A Birthday Tea

Friend Barbara and I both have birthdays in December

What better way to celebrate than with 

An Afternoon Tea

At

My very favorite tea room in

all of the Kansas City area

(And I've had tea at a lot of places in the city!)

It's not a tea room but a bakery . . . and cafe

But it serves the best, the absolute best

English Afternoon Tea

(perhaps the reason is that the owner is British!)

A pot of tea, and a curate full of food

The savories -- sandwiches 

cucumber (of course) and curried chicken

real British sausage rolls

And a little rolled vegetable sandwich that is my favorite

(Perhaps Jill would share the recipe?)

And the scones and sweets

And real Devonshire cream and strawberry jam!

A plate of sandwiches

(we got two of each)

And a scone with real Devonshire cream and strawberry jam

(no "faux" cream here but the real deal!)

And the scone is a real British one

Round and light and fluffy

Not triangle and dried and full of strange dried fruit

I've taken tea a lot of places

In America and in England

Clock Tower Bakery does a real Afternoon Tea

just like many places that we took tea at 

when we lived in England.

If I lived in the city, I would go there for afternoon tea

at least once a month

And they also do a cream tea --

scones with cream and jam and a pot of tea --

That I would do weekly!

Sigh, sometimes there is a downside to living in Fort Scott!

Clock Tower Bakery

Downtown Overland Park, Kansas

It is the place to go for tea in the city!

It's Tuesday and I'm sharing my birthday tea with Sandi at Rose Chintz Cottage.