A week and a half can seem like a long time during a pandemic. It’s been ten days since we were last open to the public, and it feels like a lifetime ago. We had hoped to remain open for takeaways last week, but lost more of our team to mandatory self-isolation. And the stricter advice […]
Christmas at CAST Café
We still have dates available for Christmas parties across December, so do please get in touch if you’d like to find out more. See below for a sample menu: Starters Beetroot, apple & star anise soup, lemon crème fraîche Cauliflower, leek & Cornish gouda gratin, carrot & poppy seed salad Balsamic lamb croquette, yoghurt, walnut […]
New Autumn/Winter Opening Hours
Evenings We will be stopping our evening services from the 14th of September. Instead, over the darker months, we will be focussing on our event programme and on private functions. Sunday lunch We continue to operate our delicious Sunday lunch menu every Sunday, with a choice of meat and vegan roast options, alongside a selction […]
This season’s recipe: Broad bean & mint purée
Served on our homemade rye sourdough, with a tomato & black olive salsa, this been been a very popular dish of late. If you’ve a glut in your garden, try this recipe for a delicious, versatile and surprisingly substantial purée. Ingredients 500g broad beans (shelled weight – you’ll need somewhere between 1.5 and 2kg of broad beans) […]
From The Kitchen
A visit to Trevelyan Farm A couple of weeks ago, on a rather nondescript early Spring day, we paid a visit to Trevelyan Farm, just off the A394, a little beyond Rosudgeon. The Farm Shop, run by Tim, is well known, and well frequented, and sells produce that comes from the land behind the […]
New opening hours
We are now open three nights a week, Thursday to Saturday, serving our ever-evolving evening menu from 6pm to 9pm. And we’ve got the best Summer sunset views in Helston! We also continue to serve Sunday lunch, with meat and vegan roast options available every week. Full opening hours for the spring and summer season can be found […]
Food For Thought
We screened farming documentary ‘In Our Hands’ on Thursday 28th February, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with representatives from Trevelyan Farm and the recently formed Helston Transition Group. With the upcoming Extinction Rebellion talk on the 20th March, it seems like a good moment to to remind ourselves of the climate challenges we face and how our […]
