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The Engine House Cafe, Holbeck, Leeds – decent breakfast 10 minutes from the station

May 23, 2011 Eating out
The Engine House Cafe, Holbeck, Leeds - decent breakfast 10 minutes from the station, off Water Lane

Last week, I made one of those freak miscalculations that left me stranded in Leeds Station fairly early in the morning with nothing to do. My train left at 10am, so I had an hour to wander around and explore the parts of the city south of the River Aire around Holbeck. Breakfast seemed like [...]

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Baked porridge

September 29, 2010 Food & drink
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I’ve started to eat a lot more porridge, as an alternative breakfast to my usual couple of slices of toast. The benefits have been enormous.  Porridge is a slow-burning food that provides fuel for the body over a much longer period of time than bread.  I don’t feel hungry until much later in the morning, [...]

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Sorry, no bacon…Roots & Fruits vegetarian cafe, Leeds

May 27, 2009 Eating out
Roots and Fruits Vegetarian Cafe, Leeds

We had breakfast at the eclectic Roots & Fruits the other day. Sat in the window on mis-matched chairs looking out onto the quiet Grand Arcade, we ordered a standard English breakfast of eggs, toast, mushrooms, beans, hash browns. Nothing fancy, nothing out of the ordinary, but well cooked and served with early Stevie Wonder [...]

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The Troubadour, Earl’s Court, London

May 1, 2009 Eating out
The Troubador cafe, Earl's Court, London

Eating breakfast in a hotel is a tedious, expensive and predictable business, to be avoided whenever possible. I discovered The Troubadour about a decade ago whilst wandering round trying to avoid just this problem, and I’ve been back there every now and again ever since. Opened in 1954, The Troubadour is the last remaining of [...]

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The mysterious Eggs Benedict

March 23, 2009 Food & drink
Eggs Benedict

There are plenty of myths and fables about the invention of Eggs Benedict, which seems a little odd, because the combination of a poached egg on a muffin with bacon and a sauce made out of butter seems fairly obvious. You don’t need to try it to know that it’s going to be delicious. The [...]

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