Tea For 2

so me and mum go to the "traditional tea" at the fairmont hotel, soon to be called the intercontinental hotel. and it was pretty good. which it should be for $28/per person. wanna know what that buys? glad you asked. we each got our own tea pot--mine had a berry-flavored tea, which was sweet, although i enjoyed mixing in lotsa white and brown lumps of sugar. mom ordered chamomile, which i think is a soothing tea. seems like every time you read a book where the main character needs to feel better, it's chamomile to the rescue. am i wrong?

then they brought, yes, the three-tired thing that had finger sandwiches on the bottom, pound cake in the middle section, and pastries on the top tier. they also gave us both ramakins that had fresh whipped cream, lemon curd, and a scone (each). and most of it was tasty--i liked the crab-salad sandwiches, the salmon sandwich, the eclairs, fruit tarts, and cream puffs (all bite size). the scone, not so much. i get why the british call them scones. calling them by their real name, biscuits, doesn't sounds as hoity-toity. you say scones and you think, man, that sounds classy. really people, don't let the name fool you. it's a biscuit. thing needs a lotta butter and maybe some honey. seriously.

our server, mara, who was very friendly, is from argentina, and is working on her hotel/hospitality degree, which i thought was cool. and she was very down-to-earth and not at all snobby. which is important, because as one of the nicest hotels in the city (the other two include the hyatt and the westin), you know it's going to be posh and the staff is used to waiting on really rich people. which we are not. at least not me. but, this was my mom's birthday gift, so hopefully she enjoyed.

and i would pay serious dough for that awesome china, which was very lady-like and dainty. okay, so that's not me either, per se, but it appealed to the girly girl in me. and damn if i am not wanting some of those brown and white sugar lumps the next time i have oatmeal. sweet!