Creating a garden room

This is a garden room outside the family room to sit, relax, and dine with the family.  It is a space that transitions from the house to the garden. Garden walls are created with potted plants filled with beautiful foliage. My entire garden is a tropical garden. This space allows me to experiment with different color schemes. This is my spot to sit and sip a cup of chai overlooking the garden after full day of hard work.

Much needed shade is provided by the jasmine vine on the trellis all day

Different view of the garden

For more memorable centerpieces, tablescapes, and recipes (including vegetarian, gluten free and vegan recipes),please check out my books, Entertaining From an Ethnic Indian Kitchen and Trader Joe's Simply Indian at my website komalinunna.com.

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Having Tea with Friends

I love it when my friends drop by and have a cup of tea informally. This morning I had tea with a couple of my girlfriends after yoga. When I bake, I freeze some tea cakes for guests who drop in. When friends drop by, I usually pull out a tea cake from the freezer and quickly thaw it in the microwave oven and serve it with tea. Since it is tomato season I had to serve some sun gold tomatoes with tea, whether they go well with the tea or not. This is my favorite way to spend time with my friends, talking and laughing while sipping tea.

The following images are from last Friday evening tea with friends.

For more memorable centerpieces, tablescapes, and recipes (including vegetarian, gluten free and vegan recipes), please check out my book, Entertaining From an Ethnic Indian Kitchen, at my website komalinunna.com.

I am joining  Table top Tuesday, Tea Time Tuesday, Marthas Favorites and Tablescape Thursday.

Tea at the Rose Garden

Today, it was one of those rare days for Southern California, gloomy and cloudy, which is an ideal day for gardening. After planting all my hanging baskets for my patio, I decided to have tea at the rose garden. Then, all of a sudden, the sun decided to join me for a cup of tea.

Rose garden in full bloom

Garden flowers for the table

Mango cheesecake with pomegranate and blueberry sauce seemed to be a good accompaniment for a cup of tea.

My favorite water lily tea set

The sugar scuttle is a perfect accessory

For more memorable centerpieces, tablescapes, and recipes (including gluten free recipes), please check out my book, Entertaining From an Ethnic Indian Kitchen, at my website komalinunna.com.

I am joining  Susan's Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday, The Charm of Home, Common Ground, French Country Cottage,  Cindy for Show, Tell and Foodie Friday and How Sweet the Sound.

Leisurely Chai

As much as I loved spending time with the family, decorating for the holidays, preparing homemade gift baskets, shopping, and cooking gourmet food, I am relieved that the holiday stress is over. While I am relaxing with the perfect cup of masala chai, I am thinking about how to organize my life, beginning with cleaning and organizing the house.

For more memorable centerpieces, tablescapes, and recipes (including gluten free recipes), please check out my book, Entertaining From an Ethnic Indian Kitchen, at my website komalinunna.com.

I am joining Susan's Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday, Foodie Friday, and Cindy for Show and Tell.

Butchart Gardens III - Tea Room

While we were touring the Butchart Gardens, we took a break and had tea in the tea room. The tea room was overlooking the ocean and Tuscan garden. The ambiance made the whole experience unforgettable.

I fell in love with the watercolor rose themed menu card.

Take a look at the view from the tea room. Is there is anything lovelier than sipping tea and eating pastries while enjoying this view?

Sipping tea never tasted better!

The tea room was filled with beautiful flower arrangements. Notice the combination of flowers in each arrangement. Loved each and every one of them.

We started off our tea with a seasoned berry trifle. Yum!

And then came the tea sandwiches and pastries. Everything tasted as good as it looked.

 Candied ginger scones with strawberry jam and Devon-style cream.

 I could not decide which was better, the food or the view. One better than the other.


 For more memorable centerpieces, tablescapes, and recipes (including gluten free recipes), please check out my book, Entertaining From an Ethnic Indian Kitchen, at my website komalinunna.com.

I am joining Tabletop Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life
and Lady katherine tea parlor  and Susan's Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday.

Chai in the garden

Please come and join me for a cup of chai in my garden.

These teacups are perfect for the garden theme.

Butterfly handle.

Garden roses in a pitcher is always a welcoming touch at the table.

Doesn't the chai look inviting?

For more memorable centerpieces, tablescapes, and recipes (including gluten free recipes), please check out my book, Entertaining From an Ethnic Indian Kitchen, at my website komalinunna.com.


Please join Marty for Tabletop Tuesday, Lady katherine tea parlor , smiling sally for blue monday, Tiffany at Making the World Cuter,  Susan at A Southern Daydreamer for Outdoor Wednesday, Susan's Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday and Patty's Colours Dekor for Tabletop August.