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Welcome to Zen Café

Healthy, Tasty, Fresh – Made with Love, Served with Care
At Zen Café, we believe that good food and good coffee should nourish both the body and the soul.
That’s why everything we serve is prepared fresh in-house, using locally sourced ingredients wherever
possible. From vibrant salads and hearty hot dishes to irresistible cakes and refreshing iced teas — every
item is made with intention, flavour, and quality in mind.


We take pride in offering:
• Barista-standard coffees & teas
• Delicious iced teas and fresh vegetable juices
• Beautifully prepared cakes & tempting desserts
• Hot and cold meals, ready to grab & go


Whether you're stopping by for a quick lunch or a takeaway coffee on the go, our self-service setup
ensures a fast and efficient experience — without compromising on freshness or flavour.
While we’re primarily a takeaway spot, you’ll also find a cozy seating area inside, and a few tables
outside where you can relax and enjoy the seaside breeze.
Come and visit us at 20B Esplanade Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight, and experience food that’s made fresh,
served fast, and always full of flavour.

Menu

Hot dishes options

Full breakfast pack for morning: Items:

Full breakfast pack for morning:
Items: Egg frittata/ Spanish (paprika-potato chorizo) Italian(courgettes) or plain version (egg-herbs) Spanish version with potatoes and chorizo or italian version: courgettes frittata Ingredients: eggs, fresh herbs (parsley- basil) paprika, salt, pepper, chorizo, chives, sliced poached and sauteed new potatoes or grated courgettes Sausages: ingredients Pork meat salt pepper, herbs, spices (possibly gluten/ free- rusk free) (Alternative possibility of making it with different sausages (chicken turkey and possibly halal) Half roasted portobello mushrooms or 3-4 sauteed chestnut mushrooms half roasted plum tomato 2 slices of bacon home made baked beans in little pot to be included within the pack Small version (1 bacon 1 sausage) and big version: (big version 2 sausages 2 bacon and bigger frittata) Baked beans: small brunoise of onions and carrots, thyme, rosmary, oregano, bay leaves brown sugar and dark vinegar, par-cooked cannellini beans (or butter beans) Peeled plum tomatoes or chunks very slightly blended or mashed before. Salt and pepper as necessary.
£12.00
Sausage rolls
Sausage rolls: (To be wrapped in papers with labels) Pork sausage meat, herbs, spices - puff pastry egg wash (Decision to be made in whether to buy them ready made or source meat locally prepare the them the night before but this could be time consuming) Chicken sausage rolls (as above)
£12.00
Hot rolls: Baguettes/Ciabattas
Bacon/ brie or cheddar (white or applewood) tomato rolls. Ingredients, baguette or ciabatta bread, butter or vegan spread, bacon 3 slices, Marinated tomato slices (oil garlic/oregano/ sage) brie or cheddar 2 slices Alternative bacon and egg roll with thin plain egg frittata made of eggs and herbs Bacon focaccia rolls (as above but using tomato focaccia bread) Vegetarian roll breakfast option: ciabatta with vegetarian frittata: egg mix, sauteed mushrooms, chives, parsley diced mixed sauteed peppers, feta cubes or halloumi roasted cubes. Vegan spread, olive oil, Marinated tomatoes.
£12.00
Soups of the day options All soups to be Vegan or vegetarian (VGN VEGE) with option of adding dairy products/ proteins for another version of the day.
Ask for soup of the day
£12.00
Hot dishes takeaway options
Buttermilk Chicken schnitzel, mushroom creamy gravy and honey roasted vegetables: butterflied half chicken breast lightly flattened, which has previously marinated in buttermilk, then garlic and herbs (thyme sage, rosmary) then breaded (flour, egg mix and panko), then shallow fried par cooked and finished in the oven to go straight in the hot display. To be served with lemon wedge and seasonal honey roasted vegetables. Optional creamy chicken gravy to be served in a small container within the pack made with chicken stock and double cream and mushrooms, thyme and tarragon.
£12.00
Pasta:
Gnocchi amatriciana: potato gnocchi, onion, garlic, basil, olive oil, tinned tomatoes blended or passata, guanciale and pecorino, parsley to finish. Gnocchi 4 cheese (VEGE): potato gnocchi, bechamel mornay, gorgonzola, blue stilton, taleggio, and grana padano, salt pepper as required. Cheese to gratin. Gnocchi (VGN) olives, tomato and pesto sauce: gnocchi tomato sauce, dairy free pesto, kalamata style olives. Meat lasagne: pasta sheets, meat tomato sauce made with mirepoix (diced onion, carrots, celery) beef mince, bay leaves, thyme, sage, rosmary. Bechamel, (Milk butter flour sauce) parmesan and cheese topping to finish as gratin. Vegetarian lasagne: pasta sheets, tomato sauce, shallow fried courgettes or grilled vegetables (shallow fried). Bechamel sauce (Milk butter flour sauce), parmesan and cheese topping to finish as gratin.
£12.00
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