Christmas Tea at Mrs Giggleberrys Tea Parlor, Strasburg OH

My sisters and I were going to have a sisters day and have tea up in Cleveland...but then the snow hit!

We did some checking and discovered that there was actually a Christmas tea happening at Mrs Giggleberry's Tea Room.  I was very excited, I have wanted to try this place ever since a friend said she had tea here.

https://www.facebook.com/Gigglebelly/

410 North Wooster Avenue, Strasburg, OH, United States, Ohio

The house was decorated so nicely for Christmas.

There was a table of 7 in the main dining room.

In the living room area there were four table of different sizes set up.

We made the reservation for three, but were pleased that we could add a fourth.  My mom joined us.  I am thrilled it worked out.  We all loved it.

Then there was another room off to the side that had two or three tables.  The pink room!!  Super fun and more retro looking than the other traditional rooms.

At our table we had a menu of what we would be served.

We started off with a great Wassail tea.  She was nice enough to put the Wassail recipe on the back of the menu card.

We started off with a delicious pumpkin soup and an almond poppy seed bread.

We were then served bacon, apple, cheddar flat bread

also a carrot bruschetta (which might have been my favorite)

and 

Turkey, Havarti, Cranberry Tea sandwiches

Very good and very filling...and there is still more to come...

We were then served warm Orange cranberry scones with cream.  And they rate up as some of the best scones I have ever tasted.

Lastly we were served dessert.

A gingerbread cookie bar, chocolate caramel pecan bar, and lemon cupcake with brown butter icing.

We also enjoyed Ohio Teas, Peppermint Stick Black Tea with the sweeter items.

Then we were told there was a craft yet!!  All of this for $35!!  I was super impressed.

This is the sample card and ornament.

It was really nice, they had all the supplies in baggies for us.  And the items we needed to cut out, they had already traced for us.  It made it very simple and all we needed to do was assemble them.

Here is my card and ornament.

We had a blast!!  The food was scrumptious.  The tea was devine.  The price was really good.  And we just loved being together.  And the craft was a bonus!

Are you ready for a fun story!!!  Turns out the lady at the table beside us was from WV.  But, she knew who I was.

She asked,  "Are you the gal who is doing the Christmas tea in Shreve"?  I said, "I am"!  She said, " I thought so.  I also think we met before Thanksgiving at MCC".   She said, " I heard you talking about tea there and I asked you if you were the one doing tea at LincWay"?  

I said, "Yes, I remember"!!  

I was shocked she remembered me.  And shocked she was WV and we ran into each other twice in less than a month.

But, she seems to be even more the queen of tea parties than me.  She and her sister were heading to one the next day in Millersburg and then on Sunday to one in Canton.

How fun is that???  I love running into people and finding out they follow me or know who I am.  My marketing is working.

Check out Mrs Giggleberrys if you are in the area.

Psalm 96:3

Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples!

 

Egg Tarts and shopping at the Asia Plaza in Cleveland Ohio

I love the Asia Plaza in Cleveland Ohio.  I have been here about 6-7 times in the past 5 years.  It is so much fun.  The plaza has a great restaurant- Li Wah- they have fantastic dim sum.  There is also a pharmacy that has some unique teas.  There a couple gift shops, as well as Ball Ball Waffle- it has milk tea and egg custards.  Then I just discovered the grocery store!!!  When I first went to the plaza, we did not go in the grocery store because it was Covid and we would have to wear masks... so we avoided the grocery store.

I decided to see this time what was in the grocery store... hoping to find egg tarts.  It was a beautiful fall day, so I decided to drive the hour up to the plaza.

Asia Plaza

The pharmacy has some unique tea I like to look at.

How could I not pick up But Cups????  It was jasmine flavored tea...I will post a blog about this product.  Be on the look out.

Not sure what this is, but I bought some to try.

Ball Ball Waffle

I like to pop in for the Hong Kong Milk tea.

Then I wondered over to the grocery store...

There were all kinds of fun treats in the grocery store.

I was thrilled to find egg tarts.  I was shocked to find the tarts and I could get 12 of them for $4.95!  What an incredible price!  They were was no markings on them or even on the sticker to confirm they were egg tarts. 

I asked a lady beside me if they were egg tarts.  She did not speak English but got out her phone and with google translate she wrote egg tarts.  I could have hugged her.  I was so happy she confirmed for me that they were what I was looking for.  And at that price I bought 3 bags of them.

When I got home, I quickly tried them out with some tea.  They were fantastic.

I am not sure when I first had these.  Maybe in Malaysia??  I also had them at Ball Ball Waffle and in New York with my friend Kristie.  I was so excited to share with her the tarts, she loved them as much as I did.

At my family Thanksgiving, I was to bring one of the desserts.  I brought a tray of goodies... and one of the items was the egg tarts!  Oh, so delicious!! When I made these, I sprinkled a little cinnamon sugar on top.  I liked the sweetness that it brought. 

I took my friend Kristie some tarts for Thanksgiving.  I took a plate of them to her... she was so funny; she didn't even share with her family. lol!!

Before I got the above blog posted, I went to the Asia Plaza again, so I thought I would combine the posts...

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My friend, Barb and I came for Dim Sum at Li Wah.  She had never been, it was fun to introduce her to dim sum.  I love picking my food from the cart.

I love watching the carts come up and down aisle and seeing what is in the steamers.

 

We got scallion pancakes, shrimp dumplings, sesame balls, pork and shrimp dumplings, steamed pork buns, and egg custards (egg tarts).

They served a really good tea.  I think it was green.  Normally at a Chinese restaurant you will get green or oolong.  It was not listed on the menu.  They bring it out with the water.  It was a very nice tea.

Look at the wonderful food we got!  Dim Sum is meant to be shared.

There is also a menu on the table, so if you are not sure what to order or if what you want is not on the cart, you can ask the server for it.  It has photos, so that is VERY helpful!

From Li Wah we could walk to the other shops and the grocery store. It is all under one roof.

I was excited to pick up more egg tarts for my friend Kristie and myself.

The prices on fun unique teas were really good.  I was familiar with some of the teas and the prices here are less than half what they are online.

The tea I am most excited to try is the 3:15 Earl Grey.  I will let you know what I think of it.

I found two incredibly interesting Lays chips flavors that I will be giving my nephews for Christmas.  One will be getting "Bean Meat Flavor" and one will be getting "Wasabi Octopus Flavor". 

I don't think they will be real impressed. but for $2.29 I could not resist buying them.

I did not buy a lot.  But I did buy some tea, egg tarts, they also had home good area and I got a really nice tea pot for $5.99 and cups to match for $1.39 each.  I need to check but I think it is a 5 cup tea pot, which is great for my tea parties.

This grape oolong was incredible. I will be buying this again for sure!

Some items...that we DID NOT PURCHASE...

We joked about coming here for our international food court dinner at church.

We had a great time with our google translate app.  Some items did not translate well.  I believe things were lost in translation. 

Less than 10 minutes away from the Asia Plaza is the Christmas Story House.  I am not really a fan of the movie...but I do enjoy a fun photo shoot at an iconic place.

Get out an explore what is near you.  Find out what is out there.  Adventures don't have to cost a lot, but it can be a lot of fun.  I love finding new things.

Psalm 96:3

Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples!