We’ve launched a new addition to our menu this week, the Oakington Ploughman’s, it’s a delicatessen delight made up of some of our favourite things from our local butchers. We love adapting our menu to work in harmony with the seasons and with the gorgeous sunny weather we’re having this is a perfect light lunch option! Enjoy! ☀️
Check out our newest addition to the menu! This light summer lunch is a great alternative to our traditional ciabattas; tasty ham and cheese pizza slices with plenty of fresh rocket. Try it now with a cool drink in our sun trap courtyard garden. A little slice of summer. 🍕 🥬 🍷 ☀️
Hitting our menu this week is this mouthwatering homemade ham hock terrine. A great alternative to a hot dish and accompanied perfectly by a glass of wine in our cafe garden. We hope to see you soon.
We tip our hat to our excellent Olive Tree bakers, they certainly know how to bake a cupcake! These Easter delights were made in preparation for our event and frankly couldn’t have been tastier! Eye catching and mouth watering, a perfect combination!
Does anything say Easter Holidays more than chocolate cornflake cakes? Us Sadlers used to make these as a family around our kitchen table ready for school bake sales and family Easter events. For us these simple little snacks are full of good memories and childhood fun. That’s why they were an essential addition to our pop up cafe yesterday, it was so good to see our young guests enjoying them as much as we do!
New season, new menu. What says spring more than lamb? Check out our slow roasted lamb mixed with crumbled feta, pomegranate, mint and rocket. Served with pita and humous. A lovely fresh bite to eat full of colour and flavour!
It’s Shrove Tuesday aka pancake day! To mark the occasion we’ll be serving pancakes throughout the day. Check out this little beauty!
Our homemade desserts are going down a treat! Did you know that on a Sunday you can buy them as part of a meal deal with your Sunday roast?
We make as much of our food on site as possible, for us that’s part of what makes our cafe special. We ❤️ honest, great quality food that’s made with love.
We’ll just leave this snap of last Sunday’s Yorkshire puddings here, ready for you to plan your next visit!
Check out our delicious individual portions of toad in the hole. A perfect middle ground if you’re not ready for a Sunday roast. Homemade with sausages from the local butcher. @histonchopshop How can you resist?
We’re already thinking ahead to warmer times, this lovely little lemon posset has been made for a booking today. But we’ve had so much fun making them we’re sure they’ll be a summer favourite. 🍋
Welsh rarebit was a firm favourite in 2018, it’s currently making a come back on our January menu. Warming yet light it’s a perfect comfort food in cold weather. Pop in and try it!
Say hello to our salted caramel chocolate mousse pots. Homemade and sinfully good.
Homemade salted caramel cupcakes. Don’t you just love that sweet and salty flavour combination?
Braised pork belly served with fondant potatoes, braised carrots and tender stem broccoli. (And of course lots of gravy!)
Check out our homemade pumpkin pie! Served with vanilla ice-cream and cinnamon sugar. 🎃🍨
All of our sandwiches come with a side salad and crunchy crisps, yesterday we had quite a production line going in the kitchen. Sometimes it’s about doing the simple things well!
Keeping it seasonal with this smoked haddock hot pot with blue cheese and spinach. Served with crusty bread and a fresh salad. A perfect dish to warm your cockles!
This vibrant vegetarian option is on our specials board this week. You’re looking at our honey and soy glazed aubergine. 🍆🍯let us know what you think!
Check out the new addition to our breakfast menu, homemade granola with natural yoghurt and seasonal berries. A great healthy option packing lots of flavour.
As the weather turns and the nights draw in breakfast becomes an even more important meal in the day. Set yourself up to face the elements by popping in and trying something from our breakfast menu. Our Farmer’s breakfast comes with two rounds of toast on the side 🍅🍳🥓☕️
New on our menu this week is our crispy duck and grapefruit salad with toasted cashews, spring onions and a honey and ginger dressing.
We truly have some of the best customers around, one lovely lady donated the quince from her garden, currently being used in our autumn recipes. This is our homemade quince tarte tatin, served warm with vanilla ice cream!
We’ve been working hard to increase the range of vegan cakes on offer at the Olive Tree Cafe. After some rigorous (and enjoyable) taste testing this little delight is available now!
Check out this pretty little dish, our beetroot and goats cheese salad with walnuts and hand pickled carrots.
A slice of sunshine in claire's bright and zesty lemon and poppy seed cake
Steak Ciabatta with crispy fried shallots, red onion chutney and pea shoots and rocket.
We've been making our own homemade scones on site since day one. Why not try this new addition?
This delightfully chunky homemade rocky road rocks our world
Ham hock terrine served with a celeriac remoulade, sun dried tomatoes and caper berries.
My love is like a red, red rose...
Why not add a coffee?
We're in love with this perfect little pasta dish.
Homemade smoked mackerel pate served with toasted sourdough and a side salad.
Celebrate the end of the school holidays with one of our naughty but nice chocolate chip cupcakes
In this hot weather it’s all about eating light tasty dishes. This is our roasted chicken breast served with pan seared baby gem lettuce, sun blushed tomatoes, basil and mustard leaves. Available this week!
Fresh citrus tones and fluffy white fish are what makes this salad so mouthwateringly good
There was quite the quiche production line in the kitchen yesterday. Warming, healthy and comforting, no wonder it’s so popular!
Sweetpotato and parsnip soup with parsnip crisps and red veined sorrel.
Coffee comes in more than one form here at the Olive Tree Cafe. This homemade coffee cake is just one of the many sweet treats we have on offer.
Smoked salmon, fennel and grapefruit.
We’ve been making our own sausage rolls on site since day one. Made fresh each day, using sausage meat from our local butcher, they remain a firm customer (and family) favourite.
This slice of sunshine is our homemade lemon meringue pie.
Courgette and carrot cake with a watercress Asian style salad.
This bowl of deliciousness is mushroom soup with goats cheese creme fraiche served with homemade focaccia.
Warm goat cheese salad with roasted garlic and beetroot puree, candied walnuts and pickled carrot.
Our homemade butternut squash soup. Served with a pea shoot, red amaranth and roasted pine nut garnish.
January blues got you down? Why not brighten up your day with a rich, warming coffee and home made scone?
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