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[Clippy]

This blokes had a few.

[Sysman]

But despite the obvious health risks, the 52-year-old chef insists it is all just a bit of fun.

He said: “I don’t think anyone will ever eat the full breakfast. It started out as a joke, but now four people have tried it. No-one has come anywhere close yet, not even half way.

“I would be very happy if someone finished my breakfast but I don’t think it will ever happen.”

I would have certainly been up to the challenge when I was a student. I was doing a lot of sport and was permanently hungry. 20 minutes and no cup of tea is ridiculous though.

[BoredBloke]

I dont normally do brekkie, preferring to eat later in the day, but I have had some interesting breakfasts in some interesting places.

But for sheer good all-round brilliantness, the best breakfasts I ever had were in a 3 month pharmaceutical contract in Dartford about ten years ago.

empty canteen, no queue
perfect bacon
sausages
lovely toast
runny eggs
smothered in beans
perfect coffee
nice staff
no time pressure


I still think of it now and then. my perfect breakfasts

I was also at GSK at that time, on the SMP and later the GSN projects that closed Dartford - although I think they still used it to make active ingredients! I had the choice of being based at Dartford but picked the main project office in Southall (which was bloody horrible)

[EternalOptimist]

Amateur

I was pleased to note that my discharge letter from hospital after my heart attack stated that both my cholesterol level and blood pressure were within normal operational parameters, implying that my utterly atrocious dietary habits have caused me no harm at all

I was told something last week (by a health professional) that scared me a bit.
I always believed that cholesterol formed on the inside of the tubes, like a sort of plaque. So if you ever had a problem, it could be shifted, one way or another. Apparently not.
It forms inside the tube wall, causing thickening and inflexibility, and altogether more dangerous.

whereabouts in Bolton was that place, i'm starving

[RichardCranium]

I was pleased to note that my discharge letter from hospital after my heart attack stated that both my cholesterol level and blood pressure were within normal operational parameters, implying that my utterly appropriate dietary habits for an opportunistically omnivorous carnivore with predatory tendencies have been all that have kept me going all these years

FTFY

[Tingles]

Amateur

You have to eat the beans first. The roughage they provide allows for easier evacuation, the following day, of the real food you shovel down after them

My regular Sunday special is beans with four sausages and four rashers of middle (basically back and streaky in the same rasher) with an inch-thick slice of bread fried in the fat from the bacon and sausages. It works out to half-a-pound each of sausages and bacon, and none of the fat goes to waste. The beans also count as one of those five-a-day things of which I only ever manage one.

I was pleased to note that my discharge letter from hospital after my heart attack stated that both my cholesterol level and blood pressure were within normal operational parameters, implying that my utterly atrocious dietary habits have caused me no harm at all

Well done that man!



Tone

[NickFitz]

Before I even tried my first baked bean, I was beaten. As tasty as they were, 10 sausages are too much for one man.

Amateur

You have to eat the beans first. The roughage they provide allows for easier evacuation, the following day, of the real food you shovel down after them

My regular Sunday special is beans with four sausages and four rashers of middle (basically back and streaky in the same rasher) with an inch-thick slice of bread fried in the fat from the bacon and sausages. It works out to half-a-pound each of sausages and bacon, and none of the fat goes to waste. The beans also count as one of those five-a-day things of which I only ever manage one.

I was pleased to note that my discharge letter from hospital after my heart attack stated that both my cholesterol level and blood pressure were within normal operational parameters, implying that my utterly atrocious dietary habits have caused me no harm at all

[Fishface]

Banners, Crouch End

Meat fry

Consistantly great for past 20 years - always go in when in N.London.

[Tingles]

Brooklyn Diner Times Sq New York...


Happier Times.




Tone

[MarillionFan]

[QUOTE=MarillionFan;1259883]Just come across this on this on the Guinness Book of World Records. EO. Enjoy!


£10.95! Only in Bolton!

A CAFE is offering a gut-busting breakfast challenge — eat every last morsel of its fearsome full English and you can have it for free.



