Town End Farm Shop - Airton

A second entry for Town End farm shop - instead of the regular full English I went for "The Full Monty" which is basically breakfast in a bun for £6.50.

It is all there - the bacon, egg, sausage, tomato, mushroom and black pudding - with the exception of the beans fortunately, otherwise it would be super messy!  Can you imagine tackling that without a knife and fork!!  Not much you can do about presentation on this one, but it tasted pretty good!

Breakfast rating: 🍳🍳🍳

Abbey Tea Rooms, Bolton Abbey

Bolton Abbey is blessed with an abundance of Tea Rooms, but being Easter holidays we decided to leave the usual suspects to the day trippers and opted for the Abbey Tea rooms located close to the A59 roundabout and hopefully a little quieter.

Despite this cunning plan the cafe proved very popular (probably because you can park for free whilst you eat).  However we managed to secure a table and smacked our lips at the breakfast offerings - should we go for the Yorkshire Farmers Big Breakfast (£8.95) or the Abbey All Day Breakfast (£7.95).  Both served with a pot/mug of tea/coffee or orange/apple juice, along with toast.

In the end we plumped for the Abbey All Day Breakfast which was pretty good, especially the fresh mushrooms, all nicely cooked.  No beans or black pud though and the bread was ordinary sliced white instead of the rustic thick slices I love, so a point dropped there.

Breakfast rating:  🍳🍳🍳🍳

Wharfe View Cafe, Burnsall

We haven't been to this cafe for a while as it's pretty close to home.  Since my last trip it has changed owners and the new lady very enthusiastically welcomed us inside despite it being almost completely full.  We bagged the only remaining table and perused the menu - should we go for the standard breakfast or upgrade to the big one?

We threw caution to the wind and went for the big option as it included beans and black pudding, something we had missed out on an hour earlier.  Anyway, it was now lunchtime, right?

Looks impressive eh, especially the artistry with the pea shoots on the eggs.  However, maybe because this was our second fry-up of the day, or maybe because the mushroom and eggs were slightly too well done, we didn't enjoy it quite as much as we should have - though it was certainly a filling and substantial plate of food.

Breakfast rating: 🍳🍳🍳