I could go on and on Annona...

But I won't because I have a full Sunday evening planned with Detective Murdoch and my couch. Five of us had high tea at Anonna* at the Park Hyatt this afternoon and it was good. It was not too pricey ($26) as far as Yorkville goes, but I'm hungry again which is a bit unusual. However, the food was good.

Finger sandwiches included:

• watercress and cheddar pinwheel on whole wheat (two for me),
• devilled eggs with ham (which I skipped, of course),
• grilled chicken and pineapple crepe roll up,
• smoked salmon salad with dill on white,
• roast beef with horseradish on rye.

I should maybe stop going to the gym before tea because I was not full after the sandwiches. The scones more than filled up the space in my tummy though. These might very well have been the best mini scones I have ever tasted. They were light and fluffy, airy even, and the flavour was very subtle. Individual pots of clotted cream and a good (but not overwhelming) assortment of mini preserves.

I ordered the white tip darjeeling (duh) and also tried the jasmine (refreshing but a slight hint of something astringent) and Eros (orange and vanilla, was really delicious and this from an herbal tea snob).

For dessert, I had a bite of the chocolate ganache and almost went into egg-accelerated chocolate shock. It was rich enough to marry, have kids and then happily divorce. I also tried a small bit of the english trifle shot but the flavour was masked by the ganache monster in my mouth.

The waiter and kitchen were very accommodating of my allergy so that was much appreciated. Good enough to recommend to my mother and her friends.

*I want to link directly to the tea menu on their website but it prompts me to download or open a PDF which is frankly annoying and unprofessional.

Millcroft tea

Well I guess I'll start the reviews... our most recent misadventure was to Millcroft Inn for Afternoon tea at 2pm for $20. The grounds are very cute and the waterfall looks really quaint... it has the feel of a country inn. A couple of the girls went early for spa treatments and had rave reviews of the service they received... unfortunately for the rest of us who just went up for tea, we were not so lucky.

Tea started off on the wrong foot since the reservation was for 7 and we only had 6... the host looked really peeved at us. The waiter looked really young and didn't know the details of the menu when we asked about an acronyms about the tea that was listed. Service was on the whole was very slow... it was a good thing we ladies like to talk since we had to wait for our tea, refill of hot water and extra orders of ice cream.

Now let's talk about the food: scones- hard and too sweet- covered in sugar. Sandwiches- bread was crusty and not freshly made (the host said that everything was pre-made), there was no smoked salmon that day so we had egg, tomato and cucumber, ham sandwiches... not really a 4 diamond rating restaurant. VERY disappointed about them not having salmon. Pastries- cream puffs with cherries was okay, brownies was too rich (I could feel a toothache coming on) and dense and last was blueberry crumble cake was the best part of the meal. The portions of the dessert was huge for afternoon tea standards, just too bad they didn't taste so good.

I would rate this tea spot a 6/10.