So, what’s Teddy Bear tea you could be questioning? It has grow to be an annual vacation custom in San Francisco, the place households are invited to assemble for Teddy Bear Tea within the winter wonderland of The Ritz-Carlton Ballroom. Whereas kids take pleasure in a particular tea expertise of scorching chocolate, scones, teddy bear candy treats, and various sandwiches, they’re entertained and engaged with a energetic vacation present carried out by an animated elf and vacation characters that includes sing-a-longs, skits and storytelling. And, as you enter the ballroom, Christmas Timber line the perimeters in addition to vacation decorations and a large sized teddy bar that greets you as you get off the elevator.
It’s a enjoyable occasion, particularly with children in tow, for it truly is a lovely expertise for youths to expertise. It’s energetic and animated and a possibility for youths to have interaction with different children, all in a competition vacation environment.
As for the menu? For youths, they’ve egg and English cucumber sandwiches and a grape and berry fruit cup in addition to cookies, brownies, cannoli and berry cheesecake. The adults menu is a little more decadent. Their savory menu included a Basic Egg Salad sandwich with avocado aioli and fried shallots on wheat bread, Lemon Cucumber with roasted pepper feta, kalamata olives and mint, a French Onion tart with creme fraiche, thyme and aged parmesan, smoked salmon mousse with wild Alaska Salmon Roe, cornichons and dill on rye bread and Tuscan Prosciutto with goat cheese, lamp chopper and winter spiced apple butter on brioche bread. Yum, proper?
For sweets, that they had cinnamon scones with lemon curd and Devonshire cream, Purple Velvet Tea Cake with a cream cheese frosting (one in all my favorites), Chocolate Caramel Tart, French Macaron and a Raspberry Bear Claw. It was all so divine. Moreover, they provide gluten free and vegan choices as properly.
Beneath is a enjoyable video sequence on our expertise. For extra info, together with the right way to reserve for the subsequent season, go to the Ritz Carlton San Francisco occasions web page.