Tesco opens UK's first hot cross bun cafe - with brunch and fine dining from £5 a head

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Easter food staple, the supermarket is offering people a one-of-a-kind dining experience, to help everyone make Easter their own this year.You'll have to be quick though, as the Tesco Hot Cross Bun Café is open in Shoreditch, London, for one week only.It is offering a range of hot cross bun-filled dining experiences to suit all tastes – from brunch to afternoon tea and even five-course fine dining, all from just £5 per head.What's better is that all of the café’s proceeds will go to the supermarket’s charity partner, the Trussell Trust, helping them to provide emergency food and support to people in crisis this Easter.The cafe is daily from 10am till late, and serves brunch and afternoon tea during the daytime, before transforming into an adults-only five-course dining experience in the evening.The cafe has walk-in slots available after dinner reservations sold out within days.However, reservations for brunch and afternoon tea can still be made via OpenTable.Every dish and cocktail served at the café is made with Tesco products.They include vegan ‘Hot Cross Bangers and Smash’ at brunch, Hot Cross Scones at afternoon tea, and Hot Cross Bun Espresso Martinis and Hot Cross Bun Steak Tartare at dinner.To make sure everyone can enjoy the experience, plant-based and gluten free options are available at every session.The Tesco Hot Cross Bun Café is also perfectly Insta-worthy, with it featuring stunning overhead floral displays, designed to feel like a spring garden, while the exterior of the venue is covered in a unique flower wall display.Visitors can also enjoy a dedicated ‘selfie-space’ inside, complete with floor to ceiling flower walls and an ‘Easter throne’ to sit on.For parents looking to entertain the kids over the.