This section includes:
1. Regular Menu
2. Group Menus
3. Teas With Foods
1. REGULAR MENU:
Scones, Cakes and Sweet Treats
* denotes Wheat & Gluten free
Traditional Scones made with love and served with jam and cream.$6 each
Coffee & Walnut Cake with coffee icing. $10
Trio *Low gluten option available on request. $10
3 sweet treats from our pastry chef (items will vary per person)
Bread ‘n’ Butter Pudding: Childhood memories return with every spoonful. $10
Passionfruit Sponge – our signature cake! $12
Filled with cream and topped with a tangy passionfruit Icing.
*Chocolate Almond Cake with gooey chocolate sauce and a berry compote. $12
Syrup Cake $12
*Pistachio & Apple Tea Cake: Lovely flavour and texture to this cake. $12
*Sticky Date Pudding with home-made caramel sauce. $12
(this pudding is dairy free with a d/f sauce available on request)
Fruit ‘n’ Nut Toast Studded with hazelnuts, figs and fruits with mascarpone and honey. $10.50
French Toast – Queenie’s style is baked not fried! $17
Cream and egg drenched pieces of baguette, baked, stacked and served with strawberries, mascarpone and either -
- Maple syrup or
- Mixed berry compote with a Cointreau syrup.
Tea House Ribbon Sandwiches.
Served as an assorted selection. $14 per serve
Meals
Chicken Pie $25
Creamy chicken filling in a light pie case. Served with a side salad.
* Mixed Bean Casserole $16
Hearty bean, potato and carrot casserole served with toast and butter. (* Low gluten savoury toast avaialble.)
*Mrs Clifford’s Savoury Mince $16
Family recipe with peas, potato and carrot and a pinch of curry served on toast with butter.
(*low gluten toast available)
*Soup (your waitress will inform you of today’s flavour) $14
Homemade soup served with toast and butter. (*low gluten toast available upon request)
Tea Stands & Meals
All tea stands are designed and set for one person.
Low Tea – ideal morning or afternoon tea. $35p.p.
Two dainty tea house sandwiches, traditional scone with jam and cream, and from our pastry chef cake and sweet treats presented on your own 3 tier stand.
Includes a pot of tea or coffee.
‘Low Tea’ was traditionally a morning or afternoon tea taken at the ‘low’ table in the parlour. It contained tea sandwiches, scones, cake and biscuits.
High Tea – the tradition lives on in this meal. $45 p.p.
Enjoy your very own high tea with homemade sweet and savoury fare – including tea house sandwiches, small serve of homemade soup, toast and butter along with an assortment of warm and cold savoury bites.
For your enjoyment we have the top plate with a delicious warm pudding and a selection of sweet treats prepared for you by our pastry chef. Includes a pot of tea or coffee.
‘High Tea’ was traditionally taken in the evening at the ‘high’ or kitchen table, and this is how it got its name. Because it was eaten in the early evening it contained more savoury than sweet foods.
*Low Gluten High Tea $45 p.p.
Enjoy your very own low gluten stand designed with your dietary needs in mind. Contains an assortment of savouries including a small serve of our homemade soup, toast and butter. For your enjoyment our pastry
chef has made warm pudding and a selection of delicious wheat & gluten free sweet treats just for you.
Includes a pot of tea or coffee.
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Littlie’s Tea Party – for the little miss or master $20.00 p.p.
Spotty teapot fairy bread, two little sandwiches, a bite-sized savoury, an iced cup cake, Gingerbread man biscuit, a slice and a piece of homemade confectionery. Served with a flavoured milk or soft drink
Sunday Breakfast
No longer available. Open from 10am, we are still serving French Toast, Savoury Mince and Fruit & Nut Toast for your enjoyment.
2. Group Bookings (10 or more)
For groups of 10 or more, we have a 'Set Menu' policy which includes bottomless tea or coffee. Please telephone the Tea House on 3266 6632 for details and availability.
3. Teas with Foods
Make your special event even more special by serving tea that suits the meal. Select from the list below to match the food you are having. From breakfast through the other times of the day - choose the beverage that enhances the flavour of the dish or cake.
Continental-style breakfast
(Breads, cheese, jams, etc)
Yunnan, Ceylon, Assam, Indian Nilgiri, Kenya, Darjeeling
English-style breakfast
(Fried foods, eggs, smoked fish, ham, bacon, etc)
Ceylon, Kenya, Assams, Lapsang Souchong, Sth African Kwazulu.
Queenie's breakfasts
(Eggs, sausage, steak, potato cake)
Assams, Ceylon, Yorkshire Red, Russian Caravan, Sth African Kwazulu.
Light Savory Meals
Yunnan, Lapsang Souchong, Ceylon, Darjeeling, Assam, Green, Oolongs
Spicy Foods
Keemun, Ceylon, Oolongs, Darjeeling, Green teas, Jasmine, Lapsang Souchong
Strong Cheeses
Lapsang Souchong, Earl Grey, Green
Fish
Oolongs, Darjeeling, Green teas, smoked teas (Prince of Wales, Russian Caravan, Earl Grey)
Meat & Game
Earl Grey, Lapsang Souchong, Kenya, Jasmine Green
Poultry
Lapsang Souchong, Darjeeling, Oolongs, Jasmine
Tea Time
All teas (especially Black Special Blends). Try our recent addition: delightful French Earl Grey.
After a meal
White and Green teas, Keemun, Oolongs, Darjeeling
Ask our helpful staff to assist you when you call.
To make an appointment please call
Queenie’s Traditional Tea House Nundah 1279 Sandgate Rd Ph: 3266 6632 - BYO Sparkling wine only.
