An English Afternoon Tea is a very special treat to prepare for your family and friends. This very English tradition is well practised by my family. Yesterday, I invited my colleagues to my place to savour a not-so-typical English afternoon tea whereby tea was substituted with coffee and scones were missing from the list. It took me merely an hour to come up with 5 types of cakes and pastries and a pot of home brew coffee. (The Swiss rolls are from JJ cake shop)
We started with a selection of very thin cheese sandwiches.
(Preparation time: 10 minutes)
This was followed by pear torte coming out fresh from the oven
(one of them thought it was char siew instead of pear)
(one of them thought it was char siew instead of pear)
(Preparation time + Baking time: 30 minutes)
The third item we sampled was chicken pie laden with chicken chunks and 3-coloured beans.
(Preparation time + Baking time: 40 minutes)
The last savoury pastry we ate was sardine puff
(Preparation time + Baking time: 30 minutes)
Last but not least, we finished off with something sweet -
Yam Swiss Roll and Sweet Potato Swiss Roll
(the only store-bought dessert for the day)
Coffee with cold milk is served with this tea set.
(Since I am not a 'Teh' person, can I rename it as 'English Afternoon Coffee Set'?)
(Since I am not a 'Teh' person, can I rename it as 'English Afternoon Coffee Set'?)
A complete tea set from various angles
my goodness MingNA!!! did u do all that? except for the JJ... u really came up with so much goodies?? my my..my... i must salute u.. so.. may I be your guest one day? :p
ReplyDeleteClaire:
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome to join me in the next coffee addicts' party ...