Tea Party preview food - The condiments and accompaniments

During the winter break, TC and I had fun scouring the local British food shops for the KD's upcoming tea party birthday. Although we didn't use this tea (seen below), I bought it for future us. It smelled so good!

I don't really like traditional tasting tea, but if it's fruity, I will drink it! This wasn't all there was either...


I thought these tiny jam jars were cute (on clearance too!) and would go well with scones.

Also for the scones (which I never ended up making) were Lemon Curd and Clotted Cream, bought from Rosie Lee's in University Heights.

At Shakespeare's Corner shoppe, I also bought a tea ball (along with that amazingly scented green apple tea). The tea we used for KD's party was by Harney and Son's, courtesy of TORC. I forget the exact name of the flavor but it had Bergamot in it.

There's the tea ball box, jam, and the Colman's mustard. I found out later that I could have bought that same mustard at Fresh and Easy for much cheaper, but WTF, it's too late for that now.

Now this, the Branston pickle (which was served with the sausage rolls) was from Fresh and Easy, which has a few shelves devoted to British food products.

It's got an interesting taste; it's very strong but it goes well with sausage rolls. What are marrows? Bone marrow? Gherkins are tiny pickles. There was also rutabaga and cauliflower in here. KD really liked this...

The sweets and cakes were procured by D and myself the day before the party. Now that was a fun evening! We had dinner at Village House Kalina, got a huge tray of baklava from King of Nablus Sweets, then proceeded to go crazy at Nijiya and Pangea, and Big Joy Bakery for the sweets...