I just got back from a local tea-room where I had 'The Queen's Tea' with my co-workers. It was called The Victorian Lady. It was fabulous! I am ssoooooo stuffed it's ridiculous!
I had my own personal pot of "Island Coconut" tea...ooooh was it good! We had Pumpkin Soup (served out of what my mom called 'the fancy feast dish!' We're so refined!
) followed by Maple Scones with lemon curd and what I think they called Devonshire Cream. (Does that sound right?)
Then it was on to the finger sandwiches and desserts. One was a ham on a wheat type bread with a cream cheese and chive type stuff on it, plus something sweet that reminded me of an apple butter. There was also an apple something sandwich on a raisin bread, a pumpkin something on wheat, chicken salad in filo pastry shells with an cranberry orange marmalade on top, miniature pumpkin pies, a cranberry something bread, Victorian Finger sandwiches, Angel Delight, and a rosemary sage wheat cracker with a bacon/cheese spread. I think I got it all there. There was ton of food. I'm not sure I remember them all! They had dozens of tea flavors to choose from.
It was defiantly a fun experience. It's so bad, we go to a nice elegant place and try to act all proper...and of course we're dropping our food and just a mess!
At least we didn't get all loud or anything. (Some of my co-workers are just well....themselves! I'll put it that way!) It was defiantly something I'll be doing again! Actually we just decided to go to one of their Christmas Tea's, where they will be having a live harpist! Plus the gentleman who was in the gift shop when we were exiting said he will be making cinnamon scones! They also have 'Teddy Bear Tea's (bring your own teddy!) and Mother's Day teas, etc.) I can't wait!
I had my own personal pot of "Island Coconut" tea...ooooh was it good! We had Pumpkin Soup (served out of what my mom called 'the fancy feast dish!' We're so refined!
Then it was on to the finger sandwiches and desserts. One was a ham on a wheat type bread with a cream cheese and chive type stuff on it, plus something sweet that reminded me of an apple butter. There was also an apple something sandwich on a raisin bread, a pumpkin something on wheat, chicken salad in filo pastry shells with an cranberry orange marmalade on top, miniature pumpkin pies, a cranberry something bread, Victorian Finger sandwiches, Angel Delight, and a rosemary sage wheat cracker with a bacon/cheese spread. I think I got it all there. There was ton of food. I'm not sure I remember them all! They had dozens of tea flavors to choose from.
It was defiantly a fun experience. It's so bad, we go to a nice elegant place and try to act all proper...and of course we're dropping our food and just a mess!