On February 21st, Millie’s Tea House opened for the afternoon to serve the only high tea in Luanda. Manfred, the butler, greeted eight beautifully dressed ladies at the door and presented them with their tea selection for the afternoon. After they were seated in the dining room, the ladies enjoyed a complete menu of savories and sweets fit for royalty. Smoked ham and pineapple salad sandwiches on crustettes, tomato-basil sand
wiches, and traditional cucumber sandwiches were served with sugared grapes, artichoke-rice salad, and African Sunrise tea. Cranberry-orange scones with jam or cream were followed by mango sorbet. The trays of dainties included macaroons, dipped a
pricots, anise cookies, chocolate-pecan tassies, Belgian wafers dipped with chocolate and crushed macadamia
nuts, and le
mon-filled sandwich cookies. These were finished with a spot of caramel tea. (Is your mouth watering yet?) Millie had worked hard all week preparing for this special event, and Manfred stepped in to graciously assist in hosting for the afternoon. He also helped clean up the myriad of dishes and silver after Millie collapsed on the bed. The guests were the winning bidders of an auction item which the Vances put up for bid last September at a benefit for the Home for Abandoned Girls. Millie asked Manfred not to quit his day job quite yet, but there’s a lot of potential there. It was the talk of the town!
On February 21st, Millie’s Tea House opened for the afternoon to serve the only high tea in Luanda. Manfred, the butler, greeted eight beautifully dressed ladies at the door and presented them with their tea selection for the afternoon. After they were seated in the dining room, the ladies enjoyed a complete menu of savories and sweets fit for royalty. Smoked ham and pineapple salad sandwiches on crustettes, tomato-basil sandwiches, and traditional cucumber sandwiches were served with sugared grapes, artichoke-rice salad, and African Sunrise tea. Cranberry-orange scones with jam or cream were followed by mango sorbet. The trays of dainties included macaroons, dipped a
pricots, anise cookies, chocolate-pecan tassies, Belgian wafers dipped with chocolate and crushed macadamia nuts, and lemon-filled sandwich cookies. These were finished with a spot of caramel tea. (Is your mouth watering yet?) Millie had worked hard all week preparing for this special event, and Manfred stepped in to graciously assist in hosting for the afternoon. He also helped clean up the myriad of dishes and silver after Millie collapsed on the bed. The guests were the winning bidders of an auction item which the Vances put up for bid last September at a benefit for the Home for Abandoned Girls. Millie asked Manfred not to quit his day job quite yet, but there’s a lot of potential there. It was the talk of the town! 
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