I am scheduled for cataract surgery on Tuesday February 24 so I am scheduling this to post on Wednesday. I am not sure how well I will be able to see during the week and I have some other stuff going on but I hope to be back soon!
We finally were able to attend a tea party at the new catering facility in a nearby town! My granddaughter thought she was coming to tea at Mimi's house and was surprised that we were going somewhere even more fancy!
That is a Valentine's tree. We were the only group wearing hats. I think some need an education in tea parties!
This is for one person. We all got our own tiered tray. They require you preorder and prepay for the tea. I reserved three adult teas. The host who seated us told me that I could switch my granddaughter to the "princess" tea which had peanut butter and jelly and some treats for a lesser price. I told her we would keep the adult teas.
When we each got our individual pots of tea they again offered to switch her to the child's tea. This princess was not going to trade a three tiered tray for a plate of peanut butter and jelly! (it was nice of them to offer the alternative).
Even water tastes better in a glass goblet!
She was not wild about the tea, but next time we can substitute hot cocoa. This is a nice photo of the savories on the bottom tier. There are Egg Salad Sandwiches on white bread, a Cheddar Bacon Scone, Turkey and Honey Creme Fraiche on White Bread and Prosciutto with Caramelized Onion Jam and Apple on wheat bread.
The middle tier had a Blueberry Scone, a Strawberry Cheesecake with the most delicious strawberry, and a Raspberry Swirl Cupcake with a Heart Macaroon.
And the top tier featured an Expresso Chocolate Cake, an Almond Layer Tea Cake, and a Chocolate Dipped Cannoli.
As experienced Tea Partiers we looked over the selection and decided what needed to be eaten fresh and what would travel well. We all tried one of each sandwich, we ate the cheesecake and raspberry cupcake and macaroon and cut the scones and ate half.
They had lovely little boxes and my granddaughter is looking forward to showing off her leftovers in the school lunchroom tomorrow!
The total cost for the adult tea is $32 which I thought was reasonable for the experience, the pot of tea and all the foods which were homemade in house. It was a special treat and I am sure we will go again in the coming months.
Another nice feature they offer is that you can also order from a special brunch menu instead of ordering the tea. If I could talk Mr Merry into attending, he could even order a burger instead of tea. We will see if that can happen.
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