Tea By Bridget

This evening my mother and I attended a 'High Tea' at the Yesteryear Antique Center of Hanover.  The Yesteryear Café is one that we have gone to numerous times, the food and service is always great.  Bridget Weaver is the new owner of the café in the Yesteryear Antique mall.  Today from 4-6 she held a High Tea with five courses.  Each course was carefully selected and home made by Bridget at the Café.


When asked why she decided to do the High Tea, Bridget said that she just decided to try a High Tea.  Adventurous as that may seem, the Tea was highly successful and Bridget was very excited to fill up all of the seats. 

A ticket for the Bridget's High Tea was $17 per person, but as you can see by the menu here, it was well worth the price.  Especially when noting that Tea Houses in the area charge, on average, anywhere from $24-$30 per person. 

The food was simply delicious!  Pictured to the left are the first three courses in the order in which they were given. First was a Cinnamon Pecan Scone with Honey Cream.  Then, we had Curried Cream of Squash Soup and to follow that, we had a Ribbon Salad with Vinaigrette. 


 

All three of these first dishes were delicious to say the least.  I have never had any of these before and I'll be honest; I was very nervous to try the Cream of Squash Soup.  But Bridget did not disappoint, it was very good, as was the Cinnamon Pecan Scone and the Ribbon Salad.  The Vinaigrette on the salad was very well made and as you can see from the picture, there were pieces of olives, onions, cucumbers, and peppers on the salad as well. 



The two pictures to the right are of the fourth course which consisted of Shrimp Salad on Cocktail Rye and Welsh Rarebit Croustades (the first picture) and Canadian Bacon with Hot Pepper Jelly and "a Touch of BBQ Sauce" on cornbread (the second picture).  I was a bit apprehensive about tasting the hot pepper jelly as I am not a fan of very spicy foods, but it was paired perfectly with the "Touch of BBQ Sauce" that it was delicious and definitely not too spicy.






At this point in the courses, I was getting rather full as was my mother and the friends we were sitting with at our table.  So, when dessert came we were worried we may not have enough room for it.  Thankfully, this was not the case.  Pictures below are the three little desserts that we were given.












These three desserts in the picture on the bottom were sweetheart truffles, Raspberry truffles, and Petit Fours.  These little desserts were the perfect way to end this wonder tea.  They were light and sweet and just hit the spot.  I would definitely encourage everyone to go to the Yesteryear Antique Center of Hanover and visit the café.  Bridget does a magnificent job.

Here is a link to Yesteryear's Facebook page and their information: https://www.facebook.com/YesteryearAntique
There is information on the cafe's hours and a picture of the menu as well.

I know that Bridget is planning to do more High Tea's in the future and I for one, can't wait to see what she has in store for next time!