A "greasy spoon" type of place, the ambience is "pack them in, fry everything in sight". The Eggs Benedict was as you might expect - not great. Still, somewhere that you can have a hearty breakfast when you feel the need to pig out. The biggest thing on the menu is the 4X4X4X4 - four eggs, four sausages, four strips of bacon, 4 toast, supported by baked beans and grilled tomato (of course). If you prefer you can get eggs with black pudding. The Eggs Benedict was served on English Muffins (a positive if they were not squashed quite so flat). The eggs were poached but still running in the whites. The sauce was good, and the bacon cooked nicely. This was all backed up by fresh fruit (did not look overly appetizing) and fried potatoe slices. Coffee was filter coffee - not great.
The scores:
- Eggs - 7/10 - a bit runny
- Bread - 7/10
- Hollandaise - 8/10 - was ok
- Coffee - 5/10
- Ambience - 7/10 - ok if that's what you feel like, but not relaxing
- Total - 34/50
The second place is my sister's. Literally. We had sort-of Eggs Benedict on Christmas day for breakfast. Except that it was bacon instead of smoked salmon. Given the coffee obsession that has infiltrated the Palmer-Rickard families, the coffee was ok. Eggs Benedict were served on Bagels (finally!), and the eggs were cooked in a poaching fry-pan, which meant they were perfectly round (cheating really). The sauce was genuine, made in front of us, and tasted great.
The scores:
- Eggs - 9/10 - needs to be poached in a normal frypan or saucepan in order to allow the whites to spread out slightly (but not too much)
- Bread - 10/10
- Hollandaise - 10/10 - cannot beat handmade and fresh
- Coffee - 9/10
- Ambience - 5/10 - something to do with three excited kids on Christmas morning sitting at the same table
- Total - 43/50
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