High Tea at The Palace Tea Room

On Sunday 21st September; Sue, Grandma and I went to The Palace Tea Room for high tea in the QVB (level 1) for Grandma's birthday. We chose this restaurant because the reviews praised the quality and freshness of the food (who wants stale scones??) and the price was good compared to other places for what you receive.
The decor is Victorian themed with beautiful chandeliers and furniture. We ordered the Sparkling Afternoon Tea as a treat - I didn't know what I was in for... at this point I would like to highly recommend booking a high tea for lunch not afternoon tea!

The Palace Tea Room

It was appropriate to dress up for the occasion and for some reason dressing in your 'sunday best' is always fun (a trend we wish would come back).

Sue's Dress - Retrospec'd
Cardigan - SES

Cheers!

The chinaware was pretty; Royal Albert, Royal Doulton and Wedgewood. Sue and I drank Paris Vanilla Tea (delicious). We got about 4 cups of tea each in the pot too.
The savoury part of the high tea included: chicken, salmon and egg sandwiches, lobster pastry, crab/lobster biscuit and a large scone with jam and cream. These were all fantastic, fresh and light.
The sweet part: passionfruit macaron, lamington mousse slice, raspberry cheesecake, raspberry (?) meringue tart and small cupcake.

We were SO full at the end. I wanted to be rolled home. After tea we walked around Pitt St.

Earrings - Vintage from Etsy

I did a pin curl wet-set on my hair for a change.
Cardigan - Vintage 50's from a past Love Vintage Show (bargain!)
Dress - Retrospec'd
~ Notable beard in background ~

My shoes - Clarks
Sue's shoes - David Lawrence

Bag - 50's Vintage from a past Love Vintage Show at a great price

Pitt St, Sydney

On a side note, strangers do act differently towards you when you dress up. We got some pretty great service in Myer, people came after us to help us (a la Pretty Woman) and a lady asked what the occasion was because she could "sense a theme."

We really enjoyed the high tea; the service was great, the food was tasty and the decor was elegant. They also have regular meals including breakfast, lunch and desserts.

- Kirsten