Elevenses is a break between breakfast and lunch, when it is time for a light meal or snack. In schools the early lunch break is called a "Tíz-órai" break. Parallel to the word Elevenses, "Tíz-órai" is often called Tenses "Tenzeez" by Hungarian-Americans and Hungarian-Britons. For elevenses, Winnie-the-Pooh preferred honey on bread with condensed milk. Paddington Bear often took elevenses at the antique shop on Portobello Road run by his friend Mr Gruber, for which Paddington would buy buns and Mr Gruber would make cocoa (hot chocolate). In the Middle-earth stories by J. R. R. Tolkien ("The Lord of the Rings"), it
Hilton London Paddington Hilton London Paddington The Hilton London Paddington, formerly the Great Western Royal Hotel, is a hotel that forms part of the Paddington Station complex in London, England. The hotel was originally the idea of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who was the hotel's first managing director. The funding came in large part from the Directors of the Great Western Railway Company, who were persuaded by Brunel to buy shares in the project. The hotel was built on Praed Street in the early 1850s and opened on 9 June 1854 by H.R.H. The Prince Albert, Prince Consort, having taken 14 months to build.