Sarah's Tuck-In, Grainger Market, Newcastle

Sarah's has already been covered in the excellent eggbaconchipsandbeans back in 2005.  It's pleasing to see that it's still with us and hasn't changed a bit.  There's something special about the light in the Grainger Market on a sunny morning, like a swimming pool filled with air.

Went there with my wife who's more a croissant and espresso kind of breakfaster but never mind.  She had a bacon and tomato sandwich - they used tinned tomatoes which immediately soaked through the bun creating a tomatoey doughy goo at the bottom of her sandwich.

I wanted a veggie version of their all-day breakfast.  The tall, blonde, languid girl who cooked it (possibly Sarah?) substituted three fried eggs for the meaty bits.  I'm partial to a fried egg but this was probably one too many for me - I ate them, though.  I liked the way they were cooked on a griddle in one of those circle things leaving them somewhere between poached and fried.  I also liked the way she positioned the toast - like wings.

The condiments looked like they were doing their own product placement:

The layout of Sarah's is intended to encourage customers to 'tuck in' spontaneously.  It's in the middle of the covered market and there's  a shelf running around the outside so we sat there on high stools.  Pleasingly, they served us through the hatch - it's  always good to get your breakfast through a hatch.  For pedants like me, it was good to see correct usage of the apostrophe throughout all signage.  And I particularly like the jaunty roof - in the style of a circus big top.

Judging by these posters, they're obviously pushing the pies but we didn't have time - another day, another blog:

Somebody took an extra moment to put up these posters in this chessboard style.  Which reminds me of the Elizabeth Bishop poem 'Filling Station' that ends:

Somebody embroidered the doily. 
Somebody waters the plant, 
or oils it, maybe. Somebody 
arranges the rows of cans 
so that they softly say:
ESSO--SO--SO--SO

to high-strung automobiles. 
Somebody loves us all.

Comments

[Jackie Hall]

Hi Allan, this is Jade's friend Jackie. Just wanted to let you know that your blog is so very funny and I await with anticipation for the next batch of eateries to be added with your hilarious comments. PS: I hope my apostrophes are in the correct place!!!!! Love Jackie xx

[Sam Burns]

Im loving the blog Allan its so funny.