Weekend breakfasts

Snorkers!

I suggest ducking cooking duties, and hitting the Porcupine Cafe on Sydney Street. Less trendy than Motu, and not as crusty as The Dumb Waiter. I went for beans, toms, veggie sausages, fried eggs, mushrooms, and hash browns. Also, Hedonizm have a sale on, and it'd be rude not to pop in given you are passing.

Smoked haddock kedgeree or grilled Kippers make a superb weekend breakfast, or smoked salmon goes well with scrambled egg if you're not scared off by the shock horror stories surrounding salmon.

David

Mekon - I do go to Rock-O-La Cafe as it has a connecting door to Wax Factor, so I can browse while the veggie sausages are cooking. My misses takes the kids there every Saturday morning. Used to go to Hudsons, but it's a bit yukky.
I'm not sure I could get my daughter to eat kippers, but I do the smoked salmon & scrambled sometimes. Kippers - I have to watch the salt intake myself.

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Originally posted by Rasher:
Mekon - I do go to Rock-O-La Cafe as it has a connecting door to Wax Factor, so I can browse while the veggie sausages are cooking.

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Ooh, thanks for the tip. Is Rock-O-La any good?

Crumpet - the food of champions

Steve

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Originally posted by Rasher:
Mekon - I do go to Rock-O-La Cafe as it has a connecting door to Wax Factor, so I can browse while the veggie sausages are cooking. My misses takes the kids there every Saturday morning. Used to go to Hudsons, but it's a bit yukky.
I'm not sure I could get my daughter to eat kippers, but I do the smoked salmon & scrambled

sometimes. Kippers - I have to watch the salt intake myself.

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It sounds wonderful, I hope the salmon isn't from Scottish farms ?

Fritz Von Marmitevindalloowithmccainchips

BAGELS AND LOX!

Lox?

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Originally posted by Mekon:
Is Rock-O-La any good?

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1950's style US diner with jukebox and all the memorabilia on the walls. The CD shop in the cafe is all 1950's & 60's Rock & Roll, but from here is the connecting door to Wax Factor. Service can be slow when it's busy. Worth a try.

When in Florida last year I would have biscuits & gravy, which was what we would call scones and white sauce. What is in the gravy?

Rasher,

Lox is a type of smoked salmon often enjoyed by people of the Jewish faith, not entirely unlike what they Scottish produce, but perhaps less "smokey" and more "salty". Best served on a bagel with cream cheese, or with tomoato and onion, and perhaps cucumber slices.

Now don't get me started on smoked whitefish salad.

-M

And there was me thinking LOX was Liquid Qxygen and wondering how you spread it on a bagel

David

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Originally posted by Mike in PA, USA:
Lox is a type of smoked salmon often enjoyed by people of the Jewish faith, not entirely unlike what they Scottish produce, but perhaps less "smokey" and more "salty". Best served on a bagel with cream cheese, or with tomoato and onion, and perhaps cucumber slices.

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That sounds really good - but what type of bagel? Plain, poppy seed, onion, cinamon, the list is endless...
I will try that this weekend - or maybe during the week. In fact, as my daughter is difficult at breakfast during the week and there isn't much time, I will do her that tomorrow. Cheers Mike.

I prefer an "everything" bagel, also referred to as the "works". This would NOT represent cinammon raisin, but would feature poppy and sesame seeds, salt, onion and garlic. Not good for a brunch date, but otherwise magnificent.

However, when I used to visit the UK I did enjoy a traditional English breakfast - Eggs, toast, sausage, beans, and tin tomatoes.

Cheers Rasher.

Can someone in America explain the concept of "French Toast" to me?

I note that not only is it self-evidently disgusting but I have never seen it in France or found a Frenchman who had ever heard of such a thing.

Does anyone actually eat it? Do you not die of a heart attack about an hour of consuming the stuff?

Also Mike in PA. How do you explain the popularity of these:



Matthew

French Toast?

Yum!

I had it for Breakfast every day in SF!

Not sure about the 'Country Gravy' What ever than is?

DS

ITC = Anthony Rother - Live in Bussels

To cure a weekend hangover the best breakfast is the famous Nick Tahou's Garbage Plate. Take note, there are also specific instructions on how to consume this heart attack.

Now I wonder if there's a tofu and sprouts version...

Mr. Robinson

The popularity of "those" (which I am assuming is a Philadelphia cheese steak) is based entired on economics. The greater Philadeplhia area is a hotbed for pharmaceutical manufacturers, many of whom are in the business of developing cardiovascular drugs. The promotion of the cheese steak has been subversively carried out by these firms to ensure that demand will always exist for their products (i.e. driving patients in need to treatment to physicians who will prescribe said drugs). How are you arteries doing?

Also, there is a local establishment in my area that serves "French French Toast" which is French Toast made with French Bread, and while it is not bad to eat, I doubt it is any more French than the usual variety.

Cheers,
M

Cheers,
M

French toast - you mean it isn't a British invention??? I used to eat it qute often before I stopped eating anything cooked on Teflon. [Disclaimer: Teflon is a perfectly safe product and my irrational belief that it is a deadly toxin is plain stupid]. This, of course, was before I stopped eating eggs.

I'm not sure if I would recommend this to anyone as a weekend breakfast but my brunch today was: Shredded Wheat with water and ground linseeds, followed by a salad, followed by mung beans and tinned mackeral on toast. Alarmingly, this isn't particularly unusual for me...

French Toast? Ah -- you mean slices of bread dipped in raw egg white (I think) and then pan-fried so as to give the impression of... fried bread with snot (or Bogies On Toast).

A magnificent delicacy. However, shouldn't we nowadays be calling it Freedom Toast in deference to the whims of the Great Unelected Ruling Power?

Best;

Mark

French toast (USA), or eggy fry (Dorset), is one of the best, especially without salt. I used to put loads of salt on it, but getting past the habit is better.
Jeremy - I don't do milk either, so I would normally have shredded wheat or museli with orange juice & chopped banana. But...
today we had Mike's bagels with cream cheese & smoked salmon. My daughter didn't want the cream cheese or the bagel , so she just had the smoked salmon.
I'm doing pancakes tomorrow.
All thi swhilst trying to feed my little guy his weetabix while he spreads it over his highchair.
However, I'm never late getting my girl to school!

Rasher,

Odd thing is that an American child would probably avoid the smoked salmon and have only the bagel and cream cheese. What kind of bagel did you have?

Cheers,
M

You mean what kind of daughter do I have! When we went out and wanted to grab lunch, me & the missus wanted a burger and fries, but my 5 year old daughter insisted we went for sushi.

No, I meant what kind of bagel did you have?

-M