When I was little, I was never interested in having tea parties with my stuffed animals. Instead, I played restaurant, where I was the chef and waitress, and I made my little brother sit there and order food and then pay me money. I suppose that says a lot about me.
But recently, I’ve really gotten into this idea of having tea parties. So when I found out about Alice’s Tea Cup, I promptly dragged a friend there with me. This place is adorable! As in cutesy, girly, chubby-baby-cheeks adorable!
The tea menu was extensive, but being the noobs that we were, we got Alice’s blend, figuring that the house blend should be pretty good. And it was! Plus, it came in a super cute teapot.
We then ordered the Mad Hatter for two, which comes with so much food! You get your choice of 3 scones, 2 sandwiches, and a dessert. We couldn’t finish it and had to take some of the scones and all of the cookies home. Of course, it probably didn’t help that we’d already gone to another bakery in Chinatown and stuffed our faces before heading over here. Such piggies…
For the scones, we picked the pumpkin, berry, and a ham and cheese. I was about to type that the pumpkin was my favorite, but I actually really liked the other two as well. I can’t pick a favorite. They were all yummy! And they came with clotted cream!!!! AHHH!!!! I LOVE CLOTTED CREAM! I haven’t had any since being in England last summer, and it’s the best thing ever. If you’ve never had clotted cream, oh man, you’ve got to try it!
Both of the sandwiches we got were delicious, although the curried chicken was messy to eat because the diced chicken kept falling all over the place. Maybe I’m just a bad sandwich-eater.
After these amazing scones and sandwiches, the dessert platter was a let-down for me. The chocolate mousse was great, but the cookies were dry and nothing to be excited about. 4 different cookies, and I didn’t like any of them. Sadness. Nevertheless, Alice’s Tea House was great. I’m curious to try some of the other stuff on their menu. The table next to ours had these french toast bites that looked amazing. That’s what I’m getting next time.
The next weekend, I went to visit a friend in Flushing, and she took me to this lovely teahouse called The Rose House.
I love this place! It would be the perfect teahouse to meet up with a girlfriend and just chit chat over afternoon tea. The atmosphere was classy and elegant, although the prices also reflected that. But it was worth it, and I would come back in a heartbeat.
We chose the English rose tea (I think that’s what it was.) and an iced milk tea. Both were great! And to go along with that are desserts!
I wasn’t a fan of the ice cream. It was more icy and not creamy enough. I don’t remember much about the cheesecake, but the rose cookies were to die for. I could’ve eaten 10 more of those. You can taste the rose in it. Absolutely amazing.
Hmmm, anyone know of any place in Charlottesville where I can get rose cookies?
Alice’s Tea Cup
156 East 64th St
btw Lex & 3rd Ave
New York, NY 10021
The Rose House
Yelp
38-10 138th St, 1st Fl
Flushing, NY 11354
Victoria F Hu 