I visited on January 6, 2017 with my cousin Loy Ann
Patrick Chvilicek and my sister, Jeanne Rae Patrick Stecher. This was my first visit because from the
first time I ever saw the tea room I wanted to make sure my cousin would visit
with me and have tea. My cousin operated
Lady Loy Ann’s Tea Parties for years in Montana. She is one of these people who loves all
things Victorian. She lives in an Victorian home in Helena, Montana.
We were seated out on the patio…and it was cold but
we were served a tea pot of Chocolate Rose Tea…the first offering of the
Valentine’s Day season. I really liked
the taste of it. Loy Ann told us that at
a tea party the person who serves the tea is call “Mom”. Guess who was Mom? Just call me Mom from now on. It was steeped tea and we used the lovely
silver strainers to grab all of the loose tea.
I love drinking steeped loose tea.
Loy Ann ordered the Baker’s Jacket – a baked potato…and
she could choose one of five fillings for the potato. She chose the Cottage Cheese and pineapple. It
was served with a side salad of mixed greens, tomatoes, celery and
cucumber. She chose the raspberry vinaigrette
dressing.
Baker's Jacket with a Cottage Cheese and Pineapple Filling
Jeanne ordered the Soup &
Scone. The soup of the day was Creamy
Chicken and Dumpling. It was served with
a homemade cheddar and dill scone. It
was large and looked so yummy.
Soup and Scone - Creamy Chicken Dumping Soup with a Cheddar Cheese and Dill Scone
I decided
to try the Cottage Pie – tasty lean ground beef, mixed with veggies and rich
gravy, topped with a mashed potato crust.
It was served with a side salad of mixed greens, tomatoes, celery and
cucumber. I also chose the vinaigrette
dressing.
Cottage Pie
We also ordered dessert – Loy Ann – the Christmas
English Pudding with a custard sauce and clotted cream…it was a dark rich cake –
it tasted so English. I loved it. Jeanne ordered the Petit Fours – lemon tart,
carrot cake, chocolate dipped strawberry, chocolate truffle stuffed with a
delightful strawberry cream, the cutest pink macaroon and a lavender shortbread
cut out cookie dusted with confectioners’ sugar.
Christmas English Pudding
Petit Fours - Chocolate Dipped Strawbery, Carrot Cake, Lavendar Shortbread Cookie, Macaroon and the Chocolate Truffle infused with Strawberry Cream.
The Lemon Tart is missing because Jeanne had already sampled it before I could take the picture. She is truly my sister.
English
Rose Tea Room
201
Easy Street #103
Carefree,
Arizona 85377
(480)
488-4812
Hours: Monday – Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 11:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Call for reservations
“The
first cup moistens my lips”
“The
second cup breaks my loneliness”
“The
third cup searches my barren entrails”
“The
fourth cup raises a slight perspiration”
“The
fifth cup purifies me”
“The
sixth cup calls me to the realm of the immortals”
“The
seventh…I can take no more”
-
Unknown
Chinese Poet from Teas from Around the
World
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