Life in the Lower Mainland (BC, Canada)

I saw  an article in Klip magazine Feb-2015 on [Audrey's] Moment  and decided to give Audrey's Moment High Tea a try after a long hiatus on "high teas" / afternoon teas. At $28, the "Luxury [Hightea] set" weighs in price-wise on par with their Vancouver counterparts like  The Secret Garden . I had heard that gluten-free versions were available, but when I called I was told that too much of the menu was bread-based so that option was out. Honestly I didn't know what to really expect from a high tea / afternoon tea place in Burnaby. I mean, it's Burnaby, and near Metrotown. It just feels so out of place there -- but I guess that's also why the location is brilliant. It's about time we got a nice high tea place. They've only been open since October, so it's too soon to tell how the menu and operations will stabilize, but at the moment, they are trying to keep costs down by limiting unnecessary waste. Which is why if you want to do a...