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osprey_archer) wrote2009-11-11 06:36 pm
osprey_archer) wrote2009-11-11 06:36 pm
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Lunch at Betty's!
I went to Betty's for lunch/tea today - Betty's is a famous teahouse/restaurant in the center of York, which has been there since 1937, which is not quite as impressive as Sally Lunn's in Bath which has been there since 1680...but Betty's has better food.
I had rarebit! Which was delicious! And jasmine tea! Which was...interesting. I prefer my tea with milk, I think. But it was a lovely golden color. And hot chocolate spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg with cinnamon sugar sprinkled on top! (I've been meaning to write a post about the Comparative Hot Chocolates of York. I should do that. Tomorrow.) And a pear and almond frangipane tart with ice cream and chocolate sauce!
The chocolate sauce was TO DIE FOR. Mind, the tart was completely excellent too, but I would walk over a pit of burning coals to get to the chocolate sauce.
Also, my lunch companion was a Shakespeare nut from my medieval history class, who didn't think it was at all strange when I got histrionic about Brutus from Julius Caesar (because he's got so much integrity and courage and he's so idealistic and Cassius takes such cruel advantage of his ideals and it's SO TRAGIC), and even lent me her copy of As You Like It. (I haven't read any of the comedies, except Midsummer Night's Dream, because my school for some reason thought high schoolers would obviously prefer the tragedies. Or something.) So I can add Shakespeare to my British Classics project!
I'm having way too much fun with that project. I think I should do an American classics project when I get back to the States. I've always meant to read more F. Scott Fitzgerald...and finally get through a Mark Twain book. I feel bad about it, but I've never been able to read Mark Twain. I don't know why, because everyone else thinks he's so funny, but I find him boring. :( Maybe I've grown into him by now, though?
Anyway, it was an excellent day.
I had rarebit! Which was delicious! And jasmine tea! Which was...interesting. I prefer my tea with milk, I think. But it was a lovely golden color. And hot chocolate spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg with cinnamon sugar sprinkled on top! (I've been meaning to write a post about the Comparative Hot Chocolates of York. I should do that. Tomorrow.) And a pear and almond frangipane tart with ice cream and chocolate sauce!
The chocolate sauce was TO DIE FOR. Mind, the tart was completely excellent too, but I would walk over a pit of burning coals to get to the chocolate sauce.
Also, my lunch companion was a Shakespeare nut from my medieval history class, who didn't think it was at all strange when I got histrionic about Brutus from Julius Caesar (because he's got so much integrity and courage and he's so idealistic and Cassius takes such cruel advantage of his ideals and it's SO TRAGIC), and even lent me her copy of As You Like It. (I haven't read any of the comedies, except Midsummer Night's Dream, because my school for some reason thought high schoolers would obviously prefer the tragedies. Or something.) So I can add Shakespeare to my British Classics project!
I'm having way too much fun with that project. I think I should do an American classics project when I get back to the States. I've always meant to read more F. Scott Fitzgerald...and finally get through a Mark Twain book. I feel bad about it, but I've never been able to read Mark Twain. I don't know why, because everyone else thinks he's so funny, but I find him boring. :( Maybe I've grown into him by now, though?
Anyway, it was an excellent day.
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YOUR POSTCARD ARRIVED! It was the first mail ever I got here in Belgium, I was so happy, THANK YOU SO MUCH! ;3;
Hey, you asked what kinds of tea your flist liked, and I have recently grown slightly obsessed with this one: Pearl Jasmine (http://www.teaspring.com/Pearl-Jasmine.asp). It's delicious, especially with sugar! (though I add sugar to everything vaguely tea-like anyway.)
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Is pearl jasmine available in regular stores, or do you have to buy it somewhere special?
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Next on my list: peppermint tea. I've been told that it's DELICIOUS.