The Ivy Cafe Wimbledon Village

A late Christmas present to generous youngest sister, was for mrs maytrees and I to take her out to high tea in Wimbledon Village, which we duly did earlier this week.

Youngest sister and mrs maytrees pictured on the left enjoyed their hamburger and chips as depicted on the left. For myself 'The Ivy Classic Shepherd's Pie' looked excellent despite a good friend of mrs maytrees, apparently having said that upon her visit to the same cafe, the portion provided was too small. In fact the shepherd's pie and accompanying vegetables which I ordered were delicious and of ideal quantity. 

Possibly my being of small build was an advantage but an excellent main course for myself at least..

Youngest sister had a glass of  Sussex Nytimber bubbly whereas I enjoyed a non alcoholic blood orange splitz.

For pudding, we all opted for baked apple  tart, flamed with Calvados  despite the warning on the menu that this could take 14 minutes to prepare.

The flamed apple tart was enjoyed by the three of us and after teas and coffee the meal concluded with us all having enjoyed the company and sumptuous repasts.  

The meals were excellently served by two waiters, the youngest   of whom lived locally.

A great late Christmas present.