German gymnasium, the newly renovated grade listed building in Kings Cross that was one of the first purpose built gym in England has launched Mittel-European twist on afternoon tea.
Set in the opulent surrounding of the grand café, an impressive reinterpretation of the brasseries found in central Europe, the quintessentially British pastime of afternoon tea has been given a continental twist . Framed by two dramatic back steel staircases and a bespoke timepiece created by celebrated railway clock manufacturer Smiths of Derby, the two iterations by the buildings rich heritage.
Two set menus combine the traditions of Mittel-European “Kaffe & Kuchen” with British afternoon tea customers to create something new and a little more unusual. Menu one, “the Austrian”, features assorted mini rolls with tyrolean smoked ham and “sachertorte”, an indulgent chocolate cake – one of Vienna’s culinary specialties, while, “the German” includes “Bienenstich”otherwise known as bee sting cake – a sweet German desert filled with cream, a sweet fruit “rote grutze” dish and north sea brown shrimp rolls.
For those with a sweet tooth a host of baked German and Austrian delicacies such as apple strudel and gugelhupf cake can be enjoyed with a German speciality coffee. And for the savoury palate, “the brotzeit”, a traditional German savory snack, native to Bavaria features poached pork and veal sausage with sweet mustard to be enkoyed with a bottle of wheat beer, “rothaud weissbier”.