A Foodie's Joy: Afternoon tea

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Thursday, 11 April 2013

An Afternoon Tea with Crossway 9am Ladies

Recently we had a ladies only afternoon tea at RD's lovely home. I couldn't think of what I could bring as a contribution and fell back on my home made curry puffs. They are easy to do and wouldn't look too bad on a plate (well, that was what I was thinking). Plus it represented my culture, which is always a nice thing.

I didn't know what to expect when I arrived but I was blown away by the very professional looking tiered trays of petit fours, mini quiches, cupcakes, brownies, and dainty sandwiches.

They were all so beautifully presented and I personally felt my rather clumsy looking curry puffs looked slightly incongruous among the dainty bites served so beautifully across the various indoor and outdoor settings.

The platter of fruits were beautiful to look at, gorgeous colours!

Charlotte's 21st Birthday Afternoon Tea

It was such a windy day and the original plan to have an afternoon tea picnic was abandoned and the location moved to EF and NF's home. It turned out to be a lovely afternoon, with heaps and heaps of food, good fellowship and lots of fun with the kids and most of all Charlotte having a ball opening her presents!

Afternoon Tea - Caitlin's 6th birthday

When my friend CW invited me over for afternoon tea to celebrate her little girl's birthday, I took it literally as tea rather than a spread of food. I forgot that back in Malaysia, high tea meant a buffet of food.

I decided to bring the Raspberry Nougat I had bought from Dolcetti. The array of food on display at CW's reminded me of how food is one of the constant in everyone's life. We celebrate good times over a meal with family and friends. When we meet up with a friend or friends it is typically in conjunction with a meal or over a cup of coffee or tea.

Feta and prawn mini pizzas

Three cheese pastries

Fried wontons

When we celebrate Christmas, Chinese New Year and Easter, when has it not been without feasting on food (be it home cooked or in a restaurant)?

So here we are again, a group of friends and family, having a wonderful afternoon together eating, chatting and laughing. Just the thought of it brings a smile to my face!

The spread included feta and prawn mini pizzas, three cheese pastries, fried wontons, fried noodles, chicken curry, stir fried mixed vegetables, prawn crackers, saffron rice. We also had Angku Kuih (red tortoise cakes) courtesy of CW's Mum. Aunty, you are a great cook!