A few years ago, I got back to England after months abroad and was desperate for a good old English breakfast. I had arrived by train from Paris, and I had an onward ticket up to Yorkshire. It was a beautiful early June morning, so I decided to walk from Waterloo to K's X, grabbing my egg chips and beans on the way. Imagine my ire as I found that every street had been taken over by either multinational franchises (Shitbucks, The Coffee Place, Au Bon Pain-in-the-arse etc) or poncy post-modern vegetarian/smoothie joints. Finally, I found an old traditional café, went in and to my delight, saw egg chips and beans on the menu. As I ordered it, I vented a long rant about how the whole of London had been taken over by poncy foreigners and it was impossible to buy decent traditional English food anymore, and I finished off by thanking the guy profusely for upholding good old English traditions. [You can guess what's coming, can't you.........] He replied with a slightly bewildered "Prego."
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Leslie Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 9:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LU] dead list > Not only is this place an absolute architectural gem it also does a > fantastic breakfast. Plus faded photos of Juventus all over the place. > > > http://www.classiccafes.co.uk/rivercafespecial.htm > > During my sentence in That London, I regularly enjoyed Liver, Egg, Chips and Beans at a belting greasy spoon on Stamford Street near Blackfriars Bridge. I think it was called Tony's, but don't know if it's still there. Lined the stomach beautifully ready for the weekly Thursday sesh!!! _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist Visit http://tinyurl.com/ce37mx NOW! _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist Visit http://tinyurl.com/ce37mx NOW!
