Traditional English Breakfast - The Secrets Behind One Of The Most British Dishes You Can Eat

Hello, my name is Austin from Terry's Caff. Breakfast is what we're famous for. And here we have the full English breakfast, which is Cumberland sausage, free range egg, smoked back bacon, black pudding, baked beans, fried tomatoes, mushrooms, and bubble and squeak. I like it when I go on holiday and then I've been away from the country and the thing you miss most is having a full English breakfast like the one we've got here. Tower Bridge, Borough Market and London's tallest building, The Shard, are all near Terry's Caff. Borough Market is one of London's oldest and largest food markets. For Austin Yardley, it's the perfect place to get the ingredients for an English breakfast. He places high value on local produce. The secret of the good English breakfast is as simple as the ingredients. You've got to have a good sausage with high meat content, we use smoked back bacon. The better the quality of the produce, the better the quality of the breakfast. Austin Yardley's father Terry founded the Caff and gave it its name. At age 14, Austin Yardley was already preparing English breakfast here himself. Today he leaves the cooking to someone else. Head chef Freddy, best breakfast chef in the country I would say. And this is the list of ingredients. Cabbage, eggs, black pudding, Cumberland sausage, mushrooms, smoked bacon, potatoes and tomatoes. First, the bubble and squeak. To start, the potatoes are peeled. It used to consist of leftovers from the previous day's meal. Today, it's freshly prepared. While the potatoes are cooking, chop the rest of the vegetables. Then mash the potatoes and cabbage and mix them together to form a mass. The name bubble and squeak comes from the bubbling and squeaking of the ingredients when they're fried. As in most British restaurants, the baked beans come from a can. Baked beans do come from America because they were tinned after the war. They become very popular and something that everyone had in their cupboard. They become very popular for breakfast. The chopped mushrooms are deep fried in plenty of oil. But be careful they don't turn brown. Then it all goes very quickly because many of the ingredients have to be grilled almost simultaneously. Finally, add an egg to the hot oil bath. And then head chef Freddy has to keep track of everything so nothing burns. It's very difficult to recreate the breakfast we do at home because there's eight components to the breakfast. So it's messy, you've got to cook it indoors, you know, it's not fun to recreate at home. The English breakfast is the best seller at Terry's Cafe. Still, few patrons order the full version. Black pudding and bubble and squeak are not as popular. Of course I'll get tired, but I'm very proud to do this job, you know. The customers love it. Eating it, you feel like you're with family, you're with friends. The tastes are comforting. It's a lot of delicious meat, a lot of really rich food, which might be too much for some people. But it's delicious, comforting, great way to start the day. I feel like you can run five marathons once it digests. It's definitely like a bonding community experience to go with friends or family or teammates. So it always feels a little bit like home. The best time to come and have breakfast is in the morning. A lot of people come for the breakfast when they've had a drink and they're hungover. But now it's all day breakfast. People want the breakfast all day.