The nice thing about being on assignment where I am is that
I am actually not in London. Similarly, how most people refer to anything New
York-related as NYC--without much acknowledgement to the rest of the 54,556
square miles of the state (fun fact: NYC only takes up 302.64 of those square
miles). Many people correlate England with London and many times people assume
that since I am in the UK, I am living and working in London. While I do love
London very much, there's so much more to England and even more in the UK.
We spent this weekend exploring the lovely midlands of
England. This is the area right smack in the middle of the country. It is so
beautiful with the rolling hills, green lands and rich history. Let's not
forget the sheep! Bahh!
Saturday and Sunday were lovely days. The weather was
atypical of England and just absolutely amazing. We made the most of it and
spent it outdoors.
Saturday morning was a lazy morning. This would be our only
day to sleep in, so we decided to do exactly that. We had English-style
afternoon tea at a local tea house called Mrs. Bridges Tea Room for brunch. It
was a very cute place with good food and of course tea, aside from being handed
a used tea spoon to spoon sugar into my tea. I was expecting a clean one, but
it was obviously one that was just wiped off with a napkin or rag. Anyway, the
tea here was phenomenal. I've never had such a deliciously smooth yet flavorful
black tea. At first, I thought it was going to be weak since it was a reddish
color in my cup. After added a couple spoons of sugar and some cream, it was
just amazing. The dirty spoon wasn't so much of a big deal anymore. :P
We had some small finger sandwiches - smoked salmon on
foccaccia bread and ham with cheese on a baguette. The sweets were so
delicious, including an assortment of cake and pastries.

Even though the castle was once burned down, it was a bit eerie to know and see exactly how old everything was -- we're talking nearly 1000 years ago here! They had a lot of the furnishings, portraits, housewares, armor and weapons on display. There was a cannon demonstration at the end of the day, where they flung a huge fireball in the air. Crazy how they did that back in the day!
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Birmingham Canals |
The food was pretty good and the staff extremely nice. Below are just a couple of the dishes we ordered. The husband ordered a salmon which I though was beautifully plated. The highlight was the dessert, which is now my favorite English dessert... the Eaton Mess! This is layers of cream with meringue bits in it and fresh strawberries. I'm drooling thinking about it!
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Eaton Mess |
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Bull Ring, Birmingham |
More good stuff to come. :) Thank ya for reading!
Cheers.
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