But be warned — this supersized meal is not for the faint of heart.
In fact, the owner of Mario’s Cafe Bar, in Market Street, Westhoughton, asks any customer brave enough to take on the challenge to sign a disclaimer taking responsibility for their own health.
For £10.95, willing victims can “enjoy” 10 eggs, 10 sausages, 10 rashers of bacon, 10 slices of toast, five black pudding slices, tomatoes, mushrooms and baked beans.
Owner and head chef Mario Frappola gives customers just 20 minutes to wolf down his calorie-packed meal and does not even allow them a cup of tea.
The breakfast packs in 5,000 calories — nearly twice the recommended daily intake for an average man.
A spokesman for the British Heart Foundation said: “Eating this amount in one sitting is not a good idea.”
But despite the obvious health risks, the 52-year-old chef insists it is all just a bit of fun.
He said: “I don’t think anyone will ever eat the full breakfast. It started out as a joke, but now four people have tried it. No-one has come anywhere close yet, not even half way.
“I would be very happy if someone finished my breakfast but I don’t think it will ever happen.”
Steve’s verdict, bite by bite
I HAVE faced many a great challenge in my life, but none so awesome as Mario’s Big Breakfast Challenge.
At 11.30am on Monday, having starved myself all morning, I was ready to devour Mario’s calorie-packed full English.
But the breakfast was so big, no plate could hold it and he served the 5,000 calorie meal on a huge tray.
When I saw it, I am reliably informed that my face turned a whiter shade of pale.
Before I even tried my first baked bean, I was beaten. As tasty as they were, 10 sausages are too much for one man.
In total, on the first day of Christmas, I managed six sizzling sausages, five black puddings, four fried eggs, three rashers of bacon, two slices of toast, and a nice refreshing cup of tea.
As I swallowed the last bit of black pudding, I felt ever so slightly ill and admitted defeat.
I reluctantly handed over the £10.95 for my breakfast and trudged out of Mario’s with my tail between my legs.
Funnily enough, I didn’t feel too clever for the rest of the day and things did not get any better when I got home — it was sausages for tea!

[RichardCranium]

Just come across this on this on the Guinness Book of World Records. EO. Enjoy!

World’s Biggest English Breakfast: Mario’s Cafe, Bolton, serves ten eggs, sausages and bacon rashers, five black puddings and piles of mushrooms and beans.
It’s free if eaten in 20 minutes!

Read more: Guinness Book Of World Records 2011: From longest tongue to stuffing straws | Mail Online

Wot??? No cuppa tea thrown in?

Tight bastards.

[MarillionFan]

Just come across this on this on the Guinness Book of World Records. EO. Enjoy!


World’s Biggest English Breakfast: Mario’s Cafe, Bolton, serves ten eggs, sausages and bacon rashers, five black puddings and piles of mushrooms and beans.
It’s free if eaten in 20 minutes!

Read more: Guinness Book Of World Records 2011: From longest tongue to stuffing straws | Mail Online

[Mr.Whippy]

Denny's on Miami Beach strip in 1986. I was 15 and wow, certainly beat two soggy weetabix.

Dennys... I tried to eat in one of those once and when the burger arrived after about a 30 minute wait, it was cold and raw... even the cheese slice couldn't melt it was so cold.. and when I complained they asked if I'd like them to "go microwave it for you?". I said no thanks and walked out.

As for best breakfast, I'd say the Renaissance Diner in Hell's Kitchen in NYC...

[Zippy]

Mine would be a full-on trucker's salad and a mug of proper tea at an old-fashioned, grimey transport caff after an all-night party.

[Sysman]

Agreed, some of the American brekkies are quite good. Last time I was there though, I had a bit of an altercation with the manager/owner, after the restaurant moggie attacked my new trainers. The owner denied having a viscious mog, but the kind waitress found it and brought it over for identification
'pardon me sir, is this the cat that chewed your new shoes ?'

It must be thirty years since I heard that joke.* A Frank Muir gem, if I remember correctly, and right up there with "Some monk chanted evening".

* a good joke does stand the test of time.