Food: Take afternoon tea Japanese-style at KIBOU

Love afternoon tea *and* Japanese food? Book now at Cambridge’s KIBOU Kitchen & Bar. . .

How’s this for a twist on afternoon tea? Switching sandwiches for sushi and sashimi (tempura prawn California roll, salmon tataki, sea bream nigiri) and scones for traditional East Asian sweet treats (yuzu cheesecake, mochi ice cream, custard dorayaki), Cambridge’s KIBOU Kitchen & Bar has just launched a Japanese tea tier.

Priced £19pp for the vegetarian version and £23pp for the classic, it’s served with a choice of Japanese teas and infusions as standard – such as delicately fragrant jasmine tea or sweet and nutty genmaicha, green tea with toasted brown rice - with Champagne, cocktail or sake optional additions.

Brilliantly, you can buy an afternoon tea gift card - perfect for Christmas.

Available 2-4pm Sunday to Thursday, KIBOU’s afternoon tea must be pre-booked at kibou.co.uk