The tea room overlooks the boiler/kiln? I liked the contrast of the warehouse/industrial building with exposed brick and beams for a high tea. The building also houses the Red Wing pottery museum and many shops. Mmm, scones!
The food was homemade and a really nice black tea, Yorkshire Gold, was served. It always makes us happy when a nice big pot of tea is left on the table - this was the first time we didn't run out of tea! Many traditional high tea foods were served, including cucumber sandwiches and scones with Devonshire and lemon curd. In addition, the proprietress, Rita, also served fresh asparagus cream sandwiches which were a fun twist.
As Emma was opening her birthday presents, I mentioned that my mom and I found some of her presents in Fort Frances, Ontario. The couple next to us shared that they live in the Fort - small world! We chatted a bit and I mentioned that my maiden name was McHarg and they had known my great aunt Ruth! We figured if we kept talking we would end up related!
Here's Emma with one of her presents from Fort Floral - she loves hedgehogs. In fact, we stopped at a nursery on the way home to pick out a succulent for her new planter. The desserts were yummy - lemon bars, chocolate mousse, caramel apple bars and strawberry phyllo tarts. I love the bubble glass dishes.
Happy Birthday Emma! Hope you had a great day!
I'm glad I was able to spend time and celebrate with you with one of our favorite things - tea!
