The Main Bungalow's deep front verandah, where afternoon tea is served every day with the estate's own teas and something from the oven.
Covers
14
Where
The front verandah, Main Bungalow
Season
Every day of the year
The room
Every afternoon at four the tea comes out onto the verandah: a pot of the current flush from our own factory, a second estate tea to compare it with, sandwiches, a cake from the kitchen and, in winter, hot pakoras. As the light goes, the bar opens for sundowners, the fire is lit in the drawing room behind you, and on a clear evening the snows turn pink across the valley.
The menu
8 dishes, priced per dish. Prices exclude GST.
Estate teas
Glenmist first flushPale gold and floral; plucked in March and April.Market price
Glenmist second flush muscatelFuller, with the muscatel note Darjeeling is known for.Market price
Autumnal flushRounded and coppery; lovely with milk.Market price
With your tea
Cucumber and mint sandwichesMarket price
Orange and cardamom cakeMade with oranges from the lower slopes.Market price
Vegetable pakoras with hill-chilli chutneyIn the cold months.Market price
Sundowners
Tea-infused gin and tonicWith a first-flush infusion made in the house.Market price
Hot toddyWhisky, honey, lemon and estate tea; for the cold evenings.Market price
