Last Saturday my adoptive family and I ventured into the city of Sydney to celebrate my best friends 21st Birthday! I can't remember if I had mentioned it before but when I made the big move to Sydney I left all my family behind and the only people that I really knew was my best friend Emma and her lovely family. They are probably one of the nicest and most down to earth bunch of people that I've ever met; I mean seriously they've let me move into their home and they put up with me day after day. So really they've become my adoptive family and have treated my like one of their own kids. So not-so bright and really really, early Saturday morning we made our way into the city centre to spend the day at the Tea Rooms in the Queen Victoria Building; eating piles of delicious little cakes and drinking copious amounts of tea. As luck would have it we managed to get to the Tea Rooms over an hour before our booking, the concierge was incredibly understanding and let us leave our bags there while we went for a wander around the glorious Queen Victoria Building. We decided to grab a quick coffee- we needed some serious waking up after a rather boisterous night out celebrating the evening before. Actually who am I kidding; we'd been celebrating Emma's for the entire week beforehand, you do only turn 21 once after all!!
When we eventually made it into the tea rooms we were absolutely mesmerised. I felt as though we had just stepped into a grand ballroom that Marie Antoinette would have found herself in, we felt like royalty! It wasn't long before tiers upon tiers of macaroons, scones, sandwich fingers and pots of tea started arriving. I don't think there was a peep from our table for a good five minutes whilst we all nibbled away silently just absorbing the flavours and textures of our feast. I think that the scones were the highlight for me; I know scones are probably the most un-exciting thing that was on that table but when you get a scone that is made the way that they're supposed to be and served with homemade jam and proper clotted cream- oh my word are they incredible! It was simply scrumptious.
If you ever find yourself with a spare couple of hours and feel like spoiling yourself a little why not take a trip into the stunning Queen Victoria Building and pop into the Tea Rooms for an afternoon of indulging with a mingling of sweet treats and even a glass of champers!
THE TEA ROOMS- QUEEN VICTORIA BUILDING
LEVEL THREE, NORTH END
Queen Victoria Building
455 George Street, Sydney
02 9283 7276
This looks amazing! I hope to visit Sydney someday, but alas I'm stuck waaaay across the pond in the US!
ReplyDeleteIt was an amazing time! I fell exactly the same way about visiting the US, it'll happen one day :)
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So jealous, this looks amazing! My best friend had a high tea for her sixteenth and ever since I've wanted to do it again :) x
ReplyDeleteIt was seriously amazing- although we did feel a little out of place with all the proper ladies sipping on their tea with their pinkie's pointed out! You definitely should go do it one day soon, it's so much fun!
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Hello Amy!
ReplyDeleteI’ve somehow managed to stumble across your blog through Tom’s (Daydream in Blue) ads and although I’ve only read a few of your more recent posts, I just want to say that I’m really impressed with your blog and would certainly love to read more :) I absolutely ADORE your photos. It’s like HOW DO YOU TAKE SUCH GOOD PHOTOS? PLS TEACH ME YOUR WAYS hahaha. Keep doing what you’re doing because its absolutely amazing :)
~Meelz xxx
P.S. When I find a piece of clothing that I really like, I get it in every colour too :P
Hey Mel! I'm so glad you stumbled across my little patch of the internet :) Please stay around for as long as you like; we're all super friendly over here!! As for the photos I give sole credit to my cameras. I usually swap up between my Nikon D5100 for outdoorsy and lifestyle shots and my Cannon 600D for all my Beauty and product snaps but without them I would have the crappiest photos! I probably shouldn't go into a huge spiel about everything photo related but if you have any more questions feel free to pop me an email :)
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