Chester shoppers have a new reason to linger on Eastgate Street. From Friday 13 November, the Harrods Champagne Bar & Café inside H beauty Chester is serving a new all-day menu that takes you from a morning coffee right through to a glass of Champagne.
The café sits within H beauty, the Harrods beauty store that opened on the Rows in February, the brand’s seventh in the UK and its first in the North West. To mark the new menu, the first 50 guests through the door on opening day will be given an H beauty goody bag.
Breakfast until midday
The one to order is a toasted brioche bun filled with treacle-cured bacon from The Jolly Hog, slow-cured with black treacle for a rich, smoky sweetness. Vegetarians get a halloumi and harissa version. Alongside it there’s an Artisan Cruffin, a laminated pastry baked in a muffin shape and filled with strawberry or chocolate, and Burnt Orange Bircher overnight oats with pistachio.
Brunch from 10am to 3pm
For a sweet start, the Berry Bliss waffle comes with tahini crème fraîche and strawberries glazed in white balsamic. The Salon Stack is a toasted sourdough crumpet topped with Scottish smoked salmon, dill cream cheese and a soft poached egg.
There are two new signature toasties too. The Truffle Three Cheese brings together Gouda, mature cheddar, Bath soft cheese and black truffle, with a black garlic mayo dip, while the Cured Ham pairs prosciutto, rocket and mozzarella with a wild garlic pesto dip.
Small plates from midday
The afternoon menu is built around a glass of fizz, with Caviar & Crisps (crème fraîche, chives and pink caviar) and hot honey glazed chicken tenders with a yuzu soy dip and furikake. The Grazing Board for sharing has mature cheddar, Bath soft cheese and British charcuterie with balsamic-pickled onions, apple chutney and honey-roasted nuts. From Thursday to Saturday there’s also an Oyster Flight of three Maldon Rock oysters.
Afternoon tea
The Afternoon Tea comes with tea or coffee, or a glass of Champagne or a cocktail. Savouries include finger sandwiches, smoked salmon and crème fraîche cones and a mushroom and spinach sausage roll with harissa ketchup. Then come warm scones with clotted cream and strawberry Champagne jam, a cherry and apple doughnut délice, a rhubarb and white chocolate fondant and a slice of red velvet cake.
A cocktail made for Chester
The drink to try is The Cheshire Bramble, created only for the Chester café, with Cheshire Wild Berry Gin, honey, lemon and blackberry liqueur, a nod to the county’s hedgerows. Also on the list are the Rosé Lumière, a floral Champagne cocktail made with Pommery Brut Royal, the alcohol-free Blush Bloom, and barista specials including a Ruby Chai Latte and a Strawberries & Cream Iced Matcha.
Chester Life Tip!
Goody bags go to the first 50 guests on Friday 13 November, so it’s worth getting there early. H beauty opens at 9.30am.
Menu and launch details are as supplied by Harrods and may change. We can’t always guarantee the information, so please double check with the venue before you go.
Harrods Champagne Bar & Café
H beauty Chester
34-38 Eastgate Row South
Eastgate Street
Chester CH1 1LF
Pictured: Afternoon Tea at the Harrods Champagne Bar & Café. Image supplied by Restaurant Associates.
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