Bada Bing! cafe

Bada Bing! Located off Clarkenwell road, Bada-bing! is an nice little cafe.

The breakfast is served in humongous portions so if out of principle you feel obliged to clean your plate bada-bing is not for the light-hearted.

Price, at just under £4 for a breakfast (item 4) comprised of 1 Egg, 3 strips of bacon, a lot of baked beans, a lot of chips (waitress forgot to substitute with hash-browns), a portion of mushrooms and a lot of bubble and squeak which was lovely actually.

Good value for money to be sure, but the quantity can be overwhelming for some.

PS: I was browsing articles on clean your plate mentality and found the following interesting points of view.

• Clean your plate or don’t leave the table (Mirror UK)
• Encouraging kids to finish their plate can lead to obesity (Telegraph UK)
• International dining etiquette (BBC)

Huevos Rancheros! @ the Breakfast club

The breakfast club reincarnation of this mouth watering breakfast is closer to the English breakfast, replacing the old’ blighty ingredients like for like with Mexican ones.

• Tortillas or pita-bread replace hash browns – not sure we have a win here – but certainly healthier
• Spicy chorizo replaces sausage – This is a fair trade
• Home cooked beans replace Heinz beans – The ‘fresh’ beans are tastier and add more flavour to breakfast – nice change
• Guacamole doesn’t replace anything and it’s very welcome!
• Sour cream replaces brown sauce? Trust me, you’ll need it after that spicy Chorizo
• Fresh vegetables (diced) replace mushrooms
• Ok we’re short-changed on black pudding but it’s not a great loss and not everyones cup of tea

Where to find the best Huevos Rancheros in London?

The usual suspects are Macondo and The breakfast club. Macondo uses more fresh spices and ingredients and uses tortillas instead of pittas, but the breakfast club uses Chorizo. I still prefer Macondo for it’s smaller queues and more chilled atmosphere. The Breakfast club is off coarse vibrant and exciting attracting a young and beautiful crowd, but Macondo is an excellent choice and you don’t have to queue.

If you any other places you can get Mexican breakfast and Huevos Rancheros please leave a comment!

Hash-browns are dismissed as “ghastly manifestations of American imperialism”

“A good English breakfast never lets you down.” No, it kills you.

What the hell event do they have in mind, the 3,000m casualty dash? The Triple Barf (also called the hop, skip and vomit)? The Synchronised Massive Coronary?

You never see a person with a degree eating a fry-up, do you?

Clearly the English breakfast is not only the cornerstone of British diet and the proudest culinery delight of Britain, but also helps Britain keep calm and carry on, unlike that very unfortunate Giles Coren character who was writing this angry article over her oat serial with 0% fat yogurt.

Giles, you may be right to advocate health, but a bit of advice for your heart: Don’t stress so much about the little things – have a breakfast you enjoy in moderation – keep calm – and carry on!

Also I was wondering – it is ok to steam a late in a plastic container? Oh well… here it is:

Greasy spoon English breakfast from Ferraris

Johnny D's Jazz Brunch stage

Once upon a time in uptown in Boston there was a place that served Yankee brekkie, accompanied by live Jazz every Sunday. The breakfast was large, delicious, rich, and filling. Johhny D’s it was called and it was the most famous Jazz brunch in Boston.

Yankee breakfast @ Johnny D's

Johnny D's

Breakfast and connect 4

The Mile End Morgan arms is a great place to meet the young and interesting professionals of the Mile-end & Bow area.

Why is it that  local pubs don’t do English breakfast anymore? Or even a burger?  Why must we eat asparagus & egg on ham especially while struggling to meat basic quality standards?

Please return to core values and bring the burger and english breakfast to your menu so we continue to enjoy this pleasant and intresting east-end pub!

Service: Laid back service with many mistakes and delayed orders. Getting your order right is a hit and miss. As an added bonus when they do get your order wrong you have to queue in line again to re-order!

Food: Prices too high – food rarely satisfactory!

Coffee: Poor

At least you can play score 4!

The £3.95 English breakfast!!

Tye, Darren and Martin tucking in!

The £3.95 English breakfast!!

The breakfast club met today at PJ’s Cantina. Seems like this place is getting better and better since they re-opened 6 months ago. Excellent fast service, great breakfast, and all for £4.50 including coffee or tea!

PJ Cantina

Martin counting our money – and evidently pocketing some!

Martin pocketing change!