Details of the excellent Tea Rooms we've found that can cater for Coeliacs by providing Gluten Free options.
On our travels around the country to visit
seasides and play
minigolf we're always keen to find new places to eat out at. This can often be a problem as I am a Coeliac so must only eat Gluten Free food. However, we have found some excellent restaurants, cafes, takeaways and tea rooms on our journeys.
The latest great Tea Room we visited was the
Post Office Tea Rooms in St Leonards, East Sussex. The food, service and prices are great. We were visiting the area for three days and we ate at the Tea Room on each of them as there was so much variety on offer.
On my first lunchtime visit I opted for a dish from the Breakfast menu (served all day), this was the Scotch woodcock. I'd never heard of it before, but it was delicious. It consists of scrambled eggs on toast topped with anchovies and capers. It's a must try meal. I finished off with a dessert of the Lemon Sponge Cake.
On our second visit I tried one of the special, the Lamb Hot Pot with Vegetables. My wife chose the Bubble & Squeak as we had seen a fellow diner order this the day before. The Hot Pot was a big portion full of lamb and potatoes and was very filling and very tasty.
On our third visit I opted for the Bubble & Squeak, which comes topped with two fried eggs. Again it's a big portion of very tasty food, well prepared and at a great price. My wife chose the Cream Tea which looked very good. I also found out that GF Cheese Scones are always stocked so I'll be trying those next time too.
The team at the Post Office Tea Rooms offer so many great dishes and events and are very keen that customers are well catered for. The Post Office Tea Rooms is not only a great example of a Tea Room from a bygone era, but is also a blueprint of how Coeliacs/Gluten Free can be catered for. I can't wait to go back again!
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| Emily and a Lamb Hotpot |
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| Me and my Scotch Woodcock at the Post Office Tea Room! |
Crabtree & Evelyn, Stratford-upon-Avon - When in Stratford-upon-Avon I always make a visit to the excellent Tea Room at Crabtree & Evelyn. They have some great Gluten Free cakes, which I normally buy two of! They also have savoury dishes on offer that can be Gluten free too.
Oaks Tea Room in Felixstowe, Suffolk -
The Oaks Tea Room has a great range of Gluten Free options. On our visit I chose the Chicken Liver Pate, which came served with new potatoes, salad and GF toast. it was a very tasty and filling meal. The staff at the Oaks Tea Room also delivered excellent service and make a variety of specials, many of which are Gluten Free. A must-visit if you're in Felixstowe.
Merrivale in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk - Model Village, Crazy Golf, Gluten Free Food and an Old Arcade Museum! - The menu itself shows lots of items marked 'GF' and when ordering we found out that other dishes could be adapted if necessary. The cakes, pies and pastries etc. were home made, and all of the cooking was done in separate cookers/fryers, meaning I was able to have Fish & Chips (which was also served with a good side-salad and lots of peas), it was a very big portion indeed. As there were so many GF options available I was greedy and also ordered the Mushroom, Potato, Tomato and Onion Pasty, which was very well made and very very tasty. After our food had settled we headed off for a paddle in the sea and a wander around the Pleasure Beach and then went back to Merrivale for a Cake. The choice again was huge and I opted for the Chocolate Cake.
Cooks Collection, Ampthill, Beds - The Tea Room at the Cooks Collection cookware shop serves Gluten Free options. On my flying visit I had a chat with the staff who showed me the Gluten Free Cupcakes, Cookies and Cake. They also have Gluten Free Rolls, and the soup was GF too. The Tea Room is open seven days a week too. I had a Cupcake which was very tasty indeed.
Charlies Cafe Bar, Worcester, Worcestershire - While travelling to Wales we stopped off in Worcester and spotted that
Charlies Cafe Bar served Gluten Free options. We didn't have a full meal, but instead bought a couple of cakes. I managed to get the last piece of Marble Cake and upon eating it could see why it had sold out.
