A birthday tea with Beth

My dear friend Beth, featured on this blog quite a few times over the years, recently turned sixty. To celebrate, we went to tea at the Emerald Chandelier in Griffin on Saturday!

This time, we both ordered their Lunch Tea Experience, and for that, you get to choose which type of half sandwich you prefer. 

I ordered the chicken salad, shown here with their quiche and creamy wild rice soup (that soup quickly became a favorite on my first of three visits there last year!).

Beth ordered the apricot and pimento cheese sandwich, which she said was delicious. I don't believe I've ever had a pimento cheese in a sweet flavor, so I may have to look for a recipe and give this a try.

Our sweets included a house scone, served with cream and lemon curd, and a slice of Lemon Loaf Cake. The birthday girl got a special birthday cupcake, a thoughtful touch on the part of the tearoom!

As always, I enjoyed seeing the pretty place settings—those vintage green thumbprint goblets were particularly lovely—as well as the decor of the tearoom itself. The tea we chose this time was Emperor's Fog, a tea blend with pineapple, papaya, and guava. 

Beth reminded me that we first met in 1997, in the lobby of the newspaper office where I worked at the time (her brother was a coworker), and we were talking about the Titanic movie that had just come out. Beth is one of my "girly" girlfriends who is always up for a tearoom trip, and I hope you'll join me in wishing her a Happy Birthday!