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Breakfast is known as the most important meal of the day, and with people leading busier lives than ever, with less time to lunch, breakfast has never been so crucial. From the continental breakfast of croissants and pains aux chocolat to a full English breakfast, the ultimate breakfast comes in many forms. MSN Sainsbury's Food and Drinks explores some of the UK's most unique and memorable breakfast venues - is there one near you?
1. The Wolseley
If ever there was a London breakfast institution, this was it. The imposing, bustling all-day brasserie opens its doors at 7am and serves a breakfast so revered, even famously acerbic Sunday Times restaurant critic AA Gill has written a book about it (Breakfast at The Wolseley, published by Quadrille). Formerly a car showroom and then a Barclays Bank, the gloriously grandiose grade II listed building which is situated on one of London's best-known boulevards, Piccadilly, has been serving over 1,000 covers a day since 2003. Classics from the breakfast menu include omelette Arnold Bennett, buttered crumpets with preserves and double chocolate brioche.
160 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9EB
Telephone: 020 7499 6996
http://www.thewolseley.com/
2. The Market Diner
Not many places can lay claim to being "the original home of the Gut Buster" - but then, they don't all come like Market Diner in Brighton. The all-night cafe is a local institution - a favourite among clubbers and lorry-drivers alike, and serves up tummy teasers like steak, eggs, mushrooms, grilled tomatoes, peas and chips, along with the legendary Gut Buster: eggs, bacon, mushrooms, burger, black pudding, fried toast, beans, chips and tomatoes. If you've got an appetite that's not easily sated, and you're a fan of the fried breakfast - this is a must-visit for you.
19-21 Circus Street, Brighton, BN2 9QF
Telephone: 01273 608 273
http://www.marketdinerbrighton.co.uk/
3. Cafe Alf Resco
Tasked with the hefty job of filling up many of the local fisherman of Dartmouth of a morning, Cafe Alf Rescos (Alfs to you and me) in south Devon knows how to lay on a whopping good breakfast. Using local ingredients freshly prepared, the buzzing cafe offers breakfast classics such as scrambled egg and smoked salmon on toast, croissants and toasties, but it's the hearty full English that steals the show. Local organic fruit juices and very good coffee help wash the whole thing down.
Lower Street, Dartmouth, South Devon
Telephone: 01803 835880
http://www.cafealfresco.co.uk/
4. Betty's
The Harlow Carr site of this Yorkshire tea-room dynasty is set amidst the glory of stunning 58-acre Royal Horticultural Society gardens and is surrounded by woodland, meadows and flower gardens, making it a tranquil, beautiful place to start your day. The breakfast menu makes the most of the Betty's Swiss-Yorkshire heritage with continental dishes such as breakfast rostis and Bircher muesli sitting alongside eggs Benedict made with Yorkshire ham and free range eggs. Of course, you can expect a superior cup of tea with your meal - and choose from the extensive house blend and speciality tea menus.
Crag Lane, Beckwithshaw, Harrogate, HG3 1QB
Telephone: 01423 505604
The Harlow Carr site of this Yorkshire tea-room dynasty is set amidst the glory of stunning 58-acre Royal Horticultural Society gardens and is surrounded by woodland, meadows and flower gardens, making it a tranquil, beautiful place to start your day. The breakfast menu makes the most of the Betty's Swiss-Yorkshire heritage with continental dishes such as breakfast rostis and Bircher muesli sitting alongside eggs Benedict made with Yorkshire ham and free range eggs. Of course, you can expect a superior cup of tea with your meal - and choose from the extensive house blend and speciality tea menus.
Crag Lane, Beckwithshaw, Harrogate, HG3 1QB
Telephone: 01423 505604
5. Fusion Organic Cafe
Situated in Sheffield's impressively restored Butcher Works, Fusion Organic Cafe offers carefully prepared, locally sourced ingredients at budget prices in the atmospheric heritage surroundings of this former cutlery works - even at breakfast. Enjoy bacon rolls made with freshly-baked bread from the on-site bakery, or smoked salmon and scrambled eggs with line-caught fish cured on the premises, along with Fairtrade tea and coffee.
