![]() (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) Lisa’s Tea Treasures, Los Altos and Campbell An interior view of Lisa’s Tea Treasures in Los Altos. Thursday-Sunday, with seatings at 11 a.m., 1:15 p.m. ![]() With a parklet “out of the question” due to highway-like traffic on Central Avenue, Lim added sidewalk seating for 10 when she reopened Malaya Tea Room in 2021.ĭetails: $28-$33 for dine-in ($20 for kids 10 and under). In total, Lim offers 36 teas, including teh tarik, a small-batch, weekend-only milky Malaysian tea that is poured back and forth briskly from one cup to another - pulled tea, in other words - to create a frothy elixir. Each box includes black, green or herbal loose-leaf tea to make a pot. When customers began requesting to-go versions of her tea service, Lim created Afternoon Tea in a Box ($28), which comes with finger sandwiches, sweets, a savory canape, scone, curd and clotted cream that takes Lim two days to make. That buzz died, when she was forced to close her doors and remained closed for a year. Makes me very happy when I see men having tea and enjoying the custom.” It was all dolls and flowers,” Lim recalls. Malaysian owner Leena Lim had recreated the high tea of her childhood growing up during the British Malaya era, with rattan fans, tropical plants and yuk sung finger sandwiches alongside the smoked salmon and bittersweet marmalade. These are the one-of-a-kind flavors of this Alameda tea room, which was an instant hit when it opened in 2019, just six months before the pandemic arrived. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) Malaya Tea Room, Alameda Butterfly Pea flower tea is served at the Malaya Tea Room in Alameda. As always, reservations are required for two hours of tea and tranquility. Note that during this transitional period, many tearooms are specifying a minimum order and/or adding the gratuity to the bill. ![]() Here’s a guide to seven of the Bay Area’s lovely sit-down tea service experiences and their stories of pandemic survival.
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