When I asked my San Francisco beau where the best place was
for afternoon tea in the city, they took me to Lovejoy’s.
We met another friend of theirs at 3:00 pm on a Wednesday,
when no reservations were needed, and were promptly seated at a small table
facing the window.
Instead of offered a pre-decided afternoon tea set,
Lovejoy’s lets you build your own. You get to decide how many sandwiches,
scones, cakes, fruit, and salads you get. You even get to pick your sandwich
flavors! I ordered one daily special sandwich, which was ham-arugula-brie, and
another chutney-cheddar sandwich. The
scones were absolutely enormous, and I could only finish half of one. I also
enjoyed the two different kinds of salads that came with my high tea set, but
the star of the show was their Chocolate Truffle tea. With mil and sugar added,
this tea tastes and smells like a hot chocolate.
Because of the Chocolate Truffle Tea, or perhaps because of
the good company, we ended up staying nearly three hours. It is worth mentioning that I was among interesting company. All three
of us were queer, my beaux is trans, and their friend is a professional dominatrix. Not the most typical tea crowd, but then
again, we were in San Francisco….
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