Tea Table offers new menu, timings

The Tea Table (T3), the Park Street eatery owned by the Pauls of Park Hotel fame, plans to recast its all-day menu to tempt more foodies.

"We will launch cocktail snacks, vegetarian and mushroom gratins and more sandwiches, all competitively priced and available throughout the day," said Melvyn Price, manager of T3.

Standardisation and hygiene would be the other focus areas.

T3 came into being in December 2004, after Flurys of Park Street, also owned by the Pauls, was refurbished and relaunched.

"The old boys of Flurys stayed back in T3 and are still managing the tearoom," points out the manager.

Initially, T3 sales were low because the new Flurys with its new pink, vanilla and dark chocolate look attracted more crowds.

Sales started picking up later when T3 launched its new menu with a variety of snacks, cold and hot beverages and desserts.

The 5000 sq ft T3 offered itself as an alternative tea room on Park Street.

It was a gamble which paid off "" more than 300 customers dine everyday at T3 with the average bill per person more than Rs 100.

"In 18 months, T3 is getting double the customers it used to get initially," claimed the manager.

Besides sit-down diners, T3 also had string over-the-counter sales of a variety of pastries, patties, breads, cakes and more.

Ahead of the new menu, T3 recently switched to new timings, from 7am to 10pm, thereby getting both the breakfast crowd as well as the early dinner crowd.

Meanwhile, the backroom was improved, so that orders were delivered in 5-7 minutes after the food order was placed.

The all-day menu would combine old favourites like baked cheese and mushroom, baked beans on toast, cheese toast, spicy sausages on toast and chicken patties as well as desserts like pineapple pudding and meringue with cream and the patented diplomat and peach Melba.

The beverages lined-up would be improved too to supplement existing hot and cold offerings like coffee sprungli and a range of cold coffees with toppings.