Afternoon Tea Diaries: Mary Eats Cake

It's time for another entry in my irregular feature of the Afternoon Tea Diaries. We love an afternoon tea. We don't do them all the time because they are a treat but whenever we do one, I like to share about it here. 

The last three times we have done an afternoon tea it has been at the amazing Oxi Tea Rooms. They do actually have a new menu which we haven't tried yet, but I am also very conscious that there are lots of other places that I would like to try! 

This time the location for our afternoon tea adventure was at Mary Eats Cake in the inner city suburb of Brunswick. Unlike Oxi Tea which is very high concept, the afternoon tea at Mary Eats Cake is pretty traditional! This is a place that I have had on my list to try for a while now

The tearoom itself was very cosy, with mismatched teacups and saucers, glass teapots and proper champagne coupes. 

The menu is a pleasing mix of savoury and sweet! On the savoury menu there were Sausage Rolls, Beef Burgundy pie, Cheesy Potato Croquet, Chicken Finger Sandwiches and a Citrus Prawn Loaf

The sweet options were Raspberry and Lychee Eclair, Chocolate Hazelnut Entremet, Mango Matcha Tart and Macaron. I liked all of them, although not everyone at our table loved the Matcha and Mango Tart. My favourite was the Raspberry and Lychee Eclair. So delicious!

The option that we chose included bottomless drinks (which is handy when you spill half your glass of champagne before you have even started drinking it!) but it also included bottomless scones. That does sound tempting, until you realise how huge the scone actually were! I would be surprised if most people have any more than 2!

We have already booked for our next afternoon tea experience which I think is going to be more on the traditional side but with a twist! I hope it is going to be delicious!

Weekly meals

Saturday - Steak egg and chips
Sunday - Roast pork, gravy rolls
Monday - 
Tuesday - Pork Nachos
Wednesday - Baked Tuscan Chicken
Thursday - Pork chops, mash, mushroom sauce and broccoli
Friday - Zucchini, parmesan and tomato risotto

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