There's more to the site than just the tearoom
A few weeks ago one of my colleagues took a trip to Beeston to try a fry-up at the Boathouse Cafe. But it's not the only pit-stop for a bite to eat and a warming drink by the canalside.
The tearoom's counter is laden with tempting cakes - lemon and blueberry, triple chocolate, Bakewell, and lemon all catch my eye - and next to those are Cornish pasties and sausage rolls. Two blackboards on the wall inform me it's too late for breakfast which ends at noon. No one comes here for a specialty Indonesian Burni Telong with a swirly barista-styled tulip. Served in a paper cup, it could be any kind of frothy milky coffee but it's hot, wet and very welcome after our chilly walk, both quenching my thirst and giving my icy-cold fingers a warming glow.
There's no skimping. The Brie is oozing out and I'm not exaggerating when I say I had a flashback to the big wedge of Brie I consumed at home over several days of the Christmas season, that seems to have been packed into one toastie. Somehow the cook also managed to bundle in two rashers of bacon, done to a turn, into each comforting sandwich.
Based on this toastie alone, I will be coming back without a doubt - probably in the warmer months when I can sit outside in the sizeable garden, which boasts a climbing frame, an old rowing boat and playhouse for youngsters or upstairs, overlooking the weir.
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