[Jeremy B]

Originally Posted by Butts

Alcoholic Drinks Policy First Class
................I shall continue to obtain the cheapest advances I can and scew them for everything I can get without any feeling of guilt

This about sums up the attitude of a lot of posters in this particular thread

[Butts]

Originally Posted by Jeremy B

This about sums up the attitude of a lot of posters in this particular thread

I take it your familiar with the old adage ....you reap what you sow

[yorksrob]

I'm usually in steerage myself, but I have to say I'd be dissappointed if black pudding and beans were ommitted from something pertaining to be a "full English" breakfast.

If they had mushrooms instead it would just add insult to injury. Yuk.

[ainsworth74]

Originally Posted by yorksrob

I'm usually in steerage myself, but I have to say I'd be dissappointed if black pudding and beans were ommitted from something pertaining to be a "full English" breakfast.

The current full English is 2x bacon, 1x sausage (small), 1x scoop of scrambled eggs (small), 4/5x small mushrooms, 1x tomato, 1x potato scone (thin as paper). There is a picture of it up thread somewhere. Certainly it doesn't meet my definition of a full English.

[142094]

I was lucky enough to have 4 rashers of bacon last week - it probably helped that I was the last served and the station I got on was the last for the breakfast service.

[yorksrob]

Originally Posted by ainsworth74

The current full English is 2x bacon, 1x sausage (small), 1x scoop of scrambled eggs (small), 4/5x small mushrooms, 1x tomato, 1x potato scone (thin as paper). There is a picture of it up thread somewhere. Certainly it doesn't meet my definition of a full English.

The potato scone sounds like a nice touch. However beans are an absolute must. I find a fry-up requires something with sauce to lubricate the palate a little.

[Butts]

Originally Posted by ainsworth74

The current full English is 2x bacon, 1x sausage (small), 1x scoop of scrambled eggs (small), 4/5x small mushrooms, 1x tomato, 1x potato scone (thin as paper). There is a picture of it up thread somewhere. Certainly it doesn't meet my definition of a full English.

Unfortunately it does meet East Coasts idea of a "Full English" breakfast, soon they'll be dishing out those bacofoil specials airlines used to do and describing it as a gourmet offering form Gate Gourmet
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Originally Posted by yorksrob

The potato scone sounds like a nice touch. However beans are an absolute must. I find a fry-up requires something with sauce to lubricate the palate a little.

It would if it bore any resemblance to a proper potato scone - it's more like a kleenex

[yorksrob]

Originally Posted by 142094

I was lucky enough to have 4 rashers of bacon last week - it probably helped that I was the last served and the station I got on was the last for the breakfast service.

Do they offer bread instead of toast ? I find extra bacon can go to make a sarnie

[Butts]

Originally Posted by yorksrob

Do they offer bread instead of toast ? I find extra bacon can go to make a sarnie

Not when each "rasher" is the size of a matchbox - and not a swan vesta sized one. You often get bread as the toaster has a habit of breaking down or only doing one side.
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Originally Posted by yorksrob

I'm usually in steerage myself, but I have to say I'd be dissappointed if black pudding and beans were ommitted from something pertaining to be a "full English" breakfast.

If they had mushrooms instead it would just add insult to injury. Yuk.

According to East Coast black pudding was not requested in the "extensive research" they carried out

[142094]

Originally Posted by yorksrob

Do they offer bread instead of toast ? I find extra bacon can go to make a sarnie

Just toast - the bread they use is decent but if you're sitting away from the buffet then by the time it gets to you, you could probably use it as a paving slab.

[yorksrob]

Originally Posted by Butts

It would if it bore any resemblance to a proper potato scone - it's more like a kleenex

That's a shame. I seem to recall that some of the Little Chef breakfasts do a good line in potatoes. Perhaps EC should steal theirs

[DaveNewcastle]

Originally Posted by 142094

Just toast - the bread they use is decent but if you're sitting away from the buffet then by the time it gets to you, you could probably use it as a paving slab.

Indeed, but it continues to evolve! If you wait patiently and quietly for someone to deliver some butter or spread in their own time (not expecting that a passenger would want to spread anything on their toast), then another phase of transformation takes place and, lo!, it makes quite an effective soft, damp cloth.
If you waited longer, it maybe develops other useful properties.
But passengers should be warned:- probably none of those transformed states of toast would be safe to eat.

Anyone fancy doing a special East Coast run on the anniversary of this great new era of railway catering, which will be Tues 22nd. May? Say on a northbound London - Edinburgh evening service with all sorts of 'we can do better than EastCoast and on a budget' pranks? (Media observers invited, of course).

[Butts]

Originally Posted by yorksrob

That's a shame. I seem to recall that some of the Little Chef breakfasts do a good line in potatoes. Perhaps EC should steal theirs

If East Coast produced an "Olympic Breakfast" as their offering there would be no complaints from me.

[Blindtraveler]

that Dave sounds like a good excuse for a bash.

[MattE2010]

Originally Posted by Jeremy B

This about sums up the attitude of a lot of posters in this particular thread

I wouldn't say a lot, but a few, yes.

Originally Posted by yorksrob

That's a shame. I seem to recall that some of the Little Chef breakfasts do a good line in potatoes. Perhaps EC should steal theirs

Shame about the rest of their offerings!