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87 years ago, The Russian Tea Room
was founded
by members
of the Russian Imperial Bal- let. A place where expatri- ates could call home and ta e delicacies from their homeland.
It has a long li of famous gue s, including Madonna who worked as a coat check- er. Used for many lm scenes and the evening we attended with a lm set of Saturday Night Live.
Samovar is a symbol of hospitality and comfort. Tea is prepared in a small pot, which is then poured into a cup and diluted with hot water. Sweetened with sugar, lemon, honey or jam.
Afternoon tea
is more special with caviar on bilinis to round out their selec- tion of savouries.
