Afternoon tea at The English Rose

I already told you that Mr. Man and his friend has started a new venture on Darjeeling Tea. (those who are interested can visit: www.freshcarton.com) For that reason he has been talking with many of tea lounges nearby. One of them he found out was The English Rose tea shop. Few weeks back he went there to talk with the owner of the shop. After coming back from there he told me about that, and I also searched on the Internet.

The Entrance

I was completely blown away by the beauty of the tiny little fairy tale looking shop. I had been thinking of going there. I think  Mr. Man managed to read my mind, and one gloomy Friday morning he suggested me  to going there in that very afternoon. 

The gloomy Friday morning suddenly became a “one fine Friday Morning”. The day was extremely busy, as my son had a field trip, and I went with them as a chaperon. That consumed my entire morning. After coming back I had little time. So, we picked him from school , and directly went to that very fairy tale shop. The little shop just outside the downtown of Pleasanton. 

Interior

The entrance was not on the side walk, but on the side of the store. So, when we took the turn on the side, and came to the entrance, to me it was like, I found some hidden treasure. I love the shop, because I have a weakness on Shabby Chic style. I always want to decorate my house with that very style, but other won’t accept that. Anyway, we went through the “Alice in the Wonderland” door, and sat around a cosy little table with beautifully mismatching rustic white-pink chair. All the cushions, the tables, the chairs were not at all matching, but the owners mixed them so artistically that it created a fairy tale vibe. The fairies build their houses whatever they get in their hand in the woods. It was same as fairy tale cottage.

English Rose tea

Scrumptious Asparagus soup

Then came the menu full of different tea.  It was difficult to choose the tea from the almost never-ending menu, I chose English rose tea, with a sweet aroma of rose. Mr. Man chose oolong tea, and the kiddie wanted to taste chocolate tea. 

 I always love when the afternoon tea tray comes with all the scrumptious goodies. The sweet lady told me all the names, but unfortunately I forgot almost all of them. The cucumber sandwich, the sandwich croissant was the still. We couldn’t eat the sweets. So we packed them, and took home. However, we didn’t get chance to eat any of the them, as the reason is obvious.

 

I had afternoon in Wolsley in London, I enjoyed that a lot. That was my first experience of afternoon, but it was heavenly. I would love to go back again!