Wow, I don't know what to say. Chado has held a place on Eater LA's best afternoon tea list, but if this is among the best, I wonder how bad the others are. I can only assume the quality varies by location because what I had in old Torrance was the absolute worst.
I suppose you get what you pay for, and $35 doesn't buy much these days.
The elephant teapots are adorable, but my teacup has little chips around the rim. I supposed that gives it character?
Most of the sandwiches are alright, fresh smoked salmon, chicken salad with cranberry on warm, toasted bread. Cucumber is a bit bland, and the green onions are confined to one cream cheesy end so you either start or finish with very abrasive bites. There should be an award for the egg salad - it's impressively bad. Zero seasoning, tasteless mush, so sulfuric the aftertaste is putrid.
Even the blueberry scones tasted a little old, and mine had green dots on the bottom, the color of mold. They assured me that the flour can turn that color when baked, but the replacement apricot scone tasted significantly more fresh. No objections to the jam and clotted cream.
Macarons are fine, but that butter cookie tastes a little stale.
We ate at 11 AM on a Friday so I suspect our food wasn't all that fresh. Cute place to shop, but I would recommend drinks only if you're sitting down.
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