Fresh ingredients at the
tucked-away cafe
Published on Friday 24 August 2007 12:46
ORGANIC breakfasts were on the menu as Free Press reporters
Jodie Beecroft and Jade Elliott dined at The Rowan Tree cafe,
in Regent Terrace.
The cafe offers both meat and vegetarian cooked breakfasts, and
so we tried out both.Tucked down a side street, this unexpected
yet beautiful cafe offers a calming atmosphere and a natural feel
with the sympathetic wooden tables and chairs.
Extra seating is available in the back yard where flower pots and vegetables decorate the fringes of the space.Freshness is the key
word when describing the cafe's breakfast. It was delicious and
the use of organic products was definitely apparent.
A meat breakfast at 4.50 includes two sausages, two rashers of
bacon, egg, beans, two halves of a plump tomato, black pudding,
fleshy mushrooms cooked in butter, a large pot of tea and
plateful of toast with organic preserves.
The vegetarian breakfast is 4 and includes all of the above with
the expection of the sausages, bacon and black pudding, and in
their place were vegetarian sausages.
Every item was cooked just right and the egg was prepared to our specification from the choice of scrambled, poached or fried. If
you chose the vegetarian option you wont be disappointed – it was perfect. It wasn't your typical greasy fry-up and it actually looked
and tasted rather healthy.
The cafe prides itself on 70% of their products being organic as
they do note that they prefer to buy locally than overseas.
All their free range meat products are sourced from a local
butcher and their eggs come from a farm near Bempton.
Other supplies such as beans, tomatoes and mushrooms are all
organic, which give the breakfast its freshness.
Emma O'Reilly, who runs the cafe along with Harry White said
they opened the cafe earlier this year: "We have been open since
Easter and the word of mouth seems to be spreading."
The young couple both prepare the food, see to customers and
make the homemade cakes and biscuits. Emma said: "People are
amazed when they realise that we do all the cooking and baking
because we are young.
"We do have regulars and they say they cannot complement the
food enough." The cafe attracts all ages because they cater for
everyone.
As well as the usual cooked breakfast, the cafe also offers an
alternative such as poached eggs with smoked haddock on toast
and homemade cereal. Meals including homemade burgers,
salads and sandwiches are also served, as well as vegetarian
meals.
The cafe is open everyday from 10am until 5pm, and noon until
3pm on a Monday. The cooked breakfast is available until 11am.
