00:00 As you can see this is not your average afternoon tea.
00:06 But before we take a bite into the food let's find out a bit more about the restaurant.
00:11 Following their success in places like Oxford and Alderley Edge, Victor's decided to open
00:15 a little bit further up north.
00:18 Victor's opened along Newcastle's Quayside back in July last year and quickly became
00:22 a popular place.
00:24 So I like to think of the Victor's experience as we like to capture all of the senses so
00:29 from as instantly as soon as you walk in you're looking at the beautiful decor from the Wistura
00:34 hanging down the ceiling, you're hit by the smell of the white jasmine as you enter the
00:38 restaurant and then also with the taste and the unique flavours of the dishes that we
00:43 use and the combination of the flavours used together.
00:46 A lot of the cocktails pair with the dishes as well so if you ask your server they'll
00:50 be able to recommend quite a few tasting pairs for you to try.
00:54 And as you can see by this outstanding and beautiful decor it's become one of those go
00:59 to special occasion places so from your baby showers to your hen parties, even stag do's
01:05 as well.
01:06 We've got your birthdays and your anniversaries and graduations non-stop throughout this summer
01:10 as well so it is that special, can be a casual setting for your regular go to place and it
01:16 can be a unique experience to bring all the family together.
01:21 The restaurant offers a modern American Asian inspired menu from a la carte to Sunday lunches
01:26 but of course we were there to try their afternoon tea and we were not expecting what we received.
01:32 After it's huge entrance we tried the afternoon tea.
01:35 With the standard afternoon tea you usually get finger sandwiches and scones but at Victor's
01:40 there is so much more to it.
01:42 The savoury part was filled with a range of brioche finger buns filled with smoked salmon
01:47 and cream cheese, egg and crust with truffle mayonnaise and avocado hummus with feta cheese.
01:53 To keep on theme with the Asian inspired food at Victor's there was also smoked tofu and
01:58 avocado dragon sushi rolls which isn't something you usually see on an afternoon tea.
02:04 Then we tried the sweet section and of course you had the classic scones with cream and
02:08 jam but the selection of sweet treats continued as we had cheesecake, banana cake and even
02:14 mini ice cream cones with yuzu curd.
02:19 So our afternoon tea pulls along with the standard afternoon tea with your scones and
02:24 your cones and your cakes and then we've also added a unique Asian inspired side of it with
02:30 the sushi rolls and the fillings of the brioche rolls as well so you're getting a nice sweet
02:35 and savoury combination of the classics and our own Victor's inspired.
02:42 My favourite part was definitely the smoked salmon brioche finger buns with the cream
02:45 cheese and the little ice cream cones for the sweet side.
02:50 And now having a different kind of afternoon tea I'm not sure I could go back to the standard
02:55 finger sandwiches.
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