I went out with my girls yesterday for a Christmas afternoon tea treat. It's not often that we can all spend some time together as they are often busy with work and children so it was nice to spend an hour or so chatting and of course eating cake.
We chose a cute little tea room not too far away, none of us had been before but the reviews were good and the menu sounded lovely.
To start the was a cheese charcuterie board
Followed by the main event.
Stevie had a vegan version as she has recently been advised to be as dairy free as possible, while our tea looked and tasted lovely the vegan choice was a little disappointing. They were aware of the none dairy request at the time of booking and appeared very accommodating on the phone saying that all their cakes were baked in house so it wasn't a problem, but that's not what they served.
Another sore point was that they had no decaff coffee, not very good for a cafe really.
But as I said, the rest of the tea was very nice, none of us managed to eat it all and took home what we couldn't eat, me and Mark will be having what I bought back for tea today.
Storm Darragh blew in over-night on Friday so Saturday was wet and very windy all day. Driving to our afternoon tea was a bit scary, we saw a few trees that had come down and power cables swinging wildly, lots of debris and mini floods, thankfully not many cars on the road. Joanne's power went out just before she set off and a tree had come down in her street, by the time she got home again another four trees had come down, so now her street isn't passable from either direction, and today she is still without power with people being told It may not be on until later tonight and a total of eleven trees have now come down. Nice lot of fire wood for anyone who wants to collect :-)
We got off lightly, the only damage in our garden is a fence panel blown out and things knocked over, the wind has done us a favour and blown the rest of the leaves off the grass and to the top end of the garden, that'll make collecting them easier, when I'm able to get out there 😊 It's still windy and wet but not as bad as yesterday but there will be a lot of clearing up everywhere over the next week or so.
Hope you are safe and dry where you are and not suffered too much storm damage.
-X-
12 comments:
Wish your tea would have been better food for everyone and who dose not sell decaf coffee. That's all I drink when I get a coffee out. there sure was alot of trees down. Hope your friend is not in the dark too much longer. big hugs Lynda Ruth we are getting snow today.
A slight 'oh dear' about your tea outing, however it must have been lovely to spend time with your daughters.
We've had a few trees down near to where I live but thankfully we didn't lose power. The wind did seem to howl though!
Have a good week.
All the best Jan
Wow! Hope Joanne has her power back now. Glad your damage was minimal.
Tea with your daughters sounds lovely, Maggie! Something I'll never get to experience with three sons--ha ha! Love the look of those yummy looking sweets. Oh, my! That looks like quite the storm! I'm glad your yard and house were spared too much damage. Hope the weather improves and you have a great week ahead ♥
Tea in this little salon sounds and looks beautiful.
Weather here in Germany has improved, but the night from Fri to Sat was very, very stormy.
Wish you the best, Gabi
I am glad your only damage was a fence panel. Even without decaf coffee your tea looks lovely.
God bless.
We got away without any garden damage here, but we did miss the worse parts of the storm, glad you only had fence panels damaged, it's a pain but they are easily replaced. Why do they put so much food out on an afternoon tea, we always take some home, shame yours wasn't up to expectation.
Your afternoon tea looks delicious, such a shame about the vegan option though and the coffee. It's always nice to have some leftovers to take home too. We got off quite lightly in the storm here, though we did have a freak downpour before the storm arrived which left some of the local roads flooded. There seems to be more and more unusual weather reported now. I hope Joanne wasn't left without power for too long and that the road is now clear.
Your afternoon tea looks delicious. Everything seems homemade and fresh (which, unfortunately, isn't always the case, in my experience). I'm relieved you managed to avoid any serious damage from the storm. Xx
We got off quite lightly too. Glad you're safe and well.
The tea looks wonderfully delicious. Sorry about your friend's troubles...storms are so rough nowadays.
Glad you had some quality time with your girls, too bad the tea wasn't a bit better. Wow, the storm looks bad. Will take some time getting all those trees off the street and cut up and taken away. Hope they aren't without power too long, and lucky you with just a small problem with the fencing.
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