It's rare to get the three sisters together for tea: not impossible, just rare. We all had off on Tuesday, so we met up for my favorite ritual: Afternoon Tea.
It was hard to settle on which venue, but as Bonnie had only been to Alice's Tea Cup once, and Pam had just been to Chapter II, we went to Chapter III. We all ordered The Mad Hatter (big surprise), and my tea of choice was Trafalgar Square. If I can't be there, I'm gonna drink it instead!
The only complication is that I'm on a strict no dairy, no red meat, no fun, diet. Well, I cheated for a day. You got a problem with that? Well, my digestive system did, but I let's not get into that.
I was particularly taken with the pear walnut scone. Such a nice and substantial flavor combination, like the perfect autumn day (which it was). The sandwiches were nice, too: I can never get enough of the Lapsang Souchong-smoked chicken with apple slices. Superb. One of these days I'm going to try to make this at home. It can be done!
Times being as they are, going out for tea is a luxury, so it needs to be appreciated. I certainly do, and I never tire of spending time with my sisters. (Awwwwhh.)
(there was also a bit of good news when I came home that day, but I won't go into it here. Suffice it to say if I did have a blood pressure problem, which I don't, I won't. Huh? We're all mad here.)
As for milestones, well, I actually finished Bleak House, which is amazing. Two Dickens in one year? For me, this is significant. Put Middlemarch and various other hefty bits of literature on top of that, and it's been a seriously well-done reading year for me.
3 comments:
Wow what a pleasant outing. The pastries look great. We don't have any tea houses up here. Wish we did. Can't wait for the weekend. The trees up here are spectaular.
It was fun doing tea with you and Pammy. I really liked the Jasmine Green Tea Pamela ordered and the Trafalgar Square one you had. Too bad the one I ordered was such a dud. But, yeah, all in all it was really nice. My favorite scone was the pumpkin one and I liked the Lapsang Souchong chicken sandwich a lot, too. I could go for some tea and pastries right about now...
that ham and cheese scone was a dud. not only was it too salty, but it caused a revolution in my stomach afterward. the outing was lovely, next time let's do tea at my house.
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