Berwick Youth Hostel

Slightly different from previous venues, and Berwick is probably as far north as Canny Breakfasts goes, but the cafe in this recently opened youth hostel is definitely worth a mention. 

They offer a buffet breakfast which is in itself a good thing.  I like a buffet and I like breakfast so by combining the two they're on to a sure fire hit in my opinion.  We'd stayed there the night before but when we came downstairs it looked as if they'd sold out of most things - no sign of any eggs, no mushrooms...all very worrying.  So much so, I had to start on the tinned grapefruit:

Worryingly healthy start

But then the chef appeared from out the back and assured us that he would cook fresh eggs and mushrooms (much relief all round).  And a very canny job he made of it all:

Two nicely cooked eggs with mushrooms and other things from the buffet (the hash browns were a bit overcooked).  When he heard I wanted a veggie breakfast, the chef said that if he'd known he would have cooked me a couple of veggie sausages as well - oh well, another time!  With it being a buffet, you got to choose as much toast as you wanted with marmite, jam or marmalade. 

The condiments were displayed in an attractively abstract way:

A Mondrian of condiments

Unfortunately, they were in the dreaded sachets, which are a pain for all kinds of reasons:

• you can't open them for ages
• when you do, they squirt all over the place (usually on your clean shirt)
• they all taste like they've been watered down with vinegar (even the vinegar!)
• there's nowhere to put the sachets while you're eating your breakfast
• they're  a waste of finite resources

Despite the sachets, it was a canny breakfast in a canny place and it's dedicated to you, Matt.  We wish you'd been there to eat it with us.

 

Comments

[Cassie Sutherland]

A great post and a canny looking breakfast. However, I'm not sure how photogenic tinned grapefruit is!! Cass xx

[Allan Sutherland]

Glad you liked it Cass. I know what you mean about grapefruit - it might be good for you but it doesn't take a good photo! By the way, Canny Breakfasts is now on Twitter - whatever that means...