No - just having a laugh

Even worse, the trend amongst the younger ones in the UK in recent years seems to be to emerse them in copious quantities of curry.

An abomination in my opinion.

Absolutely revolting and disgusting.

What say you Miyagi ?

It's quite close to Sol, on Calle Tetuan. Near to one of the main El Corte Ingles stores in that area.

People in Madrid traditionally eat very heavy courses (cocido, callos, fabada, even paella) as they move around a lot, and winters can be quite cold.
As I mentioned before, you can get fish and chips in a few Irish pubs. Even this place offers it http://bristolbar.es/ for the low price of 12 Euros 90 !!
You get quite a large influx of Easyjetters each weekend too. Not all of them will want to try out local food, so they may well want to try out pie and chips or the fish option. In fact I know one or two people who've lived/worked in Madrid for donkey's years, who like a nice bit of British stodge at the weekend. Takes all sorts, I suppose..

I for one think well cooked Brit style fish and chips is a fantastic meal, as well as a full Monty English breakfast.......

Yes both meals are great, when done well

Unfortunately 90% of the time they are done very poorly, usually because they are skimping on the ingredients

Have you seen the 1.99 euro full English breakfasts advertised by the Brit bars down here? One can only imagine!

From what I have seen of the cheapo breakfast, there is not much difference between the more expensive and the cheapies, the bacon may be a bit inferior, and the sausage could be quite a bit inferior, but an egg is an egg, mushrooms, and toms, and beans are much the same.

The main difference between the cheap and "realistic priced brekkie, is the amount of profit made by the owner.

A really cheap breakkie is not necessarily inferior, it is just that the owner is more desperate to get bums on seats and try to keep their head above water, and under the illusion that by lashing brekkies out cheap, their customers will make up the shortfall in the till buying tea and coffee....and showing loyalty.....which is hardly ever the case.

I've only ever bought English breakfasts in London - there was a ton of difference between a good and a bad one there

For about £9 you would get an amazing one, anything less than a £5 would be cheapo ingredients swimming in grease. There is a world of difference between good English sausages and bacon (which I love, proper pork from local farms, sometimes with apple or something in) and cheap ones (full of water, shrink when cooked, just taste salty).

You are talking a different world altogether ie London or UK and you know it.......A 9 quid breakfast for British tourists on the costas is not going to attract many, .the difference between what the British bars buy in the way of bacon and sausage,when selling breakfasts priced between 6 euros and 2 euros in not so great, most come from the Brit suppliers and are much of a muchness.because most use the same wholesaler anyway.

And the price of the ingredients does not necessarily coincide with the amount of grease found on the finished meal, that is the manner of cooking more than anything.

The shrikage does not enter into it too much either, a sausage is a sausage even if it is a bit shorter, and fulfills the description on the menu, same with the bacon.

Most people are not so hung up on the difference is size, it is more about the price and to pretend otherwise is foolish.

On the Costas and possibly outside of London then sure you are probably right

But in London a lot of people will pay twice as much, or more, to have something nice

I disagree that there is not much difference in shrinkage and taste for sausages and bacon. Cheep pork in the UK has water and "fillers" added (things like palm oil) to reduce the meat content and make the product cheaper to make. It means the product shrinks when fried and tastes worse of course, especially if the pork is reconstituted

That is not what Isaid.

What I meant was you will hardly find any difference in the sausages and bacon on a breakfast that cost 5 or 6 euro than one that is 1.99.

Most owners will buy the same ones from the same supplier as most suppliers have a "territitory" because it pays no-one to sell to one bar then the next customer is 4 miles away.

So usually the "breakfast" places in an area will have the same products includingthe baked spuds, beans, black pudding etc.

The more desperate bar owner will knock out the breakfasts cheaper, thinking it is good business, but the ingredients are usually the same as the next door place selling a brekkie for twice the price.

I was not comparing good products to inferior ones, but especifically talking about brekkiesin a business sense.

And for someone who want to save 3 euros a centimetre or 2 off the sausage length will not matter to them.

OK I see what you mean

Yes I'm sure you are right.

Back on track and fish and chips. There was a chippie in Dudley that certainly until the late 90's (last time I went) cooked their chips in Beef dripping and they are just a different class of chips, lard is not bad and I'll use either at home from time to time, well worth it.

If this place in Madrid has good quality Cod and Hake, good spuds and its cooked fresh it should do well. The Spanish seem keen to try new food these days, plenty of them to be seen tucking into a curry or a big mac.

For me, tartare sauce and a squeeze of lemon on battered cod maybe but definitely salt and vinegar on the chips. By the way, The Underground Chippy is located in Scruffy Murphy's in Calle de la Palma in the Malasaña area. It's a real chippy menu, including the little extras like curry sauce, mushy peas, pickled eggs and gherkins as well as, of course, battered cod and chips. Trying to work my way through the rest of the menu.