Other tea Rooms that we've spotted that offer Gluten Free options, but haven't had time (or hunger) to eat at include:
- Otto Cafe Regent, Cambridge
- Love Cafe, St Leonards, East Sussex
- Smith's Real Food, St Leonards, East Sussex
You can also get a
"Nice Cup of Tea" at 5js Cafe at Lodmoor Country Park in Weymouth, Dorset.
Link:
- Coeliac UK - The charity working for people with coeliac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis (DH).
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.JPG "Indoor crazy golf course at Manning's Amusements in Felixstowe")
.jpg "It's not often in this day and age that you see a one penny pusher in the arcade. They're normally 2p or 10p machines")
.jpg "M&S sell gluten free Pork Cocktail Sausages that are very tasty. They've now introduced them in packs of ten, rather than the large tubs of 30 (and more). Part of the M&S 'Made Without Wheat' range")
.jpg "Chicken Chunks and Chicken Breast Fillets are now part of the Made Without Wheat Range at Marks and Spencer.")
.jpg "There are now Salmon Fillet Fishcakes and Cod Fillet Fishcakes in the Made Without Wheat Range at M&S")
.jpg "A lot of the Party Food at M&S is marked as gluten free - as fans of Pork Cracklings and Scratchings we really liked the look and sound of the Crunchy Crackling Straws!")
.JPG "Hole 1 at the indoor Adventure Golf course in Felixstowe has two cups to choose to putt into on the revolving green once you get passed the columns!")
.JPG "Richard and Emily Gottfried at the indoor Magical Adventure Golf at Manning's Amusements in Felixstowe")
.JPG "Playing hole 2 of the indoor Adventure Golf at Manning's Amusements in Felixstowe")
.JPG "Emily on hole 11 of the indoor Adventure Golf at Manning's Amusements in Felixstowe")
.JPG "Emily playing on hole 12 at the indoor Adventure Golf at Manning's Amusements in Felixstowe - a killer hole this time round")
.JPG "How I can often look after playing a round of Crazy Golf")
.JPG "Fantasia Adventure Golf on Sea Road in Felixstowe")
.JPG "How the Sea Road Crazy Golf course looked in May 2009 - the hole in front of the toadstool hut used to sit on the grass in the 'ghost' photo")
.jpg "The Fantasia Adventure Golf course in Felixstowe")
.JPG "Fiorella Moles shows Richard, Karl and Sophia how to play the 5th hole at Felixstowe Adventure Golf")
+cropped.JPG "Karl playing his third shot on hole 5 'Rocky Tube'")
.JPG "Richard plays a double rebound shot on hole 3 'Twister' and scores a 2")
.jpg "Hole 1 of the Magical Golf indoor Adventure Golf course at Mannings Amusements in Felixstowe, Suffolk (photo by Paul O'Conner, 2014)")
.jpg "A view of the Magical Golf indoor Adventure Golf course at Mannings Amusements in Felixstowe, Suffolk (photo by Paul O'Conner, 2014)")
.jpg "The lucky last hole and the course behind it at Mannings Amusements in Felixstowe (photo by Paul O'Conner, 2014)")
.jpg "Fantasia Adventure Golf in Felixstowe, Suffolk")
.JPG "Richard on hole 6 - Evil Eye")
.JPG "Emily putting on hole 1 - The Puzzler")
.JPG "Richard playing hole 2 - The Crab")
.JPG "Emily on hole 3 - Twister")
.JPG "Emily putts out on Evil Eye")
.JPG "Another Humpty Minigolf hole")
.jpg "Manning's Amusement Park in Felixstowe")
.JPG "Playing hole 4 of the Magical Golf FX course. Often a good chance for a hole-in-one")
.jpg "Emily with a choice of cups to putt into on the the revolving first green")
.JPG "The uphill 5th hole caused some problems for Emily this time around, while I just missed out on a nice two")
.JPG "The tricky 11th at Manning's. I managed to score a bit of a fluky ace on my go")
