the impressive drawing room
with lots of windows looking out over the grounds, also check out on the walls all the artwork,
the website had already given us a tantalizing glimpse of what to expect for our afternoon tea,
afternoon tea starts at 40 pounds, you can upgrade to a G&T afternoon tea for 50 pounds,
or a Prosecco afternoon tea for 50 pounds, which is what we chose, or go for Champagne for 60,
they brought us a starter of carrot and lentil soup served in these cute little cups,
and that's really tasty never thought of putting carrots in with lentils,
and here's the main event the afternoon tea food served in its traditional three tiers,
I think the idea is to start at the bottom with the sandwiches, work your way up to the scones
in the middle, and then finish with all those absolutely amazing looking sweets on the top,
of course because I'm not much of a tea drinker
what we're really having today is afternoon coffee,
did you put the cream on first or the jam on first,
well this side I put the jam on first, the next side I'll try with the cream on first,
does it make any difference, don't know I'll tell you after I've tried it,
and of course, because I don't eat dairy I don't have to make a choice it's just jam,
and now the piece de resistance, so what have we got, we've got carrot cake,
shortbread, what looks like death by chocolate, and some sort of, I don't know, mousie cake,
mousie cake, but we've also got bits of fruit,
I always like to start with the death by chocolate, well that afternoon tea was superb,
we're so pleasantly stuffed, we also made a note to come back and try out the Campaign
Room Bistro again we've been before it serves amazing brunches lunches and dinners
then time for a quick wander around the rest of the hotel,
I think Mrs E was getting a bit warm in there it was a bit hot, and you did say you wanted the fire
on at one point, it would have been nice, what do you think of the afternoon tea at Carberry Tower,
it's really nice actually, it's a beautiful setting, I've had better afternoon teas,
but it was delicious, and it was worth money, and I say this room up there is beautiful,
I thought was it, I thought the coffee was really good, I don't know what the brand was
but it was really good coffee, and of course, that glass of prosecco started the afternoon
tea off perfectly, thank you so much for watching this episode of RogVLOG, and until the next video
remember there's always something to see, and to eat, so get out there and find it,
hello we're here at Carberry Tower which is just outside of Edinburgh probably - blurgh! it
dates back to the 1500s it has associations with Mary Queen of Scots Mary Queen of spluuurrrgh!