Originally Posted by Pollyana

You northerners are weird! I lived with a guy years ago who went to school in Blackpool for years, he always insisted on gravy with his fish n chips cos thats how the local shops did it. To me its just wrong, should be salt, vinegar and maybe tartare sauce, thats all!

Originally Posted by Kiwi-Irish

Hi all,
I've been here nearly three years, and I must admit, bit frustrated I can't find an English breakfast anywhere. Think: east-end, working class, working mans breakfast.... toast, eggs, chips, fried tomatoes, shrooms, crispy bacon, sausage, beans, hash browns and large mug of tea - even with the obligatory newspaper :-).

Does anyone know of such a place? Any east-end type cafes?

Sick of all this fancy brioche and salmon and spinach stuff!

ps: I know I'm in Australia not England, just kinda hoping

Originally Posted by Bermudashorts

Spent 25 years living in the north west and I have never, ever come across fish with gravy before this threwd on BE. That is weird. Seriously weird.

Originally Posted by Dreamy

Grew up in the North East and never had gravy on fish!

Some things are just too wrong.

Now, chips with gravy, yes. Chips with chip shop curry sauce (don't ever drop any on an item of clothing, that thing has serious colouring), yes. Chips with mayonnaise, yes.

Fish should just have mushy peas or if you have ideas above your station (or you're having it in a restaurant instead of out of the paper) perhaps a bit of tartare.

Originally Posted by Bo S

Agree with one other respondent, don't think a traditional English breakfast should be served with chips. Also, it was was nearly always served with canned plum tomatoes which was perfect and very tasty. Remember? Then it was with plum tomatoes or beans and now you don't have choice as it is always beans or nothing. Suffice to say, chips and beans should be considered for lunch/dinner not as part of an English breakfast.

Originally Posted by Amazulu

When I was in Liverpool recently, went into a fast-food place and ordered curry and chips expecting something like chicken or beef curry with chips. I soon realised how wrong I was when I got chips covered in some dark yellow curry-ish sauce. It was okay but not what I was expecting!

Originally Posted by Swerv-o

Eugh. I hate UK chip shop curry sauce.

Originally Posted by Amazulu

It was okay but nothing to rave about. Too sweet

Originally Posted by Amazulu

When I was in Liverpool recently, went into a fast-food place and ordered curry and chips expecting something like chicken or beef curry with chips. I soon realised how wrong I was when I got chips covered in some dark yellow curry-ish sauce. It was okay but not what I was expecting!

Originally Posted by Pollyana

You northerners are weird! I lived with a guy years ago who went to school in Blackpool for years, he always insisted on gravy with his fish n chips cos thats how the local shops did it. To me its just wrong, should be salt, vinegar and maybe tartare sauce, thats all!

Originally Posted by ozzieeagle

I think you are more likely to get that in a small out of the way town/place/roadhouse that hasn't changed it's menu since the 60's to be honest.... and that would be minus the baked beans, chips and Hash browns.

It's interesting you bring this up, as I've just returned from one of my rare trips back to the UK after 36 years here. I smiled when I first had a greasy spoon cafe bought English Breakfast served to me... It was the baked beans that got me, having never encountered them on a menu to the point of forgetting all about them as a breakfast accompaniment.

It'll be interesting to see if anyone can find a place that serves your request. I doubt it very much...... and if they do I'd love to know who is serving and cooking them.

An Aussie friend that used to live in Ballarat until circa 20 years back and has now moved to Adelaide surprised me recently inasmuch as she said.... When did all the food in Melbourne turn "Wanky"..... I know what she means...however I do love the different menus here... especially the breakfast ones, I must have evolved with the times.

I was personally over the nostalgia and novelty of my first Cafe brought English breakfast in 36 years with the first one, that was enough, not that I didn't enjoy and eat it, but one was definitely enough....... Trouble for me was the opposite... I couldn't find in the UK what they do as normal here in Aus.... and it really pee'd me off.

Funny about different tastes eh


Good luck with your Quest....Although I'd say it's disappeared of the culinary scene due to lack of demand.

Originally Posted by Alfresco

English breakfast with beetroot anyone?

http://www.theolddanube.com.au/breakfastmenu.pdf

Originally Posted by Swerv-o

Ugh, what is this obsession with adding beetroot to things?


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