Having Just Watched Four In The Bed

[EcclesCake]

For you, what makes the perfect breakfast or roast dinner when dining out?

[rockyracoon]

I very rarely eat a roast dinner out. I love a home cooked one and have never found a restaurant to hit the spot.

The perfect breakfast for me would be a big plate of kedgeree with copious amounts of tea.

[Barmaid]

When I lived in Suffolk I used to go for breakfast at the local vinyards. You couldn't beat sitting the sun watching the animals on the parkland with freshly squeezed orange juice, eggs benedict and fresh coffee.

Like Rocky, I am not keen on a roast out. I always find the meat overdone and the roasties leathery. And I just dont understand Yorkshire pudding with EVERYTHING. You have Yorkies with beef and that's it.

[EcclesCake]

I think they are the two most difficult dishes to serve guests as they are the commonest meals knocked up at home with your own inimitable style.

[EcclesCake]

We cross posted Barmaid, I can cope with Yorkies with everything....I can't cope with one gravy suits all roasts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Prudie]

My perfect breakfast is easy, piles of toast and marmalade with tea in a bone china cup. I feel the same about roasts out, a carvery is maybe the exception as you can have a mix of different meats which I wouldn't do at home..

[jakep]

I really enjoy kippers and brown bread & butter when staying in a B&B. That's not very often though. Don't do them at home.
I agree about the roast dinner. Very occasional carvery only.

[TTG]

In the week I have porridge, 2 slices of toast and juice. At the weekend, full english!

[Quizproquo]

The perfect fried breakfast has tinned tomatoes, not beans and toast with real butter to mop up with.

The perfect roast for me is when the beef is pink in the middle and tender as anything. That and a well made yorkie and I'm happy.

[ummmm]

Most mornings when away I had the healthy option. Poached eggs, grilled tom, mushrooms and bean.

At home I have a coffee and fag :)

[Quizproquo]

Oh no Ummmm coffee and a fag is simply not acceptable...



...it's TEA and a fag!

[david small]

Ummmm you smoke, bang goes another illusion.
Three weetabix, or two slices of toast, no tea, just water.

[ummmm]

Yes...but I do eat lots of veg and salad :-)

[-SharonA-]

My perfect brekkie is one that does not have tinned tomatoes!! I like a good sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs, fried bread and fried fresh tomatoes. Also I would not order a roast dinner when dining out unless I was at a carvery.

[Quizproquo]

I can't bear grilled or fried fresh tomatoes. Give me tinned any day of the week.

[Maydup]

Perfect breakfast for me is poached eggs with piping hot grilled mushrooms, and coffee.

I wouldn't order a roast dinner either and would rather eat in the Little Chef than have a carvery! Over cooked luke warm school dinners.

[ethandron]

For me, it's a full English including black pudding, beans, grilled fresh tomato, bacon, poached eggs, hash browns, large mushrooms, and freshly sliced doorsteps of toast with butter.
In second place comes eggs benedict but the eggs have to be perfectly poached.
I love a Sunday roast eaten out, preferably rare beef with Yorkshire pud and hot horseradish sauce, carrot and swede mash, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, sprouts, cauli, broccoli, cabbage, peas, and lashings of tasty gravy. Some carvery roasts can be acceptable, some can be totally dire. I prefer a gastro pub type Sunday roast. Roast lamb would be a second choice, pork third. Wouldn't choose chicken because we eat a lot of it at home.
I rarely/never do a proper roast for just the two of us so to have one cooked for me..a meal I love..is a real treat.

[EcclesCake]

A few mentions of the carvery, never seen the attraction personally. Only once have I encountered one that was appealing. The ubiquitous carrot coin seems to be the main stay of the bloomin' places which is a personal hatred.

I will tolerate tinned tomatoes if they are served piping hot. I haven't yet recovered from a bad experience in a B&B where the lovely waitress offered me extra tomatoes as they didn't serve mushrooms and I was presented with luke warm toms with some barely cooked bacon, the waitress was so lovely I felt I had to clear my plate ☹️