I got taken to Betty’s for afternoon tea last weekend on the way up to Sunderland. I was so excited!

Betty’s was opened in the 20s by a Swiss man and on the menu are all sorts of things like roesti which I wouldn’t mind trying some other time.

Frankly – although beautifully filled and cut, the sandwiches weren’t much cop. Or maybe I expect to much from a sandwich? Bread was okay, fillings a little tasteless. I have had better Pret A Manger sandwiches than this.

VERY GOOD SCONE

Best raspberries on a tart I have had, very nice filling, short pastry but wasn’t very crisp or delicate. Anthony scoffed the coffee cake and the lemon one. I was too full.

Now – all of that might sound like it wasn’t great – it really was. I am totally seduced by pretty plating and silverware. I will even have a crappy old banana éclair from you know where in Soho if it is served on a doily.

In the background of all that you can probably see Anthony eating a Caesar Salad which he said was great.

Then I asked the trolley lady “What exactly is a Yorkshire Tart?”

Et voila:

This pastry was perfect. A Yorkshire tart is a cheesecake made from fresh curd with currants and the pastry brushed inside with lemon curd.

Betty’s
1 Parliament Street
Harrogate
HG1 2QU
Telephone:
+44 (0)1423 814070