Whenever Azwan is in Sandakan, one place that we surely go to is the English Tea House. It is situated on top of a hill in the surrounding of the Agnes Keith House Museum.

“The English Tea House is superbly situated within the grounds of the historic Agnes Keith House Museum and is housed in a meticulously renovated colonial house surrounded by 1.5 acres of perfectly manicured lawns.”

What I really love is the atmosphere around the tea house. It was really calm and cool as it is surrounded by trees and you could hear birds chirping. From the tea house, you could see the streets, the town and the bay of Sandakan. Being there, reminds me of UK. A lot.

Main reason was that the tea house serves scones. Yippy yay! Scones is one of my favourite tea time snacks apart from karipap, kuih lopes, kuih seri muka and what not. Let’s not go there, shall we ha ha ha. They serve them in sets called the English Tea Set where you can get two scones, with cream and strawberry jam aside, and a pot of tea or coffee at a price of RM18.00. Or if you just want only one scone, they have another set, without the tea at RM6.50.

They also serve different types of cakes, sandwiches and desserts. Not only that, they also have ala-carte menu which includes Asian specialties, soups, pasta, sandwiches and other main course.

Here are pictures of us around the tea house.

They also host weddings and functions which can hold up to 200 guests. For more information about the tea house, log on to their website, English Tea House & Restaurant.

p/s: Buzz me if you are coming to the tea house, let’s stick our pinkies out and have tea and scones together. 🙂