On Monday it was Jonny's birthday (and his last full day - after 3 weeks of being with us, instead of the 10 days he was meant to be!). I asked Jonny what his favourite food was in all the world and he said steak and ale pie, so I investigated the best places to get such a thing in Manhattan - and so we went out for a birthday meal at Tea & Sympathy!
It seemed very fitting to be going to an all British restaurant on a cold, wet and dark Monday evening - it was pouring with rain outside and the restaurant was a little nippy, but it was incredibly cozy and it did feel like we were back home for bit.
Tea & Sympathy's split into two shops, one is a small shop selling tea and beans and chocolate and other British goodies (like Myers of Keswick) and the other is a little tea room serving lots of yummy foods...
(Lots of goodies for sale in here)
(The walls of the restaurant are covered with teapots and cream tea trays)It was odd how excited we all got over the smallest things, we were all Ooing and Aahing over the fact that they had Ribena (and hot Ribena) on the menu, and you could get a side of Heinz Baked Beans if you wanted (yuk!), you could have Colemans mustard or Mint Sauce as a condiment and the menu was chocked full of the best of British grub at the best of New York prices... Jonny and I shared sausage rolls for a starter -2 sausages rolls (no bigger than a Greg's one) with a token salad for $14!!!!
Abi had a scotch egg for her starter, which was delcious but it also cost $10! So Tea & Sympathy are certainly onto a good thing... but it was worth it. They even had IRN BRU!I'm actually quite glad it was cold and wet, I think it would felt a bit funny eating our Steak and Guinness pies and Tweed Kettle pies if it was lovely and sunny and warm outside, it was proper comfort food...
The 5 of us shared some sticky toffee pudding and custard for pudding, the waitress was lovely enough to put a candle in it and then sang Happy Birthday to Jonny in Irish (while the rest of us just sat there trying to work out what she was actually saying - we couldn't really join in).
It was a very fun evening and Tea & Sympathy is a great little place, I think it'll be a while before we go back though - it's more of a treat to go there (although having I think I'd pay $14 for another plate of sausage rolls - I miss sausage rolls a LOT!). The food wasn't a patch on proper home cooking, but it made a good enough substitute and will keep us going for another few weeks or so.
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