Spring is in the air and what better to way to enjoy fresh spring flowers than to have them sprinkled amongst tiers of delectable little cream cakes, savouries and pots of tea.A lucky group of us met at Martha's Pantry on Saturday 1st August to play ladies and gentlemen over a bloomin' luverly High Tea.
We did our best to keep our pinkies out and remember to use the cake forks, but the dainty morsels of food got the better of us in the end and many rev
erted to type (of the Chun kind) and just got stuck in!
erted to type (of the Chun kind) and just got stuck in!We also celebrated Sharon and Jay's birthdays (Jay's is on the 1st August and Sharon's on the 2nd) which made the outing doubly special.
Martha's Pantry reminded me of the days when one would dress very nicely before going shopping in a big department store where there'd be a huge tea room with glass cabinets laden with cakes and sandwiches. What a treat it was to have afternoon tea with my mother after shopping in one of these stores.
I believe tea dances are being revived overseas. Will this be the next best thing?
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My favourite things were the knitted tea cosies and the little cakes with rosebuds on the top. So did someone say our next outing was going to be yum cha? When? Where?
Yes, it's time we had a yum cha! Did someone say Big Thumb was good? How about the weekend of 19/20 September?
check with to see when bev gets back ?
I thought big thumb was good, roomy and not crowded, we went a few weeks ago.
sorry 19/20 September is not good for us. maybe sunday 27 sept(daylight savings day) mum finishes church about 12:30, so maybe 1pm ?
Sunday 27 Sept at 1pm ok with me!
Good for me too!
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