WIN afternoon tea for two at Anantara The Marker Dublin Hotel

From Atlantic Sea Salt from the West to sweet and tangy berries from native hedgerows, Ireland is full of natural, delicious flavours that poets have been waxing lyrical about throughout history.

This is the inspiration behind Anantara The Marker Dublin Hotel’s latest foodie offering – ‘Poetry and Places Afternoon Tea’, which features the tastes and flavours of the country’s most iconic destinations. 

This creative and truly unique culinary experience transports guests through a literary journey via the lines of some of Ireland’s most famous poems while also paying homage to the most dramatic landscapes in the country.

Guests will enjoy three pastries from ten themed delights. Flavours have been inspired by The Ring of Kerry, Achill Island, Valentia Island, The Wild Atlantic Way, Kilkenny Castle and Newgrange.

The menu also features a choice of delicate sandwiches, pastries, tea bread, and homemade preserves, including a Burren organic Irish oak smoked salmon sandwich with dill crème fraiche served on traditional soda bread and a roast beef, horseradish and Achill Island sea salt sandwich, which presents robust and memorable flavours.

Delicate cucumber and chive cream cheese sandwiches are light and refreshing while the corn-fed chicken, tarragon mayonnaise and brioche bun is smooth and deeply satisfying.

Gareth Mullins, Executive Head Chef at Anantara the Marker said, “On the literary side of the Afternoon Tea story, the poem ‘Blackberry Picking’ by poet Seamus Heaney inspired the blackberry tart, which is seasoned with Wicklow blackberry wine and topped with a clove meringue. Meanwhile, the poem, ‘Lilac’ by the contemporary poet Martina Dalton provided the inspiration for the violet macaroon, with Berriolette curd and dried flowers.”

And, of course, no Irish tribute tea would be complete without a nod to Guinness, says Mullins. “As a tribute to The Guinness Storehouse and a ‘thank you’ to Arthur Guinness, we have created a chocolate and Guinness cake to look like a perfect pint of the ‘black stuff’’.”

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Afternoon Tea at Anantara The Marker Dublin Hotel starts from €65 per person for the ‘Poetry and Places’ option and from €85 per person for the Bollinger Afternoon Tea option. Afternoon Tea will be served daily from 1pm to 4pm every day in the Marker Bar & Lounge and on the Terrace, weather permitting. To book your tea experience, call (01) 687 5104 or email bookyourtable.themarker@anantara-hotels.com.