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We arrived at the Leaf Tea Merchant a few minutes late, but it was ok because Clara and her friends had already arrived to get our reservation. When everyone was there (except for Cesca who was running a bit late) we ordered our Teas. Tiffy and I had herbal joy, which is a lemon balm based tea with strawberry leaves and rose petals It tasted lovely and left us in a cheery mood.

We all “oohed” and “aahed” when the platters were brought out. There was so much beautiful food! I shared a tier with Mirai and Clara (though there was more than even we could polish off.) We nibbled our way from the bottom up. The first level were tiny tea sandwiches, cucumber, chicken and curry flavoured. The next level had the most divine petit quiches with fennel and herbs as well as some little pies. The next layer was overflowing with cakes, ginger and lemon and chocolate and strawberry and sponge Some were shaped like little hearts with pink icing. The very top tray had strawberries dipped in chocolate perfectly soft turkish delight, dark chocolate hearts and fortune cookies! My fortune was “You’re the centre of attention” which seemed a bit strange. The whole arrangement was scattered with yellow and pink rose petals