Afternoon Tea in Versailles

Friday, friend Shirley Ann and I took a road trip

We had a destination

Versailles

Alas, not this Versailles

but rather this

pronounced Ver-Sales

a town in Missouri about 2 hours from Linderhof

Our destination . . . 

photo courtesy Shady Gables website

Shady Gables

a tea room in that little town

We were, after all, celebrating Shirley Ann's birthday

We were seated,

we placed our order for tea

and had our first cup poured

Mine was Earl Grey

Shirley Ann chose Southern Belle

We both those the mis-matched china and cutlery quaint

Our first course

A croissant with chicken salad and an individual quiche

Then Juli brought our curate

filled with real tea goodies

Scones --

Shady Gables Famous Scone

and a lavender white chocolate one

(served with strawberry jam and key lime curd)

Sandwiches and savories

Cucumber, of course; egg mayonnaise on toast, an apple chutney in celery and a pinwheel

Dessert was a quaint tea pot cookie, a cream puff and a brownie bite and a tea pot mint

And to cleanse our palate -- raspberry sorbet

served in wee cups

(which they had for sale in case you wanted to duplicate at home)

We drank our pot of tea

It was perfectly brewed and kept warm under a cozy.

After tea, we browsed the gift shop

I bought a Cookbook -- to add to my tea room cookbook collection

(and which had all the recipes for the wonderful food we had just eaten)

and

A set of those teapot cookie cutters

(I have a huge one but these sizes are more quaint)

for I wanted to make

These darling little tea pot cookies

 And tonight I did.

Right now they are "naked" but soon will get a colored glaze.

I've company coming for lunch tomorrow

And I thought three of these would be a good favor in a cello bag

A nosh for my guests tea that afternoon.

I'm joining Bernideen for Tea in the Garden . . . even though my tea wasn't!

And even though it's a week late, I'm joining Sandi at Rose Chintz Cottage for Tea Time Tuesday.