Afternoon Tea

This post is long over due. I just would say, "oh I should update my blog" and forget.
Anyways, in mid March my Mom made the trip from Maryland to come out and visit me. We had a great time, visiting the Space Needle, Pikes Place Market, Bellevue, and Snoqualmie falls amongst our day trips. My favorite though was our trip to Victoria, British Columbia. I am only about 3 hours from Canada. Victoria is a city in BC with a British influence, hence the afternoon tea!
We had a great day and the best part of the day was the tea we had at the Fairmount Empress Hotel. We were seated by a very friendly waiter and I knew this was going to be quite the experience when he pulled each of our chairs out to seat us and put our napkins on our lap. Top notch service :-)
The tea was the best tea I have ever tasted in my life. My mom agreed! It was served in the prettiest chinaware. This is seen here, as well as the great shot my mom got of the cream swirling through her tea cup.

We enjoyed everything served to us. On the first layer of the food tray were "tea sandwiches". There were carrot ginger, curried chicken, cucumber, & salmon and cream cheese sandwiches.
The next layer featured scones with the most delicious jam! Atop this layer was the dessert layer. Everything we ate was just delicious! Here is a picture of us in the tea room with all our delicasies as well as a close up of the dessert plate!

After we finished our Afternoon Tea, we went to the gift shop and bought some loose tea for each of us to take home as well as some souveniers for family. My mom also bought me an authentic Fairmount Empress teacup to have to keep. Then after we left she thought better and bought one for herself so we each have a matching teacup to remember what will be a once in a lifetime experience.
I was very sad to drop her off at the airport the next morning. The only thing to look forward to now is my husband's return from the deployment and oh how I am looking forward to it!