I know I shouldn't mock American "food" (see the previous post's revelation of nine-pound tubs of U.S. bacon grease as a "GREAT GIFT IDEA!"), especially given the parlous state of British "cuisine". I just can't help myself.
So here, as a mea culpa, is what passes for fine dining on the bleak far east coast of Norfolk:
Ivy's Noted Tea Shop has been there my whole life but I've only been in once.
It serves the workers down on Great Yarmouth's docks area, doling out door-step butties and good, strong "brown". You don't go in there asking for a latte or sourdough bread. You go in there (at least I did, when I was carrying out a survey just down the road) for a whopping great bacon butty, crispy round the edges and dripping with grease the way it should be, and a thick cup of Builders' Brown to wash it down.
Properly delicious.
Bacon … Food of the Gods.
4 comments:
So much to take in with this photo! The cool car, the cluttered signage, the way my eye is drawn down the street as the dark clouds soften in the distance. Glad to hear that even though Ivy's Noted is under new ownership, it hasn't gone all upscale with fancy food (although a latte with sourdough toast sounds lovely). It took a moment to figure out you had a bacon sandwich and tea though. How about a cafe called Butties and Brown?
Hi, Katie! Ah, the classic Triumph Spitfire. Those were great fun. Butties and Brown would make a brilliant name for a breakfast "caff". Builders' Brown is tea you can stand your spoon up in.
I hadn't seen this post! I'm pretty sure both of our fair countries have their share of queasine. When I studied at Oxford for a summer I got to sample English dorm food and experienced deep fried broccoli for the first (and last) time.
But beer: you win.
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