Tuesday Tea Party - Coffee and chocolates for you all!

Hello my dear friends,
Welcome to Tuesday tea party. I'm very sorry I'm quite late, but as you know I've been rather busy (see my earlier post below)!!!

I haven't had time to do fruit sculptures or Vietnamese platters like I have in the past for you, sadly.

Instead, I'm serving two of my favourite things - delicious coffee and fine chocolates!

Please enjoy :-)






Visit Plumed Pen to see who else is participating this week!

Have a lovely day :-)



Photos from www.coffeeroastery.com.au and www.flickr.com/photos/territu

Tuesday Tea Party - Pool Party!!!

Wow, the last week has flown by!
Its still so incredibly hot here in sunny Queensland, so Patsy has decided we'll have a pool party this week!!



Sorry, she can't wait for the guests to arrive ..... she's already lazing on the surfboard!



No hot foods today - we are having cheese and fruits!



We've spent hours preparing fruit sculptures for you!

Firstly, here's the 'bug'!


The Melon Rabbit!



The birds!




The birds in a cage!


The watermelon swan!
Images from foodgarnishing.com

I must say, Patsy is very skilled with the paring knife!!! The sculptures are amazing!

Thanks for dropping in. I hope you stayed long enough for a dip in the pool!

Visit Plumed pen to see who else is participating this week!

Tuesday Tea Party - Aussie BBQ

Hello friends! We are participating again this week in the Tuesday Tea Party hosted by The Plumed Pen.
This week, we are having an Aussie BBQ tea party. Unfortunately, Patsy and I didn't have time to dress up for this party - we do apologise!

We have invited some native wildlife friends to join us :-) These roos really know how to party!



We will be serving an Aussie BBQ favourite - sausage and onion sandwich with tomato sauce! Very delicious :-)




And our beverage of choice this week - cold beer (it is summer-time after all). There's plenty to choose from ....





We even have dessert - the Lamington!



The lamington is a traditional Australian cake! Small squares of plain cake, dipped in melted chocolate, and coated in dessicated coconut! Very nice!

Thanks for stopping by - hope you have enjoyed the selections this week!! Cheers!

Vietnamese Tea Party!

What a busy day of preparation - but we are finally ready for our tea party frenzy. We are participating in two great parties today: Firstly, Tuesday Tea Party hosted by The Plumed Pen, and the second is Mr Toast's First Annual Christmas Tea!


I thought it would be nice to do something a little different this week - so we are having a Vietnamese Tea Party!! Here is my Ao dai that I'm wearing - this is the traditional Vietnamese Outfit. Click here to see me wearing it! Patsy is wearing her dragonfly kimono (also bought in Vietnam).

Patsy is waiting for me to pour the tea ......



Lets begin with something savoury - Vietnamese Summer Rolls!



The highlight is the rambutan red bean cake!



Have you tried a rambutan before? Now is the perfect opportunity!
Its just like a lychee, and the skin is sooooo interesting!! This is what it looks like! Tastes nice too :-)



We are also serving moon cake. I know we are a little late, as the Mid-Autumn moon festival was on in October. This festival celebrates the autumnul equinox of the solar calendar and is the asian version of the harvest celebration! Moon cakes (which look like the full moon in the night sky) are eaten at this time when families get together and celebrate! Anyway, I'm celebrating the first harvest of my lettuce in the garden which I ate last night .... delicious!

They come in so many varieties.... even green tea!




Lets finish with a decorated fortune cookie!! Hope you get a sweet message!



Hoping you have enjoyed the green tea and exotic foods!! Thankyou for dropping in my dear friends :-)
Stay a while, enjoy the hot weather (35 degrees celcius today). Why not relax in the pool!!!

On our way to 'tea party'

Well, Patsy is such a party animal - she has been accepting invitations from friends all over the blog world.
We are now on our way to 'Mr Toast's First annual Christmas Tea'. Click here to visit.
We are also participating in Tuesday Tea Party with the Plumed Pen. Click here to visit.
As you can see, we are having a themed party - we are doing a Vietnamese tea party. (I am in traditional dress)!!
We will be posting our party pics later today. So much to do, we are still preparing!!
Hope you can join us here, and at the other parties!!!