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In my new job, I've been put in charge of the bakery section of a brand new independent, sexy supermarket in Catalkoy. Would you be so kind as to help me with two things to give me an idea of the kind of baked products we should make.

Firstly, what would you like to see in the way of savoury and sweet baked goods for you to take away ?

Secondly, we plan on providing a stylish afternoon tea; what should it comprise to make it worth travelling to the store for?

I would be very grateful if you could could take a few minutes to assist me in this task.

Thank you !

|Afternoon tea for me would be nice dainty sandwiches with salad garnish, scone with jam & cream or a selection of small cakes on china plates served with a china cup and a pot of English tea

Being a Scot would never want that tea you questioned about but, OOOOH I so love your fabby cheese scones!!
miss you at lambousa!

Maybe some English pasties. Or tea cakes

Defo, think dainty sarnies, but on sliced bread, so maybe a no no, nice selection of cream cakes, and pot of tea or coffee, all served with nice china cup and saucer!

ooh scones with clotted cream & strawberries

Most of the above suggestions I agree with except perhaps the cheese scones, not for afternoon tea I don't think, but you can make or break afternoon tea by using the wrong type of crockery. Please, if you want to make a success of it, choose really nice plates and cups and saucers AND teapots and milk jugs and sugar bowls. I won't ask you to supply Earl Gray team but it would be wonderful if you did!!

Beef dripping sandwich and woodbine cigarette

What exactly is a

a sexy supermarket

? Is this on the old Coca Cola site, and is it the Erulku (or similar)?

Not sure what you mean when you say you only want the opinion of Cypriot friends? Do you mean your friends in Cyprus (of all nationalities), or just Cypriot nationals?

Mid morning doorstop toast (very thick sliced) or toasted tea cakes.

Definately toasted teacakes or hot toasted crumpets, oozing butter.

I'm sorry Papabravo and thank you for pointing out the error. I'd copied and pasted the post from my facebook page, hence the reference to Cypriot friends. Of course I mean everyone living here! I'm going to attempt to produce as much diversity of produce as I can, hence the post. I have deleted the reference to Cypriot friends.

The supermarket is not Erulku or any of the others already here. It is a stand alone independent store, and the focus is going to be on customer service, a concept which has hitherto not been addressed on this side of the island.......

China cups, small china plates, cutlery, china teapot, tiered cake stands selection of teas offered, fresh milk (not UHT) linen napkins or good quality paper ones (not those awful ones that come in a dispenser that behave like Awkright's till from Open all Hours)

Selection of sandwiches (triangle or rectangle, thin fresh bread either brown or white), scones with clotted/fresh cream and jam. small tarts either fruit or savoury (thin crisp pastry base) fresh cakes, petit fours or small biscuits.

Comfortable seating.
Smart casual dress.

LL

You've taken tea at the Ritz as well. LL? Or those wonderful places (who's names I've forgotten) in Harrogate. I think we're asking too much, but we can dream!

Betty's in Harrowgate is the name of the place you're looking for .....there's one in York too.

I LOVE tea shops and everything associated with them!

That's why Ilove baking so much!

Why all the secrecy about this supermarket? Surely you can tell us who they are as you are going to work for them.

Morning Sophie

No not done the Ritz (yet), Fatouche was hoping to provide a stylish afternoon tea so if she did my wish list I would certainly travel to eat it.


LL

Ye Olde Tea Shoppe



Real Real Fresh cream please and a nice crème Chantilly,clotted cream if available. (Heaven)

Please please not the Nasty Horrible Synthetic cream that is widely used here.

Cream cheese smoked salmon & bagel .

Deniz, there is no secret ; it is on the site of the old Coca Cola factory, and the reason I haven't named it as such is because the owners haven't told me what it is to be called.......


No artificial cream to be used, I promise ! Only the real stuff, although clotted cream cannot be found here. Creme Chantilly is an essential part of any cream cake in my book. I was brought up in Belgium, and there's not a lot they don't know about patisserie. Butter cream will be made with real butter, and anyone who has bought my cakes will tell you that they are very good. Nothing artificial is to be used in any of the goods produced on the premises.

Don't forget the doilies!

It just seems a bit odd the no one says who the company is rumours are rife. I pass by every day and it seems to be nearly finished.

A market opportunity bargain booze import clotted cream!

The people who are opening the supermarket are the same as those who had the Coca Cola factory if that helps. The kitchens are being installed at the moment, and a lot of test cooking will have to be done for the bakery and the deli counter.

I can tell you that the whole shop will be very stylish, a far cry from any supermarket that I have ever been in.

Cant wait do you need a tester? Good luck any way.

Deniz I've been selling quite a few of the things that will be sold there for a few years this side iof the island, so I know they're good, but when I try new lines i could give you a shout......

Deniz1 wrote:A market opportunity bargain booze import clotted cream!

Clotted cream is already here in small jars ive just found out,do not know how good it is but im told it is ok !

I lived in Devon for 22yrs where clotted cream was readily available. Cream made from goats milk is far superior though
They have plenty of goats on the island so shouldn't be difficult to produce, that's if they didn't keep eating them.

Goats milk is available in the supermarkets so maybe try making cream.

For once I totally agree with Blue Butterfly, toasted crumpets (Pikelets to us Northerners) and tea cakes , both for afternoon tea and to take away.

Second Cornish or Devon cream tea with scones and jam or honey and real clotted cream.

Also small thin sliced sandwiches with smoked salmon, cucumber, roast beef, ham.

I tried the "Devon" clotted cream in small jars , but it wasnt good enough at the price to make me look for more.

Can you do some of these in the morning for elevenses, please.

