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Recently I'm right off the McMuffin. The Burger King equivalent is garbage. Little Chef is obviously the best option, but that means leaving the motorway and following the correct ley lines to find one. Places like Costa with their so-called 'breakfast paninis' can do one.
Service stations used to have a trucker's area where you'd get a proper breakfast. Now there is fúck all and one must eat before leaving home. :-(
You can use the canteen in the service station and be charged Michelin-starred prices for some bacon that looks like it's been boiled, some sausages whose acquaintance with a pig was brief and unsatisfactory for both parties and endless fücking beans. :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
It's a piss-poor outlook ain't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Of course one of the advantages of using the A1 to go oop norf is the availability of the Little Chef. Early Starter, extra egg.
Oh for the days before we had motorways :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Wee van at the side of the main road.Bacon and sausage soda cooked in front of you :eat:
If you ever find yourself on the M7 outside Moneygall you could always pull into the Barack Obama Plaza.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
:nod:
There's a pwopah old transport caff on the Uxbridge Road in Hillingdon, which I experienced (albeit on foot) on Saturday. Wonderful place. They leave the teabag in the mug. That's how good it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
There are still a few Little Chefs on the A1.
:nod: That's my plan for our April jaunt oop norf. Thursday afternoon I drive to Peterborough, v gets the train there after work. Friday at dark o'clock, off up the A1 to Early Starter heaven. OH MY GOD I'M SO EXCITED!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Does v partake of the Early Starter?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
She does indeed. Just the one egg for her, though. She has a well developed sense of proportion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Are you back in sexual predator mode?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Pit Stop brekky for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Also, you should try the Stibbington Diner on the Old North Road just off the A1.
http://www.stibbycafe.co.uk/Picture6.jpg
They have a state-of-the-art website.
http://www.stibbycafe.co.uk/
Magnificent furniture.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
:nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Non-moveable plastic chairs are always a bonus.
Cracking menu to browse
It's a caff. Why would you need a menu?Quote:
Originally Posted by Viva Prat Vegas
To see if the smashed avo comes on sourdough or perhaps a bagel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
You don't know if they've got bubble, do you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
:hehe: You and your Dublin sophisticate ways.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Burney "It's a caff. Why would you need a menu?"
To sweep all the spilt salt and sugar off of the table and onto the floor
No, but then you order it and she says 'Bubble's off, luv!' while not looking at you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
It's part of the ritual.
But then you need a back up plan. Will you order an extra fried slice to make up for it, or tentatively request fried potatoes, chips, or, God help us, hash browns?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Chips are your safe bet. If you order hash browns, she might give you 'the look' and say something scornful about how this 'ain't the Ritz' so that all the common men can laugh at you. :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Virgin Railways buffet car :-\Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I had this just a few weeks back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Crispy Pulled Pork
with a Potato & Onion Hash, Black Pudding, Relish, Fried Egg, Hollandaise Sauce(1,2,3,13)
The numbers at the end are something for benders.
Yes, in these places I already feel somewhat conspicuous. I never know what to do with my top hat while I'm standing at the counter :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Licence gone, p? Just a few ales, was it? Bad luck mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
If they're out of hash browns ask if the head chef can knock up a side order of devilled kidneys instead
I fúcking love devilled kidneys. To be fair, I love devilled anythings really.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viva Prat Vegas
But for me, the joys of breakfast in Ireland are the availability of white pudding and farls with your fry up.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Just easier to get to London and back in a day, does mean a few ales on the way back as well :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
For cafeteria visits I imagine C changes into his Working Class outfit of flat cap and donkey jacket and hunches his shoulders
This is true however increasingly it is more difficult to find a plain breakfast without some flash **** chef acting the wee bóllocks and adding some shíte to the mix such as parsley or, and I am not joking here, spelt toast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Fúcks sake.
Truffle shavings grated over the bacon n eggs
Truffle is good in scrambled egg, s. I wouldn't put it anywhere near bacon, to be honest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viva Prat Vegas
I like to add some freshly grated into my omelette baveuse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Top trick sw; when you buy your truffle, place it, with your eggs, in a tupperware box for storage. The truffle flavour will impregnate your eggs after a couple of days and you won't even have to grate it!Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
You can have that one on me.
What if you are making something else?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Shít tip if you don't mind me saying.