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Accommodating for Vegans

We’re often asked if we have meal options for those preferring a Vegan option. Our answer is YES! We’ve also accommodated those that can not have any Gluten or Dairy and both Gluten and Dairy.

Here is our response to a recent email that came through:

===== Do you offer vegan options for cream or [...]

Niyaz Pirani

We’ve talked about the Niyaz Pirani Sandweech on our new Menu. It’s becoming quite popular all the sudden. We’re thankful that the infamous Niyaz himself “blessed”it! His only request is a fried egg on top….perhaps we can accommodate him on that request.

Toasted,Artisan Ciabatta;a few dashes of Extra Virgin Olive Oil;Tasty Olive Tapenade;[...]

Great Summer in Mission Viejo

We have had some great weather so far –really hot –and some days that were really comfortable! I think there was a shot unexpected rain at some point. It was exciting in our Tea Room to serve up all these new Menu items –regardless of weather! Some of the new Tapas have become more popular [...]

Are You Excited?

We are!!!! We are 2 days away from releasing and exposing our New Menu –and we just can not contain ourselves. New Tea Services. New Tapas. New Sandweeches. New Salades. We’re back from vacation and fresh with Worldly Inspiration. Remember we re-open this Saturday morning August 6th,2011 at 9am. We’re looking forward to [...]

New Tapas

A few days to go and we can start serving these 2 new Tapas,of many new ones. The first one is called a Gazpacho Templado –or loosely translated as a warm Gazpacho. This is traditionally a Spanish cold soupe. We prefer our warmer version,topped with bits of Grogonzola Cheese and house-made Pita [...]

César’s Spicy Tuna Salade

Here’s an exciting new Salade that will show up on our newly revised Menu:We borrowed and adapted a recipe from César,a Berkeley,CA restaurant.

Beautiful Tonno (tuna,in oil), with Olive Tapenade,Purple Onion,Capers,a hit of Sriracha Sauce (that lovely and spicy red rooster sauce),Olive Oil and Lemon Juice. It has a bite and [...]

Fava Beans Just Became Easier

As an alternative to blanching fava beans,pods can be roasted whole on a baking sheet for about 25 minutes and served as edamame or,if small and tender enough,eaten whole.

We ran across this article on an easier way to prep Fav Beans since they have become so popular and so available. [...]

Perfect Scones

   

A beautiful Scone shares a plate with Clotted Cream and Imported Jam

We are often complimented on our Scones. Even those from the U.K. seem to like them more. Perhaps because the ones they find around here are the typical,taste-less,over-sugared Americanized version at typical coffee houses. The [...]