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• lavender, pistachio, German chocolate, blueberry, Irish coffee and orange blossom flavoured macarons; some homemade, others from Ladurée in Paris ♡
• (to buy) freshly made stroopwafels from Bloemendaal's bakery in Gouda.
• English scones with raspberry jam and clotted cream.
• petits gâteaux; ¼ of Wilhelmina sponge, ¼ of black forest cake, ¼ of banoffee pie and ¼ of lemon pavlova.
• other small pastries, made by mother; battenberg cake, cranberry muffins, chocolate pancakes and Scottish tablet.
• a selection of quiches; spinach and mushroom (made by me), brie + mint with peas and mature stilton with red onion.
• a platter of herbivorous sandwiches.
  • ideas: cucumber à la Buckingham Palace style (a must!), grilled aubergine with arugula and mozarerella, Branston pickle and apple cheddar.
• breadsticks from the Italian quarter with garlic dips.
• teas, most of oriental origin; ginseng, sencha, omija cha, Vietnamese green, assam and darjeeling vintage.