The Victorian Teashop Menu

Our menu has grown since we first opened in June 2005 and is now quite comprehensive and although we do have plans to include other items it is our philosophy to: "Keep it simple". It is our view that the surroundings we offer our customers are very much a part of the menu and there is an old Latvian proverb which says: "A smiling face is half the meal!". In other words we serve much more than just tea and probably more than just food, but the awkward ones wanting chips or a roast lunch will just have to content themselves elsewhere.

The German philosopher Nietzsche asked why there was no philosophy of nutrition.  John Dewey was later worried that the dimension of human experience concerned with 'direct enjoyment' in activities like feasting had received little attention from philosophers.

Thousands of years earlier though, it was the religious philosophy of Daoism's and its concept of Calm and Inertia that nurtured the Chinese lifestyle to enjoy tasting tea and to dissolve the human body into the eternal universe. Daoism helped the creation and development of Tea Arts, and helped people to pay attention to tea as a way of changing and enhancing their lifestyle.

We can conclude from this that tea comes first and just like our menu, the food side is still under careful consideration.

Hot Drinks

Pot of tea for one £1.00
Pot of tea for two £2.00
Mug of tea £1.20
Decaffeinated tea (plus 20p)
Earl Grey £1.20
Camomile £1.20
Fruit teas (various flavours) £1.30
Cup of coffee £1.00
Mug of coffee £1.30
Decaffeinated coffee (20p extra)
Cup of fresh ground coffee £1.20
Mug of fresh ground coffee £1.75
Large ‘Latte’ (milky coffee) £1.60
Large Cappuccino £1.80
Espresso £1.40
Frappé (iced milky coffee) £1.80
Large hot chocolate £1.50
Large Horlicks malt drink £1.50
Large Ovaltine (original or chocolate) £1.50

Cold Drinks

(served in a glass)
Glass of fresh orange £1.40
Orange squash 80p
Coca Cola, Diet Coke or Coke Zero £1.00
Dandelion & Burdock, Lilt, 7-up, Fanta, Sunkist Orange 90p
Fentimans Victorian Lemonade, Ginger Beer,
Curiosity Cola or Seville Orange £1.70
Highland Spring Water £1.00
Fruit shoots 70p
(bottles and cans are available to take out)
Milk Shakes
Strawberry, Raspberry, Banana, Lime or Chocolate £1.60

Strawberry, Raspberry Banana or Chocolate £1.50

Food Menu

Breakfast
(poached egg on toast with bacon and beans (or chopped tomatoes) £4.75

Soup
(Tomato, vegetable, chicken, or mushroom (bread roll and butter) £2.50

Toasted Sandwiches
(various fillings – served with salad) £3.50
(combinations of ham, cheese, onion, tomato or baked beans)

Paninis
(served with salad) £3.80
(ham & cheese, ham & tomato, cheese & onion or tuna melt (cheese & tuna)

Jacket potat
(various fillings – served with salad) £3.50
(combinations of ham, cheese, baked beans, tuna, coleslaw, spicy mexican style beans)

Quich
(warm or cold) served with salad or baked beans £3.10

‘Cream Tea’ (includes tea, scones, jam & cream) £2.60
Scone and butter 1.20p (with jam 20p extra)
Toasted Teacake £1.30
Toast (per slice) 80p (with jam or marmalade 20p extra)
Small sausage roll (warm or cold) £1.20
Large sausage roll (warm or cold) £1.50

Sandwiches
(on bread roll)

Ham salad sandwich£2.50
Ham & cheese salad sandwich£2.60
Cheese salad sandwich£2.40
Cheese & Onion sandwich£2.40
Tuna Mayo sandwich£2.60
Turkey sandwich with stuffing£2.60
Bacon sandwich£2.90

On Toast
Beans, Spaghetti, Cheese, Scrambled Egg. Poached Egg, Macaroni Cheese or Cheese Ravioli £2.90

Cakes & Dessert
Slice of Chocolate Fudge cake £1.85 (with cream 20p extra)
Slice of Passion cake £1.85 (with cream 20p extra)

Vanilla slice £1.10
Egg Custard £1.10
Apple pie £1.80
Apple pie (warm or cold) and ice cream or cream £2.10
Christmas pudding (with cream or custard) £3.40
Mince pies (warm or cold) 90p (with cream 20p extra)
Ice cream dessert with fruit cocktail £2.60
Chocolate Muffin 90p
Chocolate Flapjack, Lemon Bakewell or Cherry Bakewell 90p
Chocolate Teacakes 25p

Crisps & Chocolate Bars
Various flavours of crisps 35p packet
Kit Kat, Mars, Twix or Snickers 45p each

Please note that all the above are subject to availability. We also sometimes stock other items instead of the ones mentioned. We also reserve the right to change or update this menu at anytime.

Years later, Nietzsche is still disgruntled about the lack of a philosophy of food.

The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche in 1861 (the same year our building was being constructed) asks the question: "Why is there no Philosophy of nutrition?".

Philosopher John Dewey asked s a similar question about the absence of of direct enjoyment and feasting in philosophical thought – he then went on to ask for chips at the Victorian Teashop, incurring the displeasure of all concerned.