The best china and a few stories to share

I have discovered the delights of high tea. One, that was home-made at a friends place and another, at one of the best high tea rooms in Sydney; The Tearoom in Queen Victoria Building.

My uni friend organised to have a mini high tea at her place for a last catch up during our holidays before everyone went to their respective areas to do work experience and disappeared till we started the second semester in July.

I was the first to arrive at her place (after taking just one, very minor wrong turn on the way). The spread on her table cannot be described be as 'mini', which was what my friend insisted it would be in her invite text message. She had cute pink cupcakes decorated with smarties and the tastiest chocolate chip cookies, which were home-made as well. The only thing she said she cheated on was the ice tea, which was store bought, but I couldn't care less after seeing the variety of dips, including hummus, french onion with capsicum and something that I had never heard of, which was made with yogurt and cucumbers.
She had two types of sandwiches, ham and egg sandwiches and the egg sandwiches were a massive hit. The bread was soft and the crispy lettuce in it complimented the creamy mayo in it. Yes, it was a simple egg sandwich, but mix it with a few friends from uni who had not seen each other for about a good two months. Then it becomes the perfect recipe for a lovely evening spent together.

Not even a week after this, I met up with another uni friend, who was also in due for a massive catch up, at the well-known Tearoom in the QVB. I had heard a lot of good things about this place and looked up a few photos of the place before I headed there. It did not disappoint.

I had to go through three outfit changes before I decided that what I was wearing would be appropriate to wear at a place as elegant as the Tearoom. Inside, The Tearoom had a high ceiling with a grand chandelier hanging in the middle. The china tea cups were tiny and there was a variety of different teas to choose from. I was adventurous and chose vanilla tea and had my first cup of tea without sugar in it. The smell of vanilla was wonderful and enjoyed using the small tea strainers over the cups. My friend decided to be playful, and because she wanted to use the sugar cubes, she chose Earl Grey.
At first when they brought out the little slices and sandwiches, we thought that it wasn't a lot, but as we tried everything The blueberry slice looked tiny, but the jelly on top of it was so soft and rich and the strawberry tarts with mascarpone cheese absolutely melted in my mouth.
Me and my friend had a lovely time talking about what we had been up to in the last few weeks and had many stories about our clinical placements and discussions about how good the Tearoom would be to have a engagement party or a 21st party. Expensive, but it would be very exclusive.