72 Arundel Street, Sheffield
Telephone: 0114 252 5974
http://www.academyofmakers.co.uk/fusion-cafe.html
6. Little Chef, Popham
Whether it's turning Blue Nun into bubbly, or attempting to reinvent spam, everyone's favourite bespectacled chef Heston Blumenthal has a penchant for reviving naff British culinary traditions. Earlier this year, the super chef did his thing for the UK's most nostalgic roadside restaurant chain when he revamped the food offering at the Little Chef in Popham for a television documentary. Working his three-Michelin starred magic on the menu, Blumenthal transformed the sludgy breakfasts of yesteryear into carefully sourced, neatly-executed dishes like the smoked Scottish kippers served with a chargrilled tomato and a slice of toasted bloomer bread. The poshed-up menu, which includes such produce as Wiltshire-cured, outdoor bred back bacon and Ramsay of Carluke black pudding, is being rolled out at the York and Kettering sites too.
Popham Services, Micheldever, Winchester, SO21 3SP
Telephone: 01256 398 490
http://www.littlechef.co.uk/
7. The Malvern Guest House
With its often-deserted expanse of pebble beach, the small but charming Kentish coastal town of Deal might be the last place you'd expect to find a mammoth, globally-influenced breakfast menu. But that's exactly what you'll get at The Malvern guest house, which boasts more than 60 variations on the most important meal of the day. Whether it's a burger-based breakfast you're after, a Manx kipper or two, or a fancy-pants champagne breakfast, you'll find it at the Malvern, where owner Derek Barnes has been crafting the menu for years. Listing everything from the classic full English, to a Fisherman's pan fry and an Indian breakfast, this small but characterful guest-house is a must-visit for all breakfast fans.
5 Ranelagh Road, Deal, Kent, CT14 7BG
Telephone: 01304 372944
http://www.a1tourism.com/uk/malvern-guest-house.html
8. Monachyle Mhor
If your idea of a quintessentially Scottish breakfast involves eating award-winning haggis at a hotel that hugs the wild banks of a Perthshire loch, then you can't beat the offering at Monachyle Mhor. Located in the heart of the Trossachs National Park right next to Loch Voil, the Mhor empire includes a bakery, fishmonger, tea room, restaurant and the hotel, where critically-acclaimed chef Tom Lewis cooks up a storm with locally sourced dry cured bacon, award-winning haggis, free range eggs from the farm's own chickens, wild chanterelle mushrooms and tomatoes, along with other scrumptious breakfast options.
Monachyle Mhor Hotel, Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, FK19 8PQ
Telephone: 01877 384 622
http://mhor.net/mhor/
9. Paramount
The Doors' eminent lyric, "girl, we couldn't get much higher" springs to mind for this London breakfast hotspot. Paramount, which has only recently opened to the public after years as a private member's club, serves the capital's highest breakfast at 385 feet on the 32nd floor of Centre Point. Enjoy a full English, boiled egg with soldiers or crunchy granola with natural yoghurt as you gaze out at the sprawling metropolis of the big smoke. Despite your proximity to the clouds, you'll find prices aren't sky high, with buttered crumpets starting at a mere £2.50.
Centre Point, 101-103 New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1DD
http://blog.renren.com/NewEntry.do
10. Truffles
Slap-bang in the middle of the Welsh capital, a mere five minute walk from Cardiff Castle, Truffles is a bit of a local legend, having been open for the past 23 years - and serves a cracking fry up. Settle into a classic full English breakfast of eggs, bacon, beans, hash browns and fried bread, or a three-egg omelette inside the cafe's cosy, traditional dining room. And for those who prefer something sweet to start their morning, there's also a rather nice cake cabinet...
3 Church Street, Cardiff, CF10 1BG
Telephone: 029 2021 0242 |
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