Best scones in the world at Bangor Pier

In my ongoing self-sacrificial and altruistic quest to bring you news of the best cream teas in the land the heart of the matter is, of course, the scone.  None of the establishments reviewed on these pages gets into the holy of holies known as the 90+ point club without dishing up a first rate freshly baked scone. It is a matter of considerable shame that had I turned up at some of the establishments (which eventually turned out 80+ point cream teas) on a different day they would have sailed into the 90+ point club.  But there you go - it's a tough world out there.

Now - if you didn't have a life you might glance through the various reviews on this blog and see how disappointingly rare the really belting scone is.  Well here's one for you - Bangor Pier.  Locals have known about this place for centuries.  Visitors, with good reason, avoid going into Bangor because it's a bit of a dump, but let me tell you, I'd crawl over broken bottles or swim through shark infested custard to get here.

Look at that!

As I said, locals have known about this place for donkeys. I'm not entirely sure why we need quotation marks for this but it's only nutcases who come to Bangor Pier for grammatical reasons.  What needs to be noted is that air of confidence.  "Our scones are famous, come and have one, end of". Great

They don't do cream teas so this isn't a full whack review.  Just have a look at this.

This little lot and two hot drinks for £4.50.  They're 20 pointers.  They cook them fresh first thing every day (open Thurs to Sun 9-4) and they are absolutely marvellous.  Aspiring Cream Tea providers would learn a lot from coming here.  Nothing fancy, no sermons about the evils of genetically modified baking powder, not a doily in sight, just first rate baking.

That's the pastry chef.  I don't know his name, so I'll give him a suitable name.  How about 'God'.  And look, his own portrait is on the wall behind him.  The fire exit is clearly marked so should anyone enjoying one of these delicious scones suddenly self-combust from pleasure you can get out unscathed. Brilliant.  And check out the outfit.  Braces, white apron, shorts.  Speechless.  The Knighthood must come soon.

Do go there, and soon.