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opening hours:
12 till 2pm, serving the exotic and traditional. Prices range from £1.50 to £5.00.
The Cafe is open every evening from 7.00pm and closes at 11.00pm.
please try and book in advance! bookings
we now have live music every week with the piano stylings of Martin Weightman and friends!
welcome!
what can i say? well, i guess im the vegan cook in these here parts! my goal? well lets say i have a basic premise of organic, local and fresh food.
firstly, we buy direct from the farmer where possible. This means our food will be fresher and support independent growers instead of corporations that put profit before quality and health. We also buy ethically in other ways such as using a local cooperative in elephant and castle for our bulk grain needs, helping maintain a local asset that has run for twenty years. We compost all raw food waste and use the compost locally on our allotment and gardens, where we also gather food for the day!
firstly, we buy direct from the farmer where possible. This means our food will be fresher and support independent growers instead of corporations that put profit before quality and health. We also buy ethically in other ways such as using a local cooperative in elephant and castle for our bulk grain needs, helping maintain a local asset that has run for twenty years. We compost all raw food waste and use the compost locally on our allotment and gardens, where we also gather food for the day!
Also your night be interested to know will be made carbon neutral by our tree planting scheme with the woodland trust (excluding your travel here, oh… and you bottle of plonk!) basically we will plant two trees per year.
some of our friends:
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six weeks = six thursdays = six menu's
as you can see its all about a soup as starter, a choice of two mains and a dessert. what you get at the thursday cafe is variety... we may not have a huge choice on the day but we have a new menu every day! how many other places do that?
week 1:
-beetroot and red onion soup with bread £2,50
-cajun style casserole over spaghetti squash served with baked basil polenta slice and salads £6,00
-Marrow slice stuffed with armoured turnips (roots finely sliced and cooked in a burgundy-mustard béchamel sauce) toped with a sprouted spelt grains, smoked paprika roast potato’s and salads £6,00
-Spartan apple and plum crumble with lemon custard cream! £2,50
week 2:
-african style peanut soup with bread £2,50
-caramelized Pear, tofu and red onion over a medley of fresh steamed greens in ginger topped with sprouts and flowers. Served with a side of amaryth slices and a beetroot/red wine jam on a decorative pumpkin leaf. £6,00
-burrito platter: Wild rice medley, tomato/cucumber salsa fresco, avocado sauce, re-fried bean duo, coleslaw and yoghurt dressing. £6,00
-apple, plum and fig crumble with cream! £2,50
week 3:
-Vauxhall nettle soup http://www.nettles.org.uk a celebration of nettles! With a chickweed/amarynth/bistort garnish and bread £2,50
-cardamon and maple syrup glazed Mushroom brochette over courgette cakes with Kabocha baduche and a fig-chilli chutney £6,00
-Red dragon beetroot pie under a puff pastry and sauté potato and vegetable slices served with a red onion/miso gravy and a Spartan apple sauce £6,00
-Ginger and Chocolate tart with cream £2,50
week 4:
-red d hokkaido squash with star anise soup and a sesame cream £2,50
-Mushroom and ale pie with a port wine gravy, roast potato slices, sauté vegetables and pears and fluffed quince £6,00
-Beet-corriander cakes with a green lentil dahl, pomegranite-glazed aubergine, rocket-micro green salad and golden rice £6,00
-Spartan apple lemon polenta crumble with a custard cream sauce £2,50
week5:
-Parsnip and swede soup with a quince mouse garnish and bread £2,50
-bio-dynamic potato gnocchi in a tomato-fitou reduction over roast pear-finebean-plum slices and a salad of bitter greens with fennel & beets in a pomegranate vinaigrette £6,00
-Jamacan coconut stew of plantain and sweetpotato with carrot-celeriac gratings in lemon and lime and a brown shortgrain rice £6,00
-Bramley apple cake with orange fluffed cream £2,50
week 6:
-stew and dumplings with pain de champagne or giabatta £2,50
-Roast variety pumpkin (turk’s turban, Harlequin, kabacha) with a pomegranate-orange sauce on a bed of golden cous-cous with sweet onions and side of pink salad. £6,00
-White bean-filled phyllo purse over quinoa salad with a rich mushroom-fitou sauce, shredded greens and baked pear slice. £6,00
-Thor cake (ginger-syrup-oat cake) with hot vanilla custard £2,50
