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woolfson & tay café
Teas, Coffee, Cake, Homemade Lunch


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Morning! Pastry + Coffee/Tea £2.75 from 8am to 11.30am on weekdays
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Malaysian Chicken Curry
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Fried Vermicelli with Veg, Egg Strips and Crispy Anchovies
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Veg Fried Rice w Egg Strips (with toasted sesame and seaweed salt)
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Shiitake, Golden Needle and Black Fungus Mushrooms with Tofu
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Braised Chicken with Pineapple
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Tom Kha Hot Sour Broth with Shrimp and Chicken

This Week's Homecooked Fare
20 May - 24 May 2013

£5.50 Eat In/ £5.00 Take Away
Half-and-Half (both options) £6 Eat In/£5.50 Take Away

MONDAY
Fried Meehoon (Thin Rice Noodles) with Veg (V)
Optional add ons: Egg strips, crispy fried anchovies
and Fran's lemon/lime, garlic, cut chillies and soy sauce


TUESDAY
Malaysian Chicken Curry with Potatoes*
coconut milk, curry leaves and cardamom

Mixed Veg & Tofu Curry (V)*

coconut milk, curry leaves and cardamom

* Not suitable for diners with nut or seafood allergies

WEDNESDAY
Braised Chicken with Pineapple Chunks
sweet and slightly sour, hint of tamarind and plum sauce, topped with crunchy peppers, cucumber and tomato

Stir Fry Mixed Veg with Beancurd Sticks (V)
in garlic, ginger, sesame oil sauce
 
THURSDAY
Tom Kha with Chicken and Shrimp*
fragrant hot sour broth of lime, lemongrass, galangal and coconut milk, topped with coriander

* Not suitable for diners with nut or seafood allergies

Veg Fried Rice with Sesame Seaweed Salt Egg (V)
mixed veg fried rice topped with savoury egg strips

FRIDAY
Chicken with Shiitake and Cloud Ear Mushrooms, Goji Berries and Red Dates
woody mushrooms, sweet rice wine and soy

Fran’s Version of Vegetarian Mapo Tofu  (V)
diced vegetables, cloud ear mushrooms and silken tofu in taopan chilli bean sauce; tad spicy


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Soy Chicken with Shiitake Mushroom, Red Dates and Goji Berries
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Cakes from SE1 baker Kaelie
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Café 
Opening Hours
Mon-Fri      8am - 6.30pm 
Sat            10am - 3.30pm
   
Homemade Lunch Mon-Fri from
12.00 to 2-ish
Eat In                £5.50
Take Away         £5.00
Half-and-Half  (a bit of both for the undecided!)
Eat In                £6.00
Take Away         £5.50

Weekday Treat
Cake/Muffin + Hot Drink of your choice (Regular size)                          £4.50

You Told Us...
"Third day in a row having lunch at @woolfsonandtay - beautiful books and gifts and delicious food... addicted!" - Anna Gawan

"Today's pragmatic plans thwarted by delicious coffee and Sontag's Against Interpretation @woolfsonandtay bookshop #bliss." - Stephanie Feeney

"Checked out the new @woolfsonandtay bookshop near Bankside. It's all that a bookshop should be, with cake!!" - Sue Guiney

"@woolfsonandtay is the best thing to happen to #Bankside in ages. Beautiful books and baked goods. Go!" - @MissCenturyMiss

"Excited to discover @woolfsonandtay today. An independent bookshop by work that also sells asian food for lunch. Heaven." - Kelly Weekes

"my first visit to @woolfsonandtay yesterday - go it is gorgeous - so friendly and the coffee is lush." - Rivka Isaacson

"They make the best coffee and cake in London!  -  Sue Hulkes

"It is a great place, feeding the mind and spirit as well as the stomach!" - A M Goodwin

"I often have a morning coffee here and I'm fussy!" - Simon Baker

"The friendliest bookshop I have ever been in, with great coffee!" - Elizabeth Bentley

"...I feel I've found the holy grail. Tea, tables, serenity, friendly service and a brilliant selection of books." - Felicity Hayes-McCoy

"W&T is a dream of a place, whether you drop in to buy one of its carefully selected books or gifts, to have tea and cake or a delicious 'oriental meal in a bowl" - Irena Hill

"Ideal place for mocha with a good book when spring is making you feel lazy." - Walki Tinkanesh

© Woolfson & Tay LLP is registered in England OC353755. VAT 9913302223. 39 Bear Lane, London SE1 0UH. Tel 020 7928 6570