Happy St. Patrick's Day Afternoon Tea

We celebrated St. Patrick's Day in Sweet Remembrances tearoom yesterday. Green was the color of the day, both in colorful outfits and themed jewelry, from necklaces to leprechaun hats. Irish blessings were included on the menu - May your heart be light and happy, may your smile be big and wide, and may your pockets always have a coin or two inside.

The first course featured our Emerald Isle Kiwi and Blueberry Salad with Kerrygold Irish Aged Cheddar and Lemon Caesar Dressing. Of course, pots of bottomless tea accompanied the meal including favorites such as Irish Breakfast, Shamrocks & Shenanigans with a chocolate strawberry flavor, and Irish Cream Stoudt mimicking a mug of Guiness with a dry, roasted profile with notes of dark chocolate and a hint of smoke.

The plate full of sandwiches included a Good Luck! and Good Cheer! Chicken Salad with basil butter, a Top 0' the Morning Reuben Spiral, Happy St. Paddy's Day Goat Cheese and Tomato Tartlet, A Wee Cottage Pie, Lads & Lassies Toasted Reuben and Swiss Cheese, and a Shamrock topped Cucumber Sandwich with herbed Kerrygold butter.

The next course featured a soda bread scone and tea bread. It held an Orange Marmalade Tea Bread, a savory Herbed Spinach Bread topped with Garlic Cheese Florette (a Rosemary House specialty spread) and cherry tomato and the Luck o' the Irish Soda Bread Scone served with sweet cream and Nancy's homemade lemon curd with a touch of fresh fruit.

The dessert trio included our Leprechaun's Lucky Irish Cream Bundt Cake, Grannies Chocolate Guinness Cake and a Matcha flavored Shortbread Shamrock.