In honour of the Royal Nuptials, I decided to host a High Tea. Well, truth be told, it was just an excuse to do something different. We always have a few friends over on a Saturday afternoon for happy hour. Just so happened that last Saturday co-incided with The Wedding of the century.
Two of what I considered to be major items could not be had for love or money. It seemed that Adelaide was sold out of strawberry champagne and tiaras. So we made do with a local sparkling rosé and borrowed head bands from my neighbour’s daughter.
Invitations were organised.
It was to be an intimate, exclusive occasion for seven – 
Linden House High Tea – 19th May 2018
An exclusive sitting for invited guests to celebrate the occasion of the Royal Wedding
Amuse Bouche
French Onion Soup
Finger Sandwiches
Cucumber with lemon dill butter
Silverside with horseradish and tartare sauce
Smoked Salmon with lemon dill cream cheese and shredded lettuce
Other Savoury
Pumpernickel with cheese and gherkin
Mini Quiche
Mini Puff Dogs
Smoked Fish tart with lemon dill cream cheese
Sweets
Shortbread Sweethearts
Caramel Slice
Mini Chews
Trifle –
with apple and rhubarb, custard, mascarpone mousse and mulberry coulis
Beverages
Please ask – assorted teas; and alcoholic/non-alcoholic range available
It was a jolly, smashing do, even if I say so myself. Some – or, to be more precise, one, person had never heard of high tea. Seriously?! He was duly informed by TRH (The Retired Husband) that there would be dainty cucumber and other sandwiches. All with the crusts cut off. And teensy bite size bits of this, that and the other. None of that big, takes-two-hands-to-handle man size grub. To his amazement, he discovered TRH was right. However, there was plenty of everything so no-one had to go hungry. What’s more, we only had a little bit left over. Enough for dinner for two the next night. Consensus of opinion about the food – the French onion soup (all 50 ml of it) was awesome. The cucumber sandwiches were actually nice. And the trifle – Oh.My.God. The Trifle!!
It was a lot of work. But – it was fun to do something I had never done before. I was so busy getting things done I hardly took any photos. What you see is the sum total of all camera clicks on the day. And I am oh so grateful that all the Royals are now safely married so there will be no excuse to repeat this exclusive event.
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Oh God, I wish I could have attended your high tea. Looks and sounds delicious, and interesting.
Had you been within cooee, you would most definitely have been invited 🙂
Wow such a wonderful and pleasant post, Raili and the tidy table cover too. Great post, loved it.
Thank you 🙂
Welcome
Oh wow, beautifully presented Raili, and a scrumptious Menu fit for a Prince.
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Nice
It all looks so good 😊
I even impressed myself !!!
You impressed me too 😋
And you’re a Pom!! I must have done something right then 🙂
Indeed!
I am impressed too. Good for you and I’m sure everyone had a grand time.
It looks lovely and delicious! Great job! I’d have loved to been invited if I lived allllll the way over there! 😊
I watched he ceremony. Woke up early without my alarm and caught the car driving to the castle or whatever place they got hitched. It was lovely! She was elegant and beautiful and he was handsome. Best wishes!
I watched the whole thing. AND if you had been close, I would def have invited you 🙂
This is SO great that you did this!! What fun!!!
I wish you could have joined us 🙂
Me too
How much fun is this. Beautifully done.
hanks Bernadette 🙂
OML! That looks like SO much fun!!! Did ya’ll wear big, floppy hats??? 😀 I have one for when my friends and I do tea!
No, I borrowed some sedate headbands and one of the girls dug up a fascinator she had lying around.
What’s a fascinator?
OMG Calen! Don’t you know what that is? It’s one of those frippery head things that are hats without being a hat. You know the kind that has feathers and fluffy stuff flopping around – usually attached to a head band, All the rage at posh events. Big here at the Melbourne Cup horse race and other toffee events. There’s some truly outrageous ones that have been donned – have a look at these: https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/516084438542403058/?lp=true
Good Lord! Never heard of or seen them before!!! Ugly suckers! Try THIS article for head gear!
https://bglh-marketplace.com/2015/08/3-historical-reasons-why-black-women-wear-elaborate-church-hats/
Some of them are very pretty and elegant. those were extreme examples 🙂
Oh. My. GOD!!! Mum used to be a milliner in her younger days – pre-marriage I think. I doubt she ever made anything like these though.
I guess it all kind of turned into a competition. I like the idea that it goes back to the African headdresses.
That makes more sense to me. It has ritual, history, and meaning attached.
How much fun was that! I went to a little gathering too and we wore hats and watched and ate many goodies too. 🙂
It was a great excuse to do something different!
Yes. And an excuse to wear hats. 🙂
🙂
Sounds lovely 🙂
always good excuse to arrange a high tea. Please invite me to your high tea next time. It looks soo good:)
Consider yourself invited – and thanks for the follow! I’ll drop by later
Thanks 🙂 Have a wonderful day.