Experience the Best of British Culture at the Imperial Hotel Tokyo’s British Fair 2024

The Imperial Hotel Tokyo is hosting the British Fair 2024, a celebration of British culture through food and events, from September 1st to October 31st. This year’s event marks the ninth year of the fair, which has already gained popularity among guests. The Imperial Lounge Aqua, a bar lounge on the 17th floor of the main building, offers a Royal Afternoon Tea supervised by the executive chef of the British Embassy in Japan, while the hotel shop Gargantua on the first floor of the main building sells a variety of prepared foods, bakery goods, cakes, and more.

Overview of “British Fair 2024 A Taste of Britain”

• Period: September 1st (Sun) to October 31st (Thu), 2024
• Location: Main Building 17th floor, Bar Lounge “Imperial Lounge Aqua” and Hotel shop “Gargantua” on the 1st floor of the main building
• Backup/British Embassy in Japan

Royal Afternoon Tea

Afternoon tea supervised by Frederick Walter, Executive Chef of the British Embassy in Japan. The menu consists of traditional British dishes based on embassy recipes, as well as original dishes such as “45°”, a cake created in 2022 by Imperial Hotel Tokyo’s Head Chef Yu Sugimoto that evokes feelings for Britain.

Menu

• First tier: Dessert – Special cake “45°”
• Second row: Savory – Fish and chips, Scottish salmon, broad bean and tarragon quiche, Chilled Fig Potage
• Third row: Sweets and savory dishes – Cold roast beef salad, Egg, cucumber and tomato sandwich, Stilton Cheese Tart, Cardamom and orange shortbread
• Scones – Buckingham scones, Fruit scones

Pub Menu

The classic British pub menu, long loved in the UK, is served in Imperial Hotel style. Enjoy it with a British beer or gin and tonic.

Menu and Prices

• Fish & Chips – 4,200 yen
• Welsh Lamb Chop – 5,900 yen
• New Double Hop Monster IPA – 2,700 yen
• 1488 Whiskey Beer – 2,700 yen
• Gin and tonic (No.3 London Dry Gin) – 3,650 yen

Hotel Shop “Gargantua” on the 1st floor of the main building

Prepared Dishes

• Lamb and bean stew with mint flavor – 2,592 yen
• Fish and chips with malt vinegar – 2,700 yen

Bakery

• Rhubarb Strawberry – 1,080 yen
• Buckingham Scones (4 pieces) – 756 yen
• Fruit scones (4 pieces) – 908 yen

Pastries

• 45° – 2,376 yen (1 person), 16,200 yen (whole)
• Lemon Drizzle Cake – 1,512 yen
• Coronation Quiche – 756 yen (1 slice), 5,940 yen (whole)
• Hot Cross Buns – 886 yen

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