Emerald Necklace Inn

Steve and I just got back from having tea at the Emerald Necklace Inn.  It's a cute little bed and breakfast that serves tea ending at 3 pm.  Reservations are required.

The restaurant is in a small house off of the main road.  It has a few doors, one of which is for the bed and breakfast portion of the Inn.

It's very quaint.

The furnishings inside are very cute.   Lots of floral motif.

We both ordered the High Tea.  It's $25 per person and comes with an endless pot of tea, soup or salad, quiche and fruit, scone and bread plate, three finger sandwiches, and dessert plate.

Our meal came with a complimentary chilled Strawberry Champagne tea.   It came in a little shot glass rimmed with pink sugar.

Steve had the Queen Diamond Jubilee white tea and I had a caramel flavored black tea.   It was nicely presented.  I should make a point of ordering an herbal tea when I go to tea rooms that use unfiltered pots like this.   The tea continues to get stronger over time and can get bitter if you don't consume it fast enough.

I had the tomato vegetable soup while Steve had the house salad.

The assortment of sandwiches and breads was traditional.   If you aren't into cream cheese or mayo, you probably should avoid the sandwiches.   I like both of those things.

Top level:  pumpkin bread, cranberry bread, and blueberry scone
Bottom level: chicken salad, egg salad, and cucumber sandwiches (far back)

Here is the fruit cup and broccoli tomato quiche.  

And here is the dessert plate:

They also have a small shop where you can buy tea accessories and various teas.   I'm glad we stopped in today.

Clementine's

We went out for tea yesterday at Clementine's.  That was fun.  It's in a cute little historic area in Olmstead Falls.   It was busy because there was a bridal shower going on, but it was definitely worth the trip.

I had the ice wine black tea.   It was grape like.

Steve had apple peach herbal.   It was nicely fruity and sweet.

We also each had the afternoon tea service: a scone (raspberry), some fresh fruit, and jam with clotted creme.  

Steve had the meatloaf cupcake.  It was good and enough for leftovers later.   It's not an actual cupcake, but meatloaf shaped like a cupcake with mashed potato icing.

I had the Brown Sandwich.   It was a French bread with mushrooms, bacon, tomato, turkey, and cheese sauce.   It had a side of pasta salad.   I took home half of it.  Very yummy.

We didn't have room for dessert but it certainly looked delicious!

Coquette Patisserie

Madge, Steve, and I went out to have tea yesterday at Coquette Patisserie.  That was really fun!  We had visited before for their macarons, but we really wanted to try their tea.   For nineteen dollars per person, you got all kinds of things to sample as well as a pot of tea each.

This is March's menu.   I really enjoyed everything, but I was most surprised by the raspberry cream puff.  It was filled with this decadently creamy pink filling!   I'm really glad that I had it last.

The teas we had were lavender peppermint herbal, English breakfast, and an orange blossom green tea.

Here is a closeup of the tray.   From left to right we have the ham sandwich, zucchini quiche, French vanilla macaron, chocolate triomphe, and finally the raspberry creme puff.

The brioche was lovely too.   Those are the blueberry jam, orange cinnamon butter, and pear ginger jam.

As you can see, the presentation is wonderful!

Madge and I both got larger quiches afterwards.

This one is ham with gouda.

And this one has shiitake mushrooms.

We also got more macarons because I love pistachio flavored stuff.  These were just perfectly salty sweet.

Tea is only on Sundays.  You should definitely go!

Miss Molly's Tea Room

It's Super Bowl day and we went out to have tea at Miss Molly's Tea Room.  I usually have had tea as a meal at steampunk events.  This is the first time I've had it specifically at a restaurant.   Pictured above are our tea settings.  They used loose leaf tea and provide a strainer.   Steve had Snowberry and I had Victorian Rose.   Both are types of flavored black tea and each teapot contained four cups.  

I had the quiche today, which was mushroom and Swiss.  I picked lobster bisque as my side and it was served with lemon tea bread.   It was very tasty and an appropriate sized portion.

Steve had vegetable lasagna with stuffed pepper soup.   It came with bread and butter.   He had enough of his lasagna for later.

Four cups of tea per person is a lot to consume, so we decided to order some dessert.   Steve ordered the coconut cake.

This is my tuxedo cake.   The slice was very generous and I had to take the rest home with me.

The nice thing about Miss Molly's is that they are ala carte.   Often times tea is a pre-fixe meal (which is great in terms of trying new things which you may not normally order).  The decorations are lovely.  Lots of Tiffany style lamps and floral prints.   Also, our teacups matched the dishes they were sitting upon.   

At the end of your meal, you walk through the gift shop to pay your bill.  It's a clever idea.   We ended up picking up some tea and bread to go.  Miss Molly's is a wonderful experience and I definitely plan on visiting again.