Yes, "dainty" table linen and china can make quite a difference to the afternoon tea experience. Can you do a Church clock standing at ten to three as well!

Sorry,, dont know where the old Coca Cola factory is. Can I have another clue, say from the Catalkoy Lemar

Best of luck with your new venture

Oh I do hope this new place lives up to expectations, but please, please, please, ask who ever is going to run/manage it to have some sort of dress code. Not asking for a lot is it?

I have bought clotted cream here, but wasn't impressed, it had the consistency of glue and tasted much the same. Won't buy it again.

Yes it was Betty's fatouche - thanks for reminding me. I hope that haven't gone down market as I'd like to remember them as they were.

Maybe as you have lived there we could have some lovely Belgium buns. I have them daily when I am back in the UK. My mouth is watering already in anticipation. Also some tea cakes to toast at home now winters coming.

Local clotted cream is well available here usually in Tempo, will try, and find the name

Kaymak is local clotted cream,sold in a plastic box not a jar,and while it's certainly not Cornish,it's ok.
Fatouche have you ever made a big squidgy sponge jam green marzipan confection,think it's called queen something,not just naughty,positively evil but delicious,I'd walk a million miles for a slice of that

Jen it's called Princess cake. Kaymak is OK, but it's definitely on the sour side, and not a patch on clotted cream. The jarred one is inferior too. Creme Chantilly is the best substitute.

Foodie, Belgian buns are to Belgium what the Tikka Masala is to India; I've NEVER seen anything ressembling them there.

fatouche wrote:It is a stand alone independent store, and the focus is going to be on customer service, a concept which has hitherto not been addressed on this side of the island.......

I'll be happy if the prices on the shelf match the till! Now that will be a first....

There is a sort of belgian bun at the Food Lodge.

I really wish you well with the new venture and will look forward to experiencing your afternoon tea.

In the UK, we would go out for a drive somewhere every Sunday and always have a cream tea. I think we have covered most of the tea rooms in Kent, and good parts of Sussex and Hampshire too. Nothing beats afternoon tea IF the standards are good. Never had tea at the Ritz but had afternoon tea at the Savoy which was superb.

However, I have lost count of the number of tea rooms that have dared to put plastic packets of jam and butter ( the ones you find in motorway service cafés) on the table. Please serve good quality butter and jam in bone china dishes and make sure the jam is beautifully thick and fruity and not the thin, tasteless syrup that is too weak to even stick to the knife:)

Afıyet olsun!

Lemon drizzle cake would be lovely

This is my idea of a cream tea. We had this at the Walpole Bay Hotel in Margate. A wonderfully eccentric hotel steeped in time and a kind of museum to boot. Well worth a visit.

I would love to be able to buy a proper Victoria Sponge, cup cakes and a real cream cake.

Maisiemoo wrote:I would love to be able to buy a proper Victoria Sponge, cup cakes and a real cream cake.

Oh boy! Fresh cream apple turnovers.

I could kill for one of those.

Did you ever come to Lambousa when I was there? I used to sell them.

I would suggest that you visit I Artisan, behind the Pia Bella hotel, if you can do coffee, cake and sandwiches as good as theirs but at a lower price you will not fail. Forget cream teas and bone china cups, if People want these they should visit the West Country.
The very best of luck in your venture.

Exceptional service, where you are not hurried to drink your tea, a pleasant atmosphere so that you can relax and enjoy your book/magazine or talk with friends, no loud music, no smoking. Service with a smile by waiter/ress who are dressed accordingly. The quintessentially British tea should arrive in a fine bone chine tea pot with fine bone china cups and saucers. A selection of teas should be made available. milk and sugar should be served in fine bone china too. Coffee should be available with cream and sugar. A selection of simple sandwiches made from freshly made thinly sliced bread contents such as cucumber only for example. Tea cakes, scones, clotted cream, jams all served on china crockery and cakes stands. China should not be while but ditsy/flowery. Linen napkins however should be kept white. Service though is paramount for anyone to enjoy their afternoon tea.

bornunderabadsign wrote: Forget cream teas and bone china cups, if People want these they should visit the West Country.

A tad expensive just for afternoon tea wouldn't you say?

Witchy wrote:Exceptional service, where you are not hurried to drink your tea, a pleasant atmosphere so that you can relax and enjoy your book/magazine or talk with friends, no loud music, no smoking.

I would go further - no music... I love music but I don't want a constant background of music of any sort. It's not necessary in a tearoom or anywhere else you are not wanting to dance for that matter.... It's not atmosphere it's interference. I want to chat to my friends not compete with 'DJ Onanism' in the process!

Has anyone asked the most important question yet?

What blends/brands of tea will you offer?

A decent cup of tea is rare outside the UK.

p.s. talking of 'Bettys', does anywhere sell 'Yorkshire Tea' here? It's made by Taylors of Harrogate, the Bettys business, reet grand cuppa!

owl wrote:Has anyone asked the most important question yet?

What blends/brands of tea will you offer?

A decent cup of tea is rare outside the UK.

p.s. talking of 'Bettys', does anywhere sell 'Yorkshire Tea' here? It's made by Taylors of Harrogate, the Bettys business, reet grand cuppa!

A guess in the dark it could be Liptons,that is what most of the hotels have in a very nice wooden case to offer when you may ask for tea.

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owl wrote:Has anyone asked the most important question yet?

What blends/brands of tea will you offer?

A decent cup of tea is rare outside the UK.

p.s. talking of 'Bettys', does anywhere sell 'Yorkshire Tea' here? It's made by Taylors of Harrogate, the Bettys business, reet grand cuppa!

Pleased to say I can get Yorkshire Tea here in an English shop in Munich.

The owner is from North Yorkshire.