Soup n Sandwich - Bristol City Centre Cafe Review
Posted on: 2016-02-11
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After wiping bean residue from my beard I ventured out back into the outside world to take on the day and walk off this substantial breakfast I had just ingested. My digestive system won't be thanking me anytime soon, but I was satisfied.
As a personal trainer I’m very active each day and so once a week I make sure I find a Greasy Spoon Cafe to get crazy calorie wise. Everyone has a vice and mine is bingeing on English Breakfasts once a week and putting them to the test. A lot claim to do 'Large Breakfasts' but for a lot of them once I have finished they leave me wanting more; if it's not pushing 1,200 calories then I'll turn my nose up at it...though this probably has more to do with me being greedy than portion size.
Anyway, I got an anonymous tip from an informant that there was a place in the backstreets of Broadmead) that did a ‘proper good breakfast’ for a growing lad like myself. I grabbed my gym bags and ventured forth into the great unknown. ‘Who knows’ I thought to myself, maybe I can become Bristol 365's resident Full English expert. (I’m not sure we’re currently recruiting - Editor)
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The 'Hungry Breakfast' retails at £4.80 and you get a decent portion with that. I chucked them some more pennies and got extra hash browns but it was still only just over a fiver. I didn't pay too much attention to the decor of the cafe; when it comes to good old fashioned greasy spoon cafe's it's all about the grub...if there's a copy of Metro in the corner with baked bean stains all over it then that's a bonus, and you know you are in good hands.
I liked the fact the Hungry Breakfast came with a cup of tea or coffee and the tea itself was great, ‘these guys know the score I thought to myself’, seasoned veterans if you will. I'll be honest, the toast was great, not sure what butter they used but there was a party in my mouth, everyone was invited. When establishments like this one offer a cuppa in with the price and it's not an add on, that always makes a good impression to me, it's a showing of solidarity that posher, more polished places sometimes forget to offer. If you make me a good cuppa then I'll follow you into battle.
Everything else was great; the eggs, the sausages, the black pudding and hash browns, and the beans, it wasn't so much quality I was looking for when I came, it was quantity, but after taking the last bit of bacon onboard and realising the quality was right up there, I felt satiated. The guys at the Cafe themselves? Really salt of the earth people, they were cracking jokes with the regulars and there was a good bit of banter going down. The food arrived promptly and was enjoyed by me from start to finish. After wiping bean residue from my beard I ventured out back into the outside world to take on the day and walk off this substantial breakfast I had just ingested. My digestive system won't be thanking me anytime soon, but I was satisfied. Mission status: COMPLETE.
Go down and show them some love, and they will show you bacon. Tell them The Beast from The North East sent you.
4/5
Reviewed by Nick Clay, of Clay Fitness, for 365Bristol.com - The website where local information matters.
Soup n Sandwich is located at: 3 Fairfax St, Stokes Croft, Bristol BS1 3DD
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Nick currently works in the private security industry in Bristol, but is currently studying to move into Health & Safety. Nick enjoys most music, but is a diehard metalhead.
He also loves Football (he supports Hull City, for his sins) & he's a bit of a Movie buff (also known as a Geek). He enjoys training Boxing with friends,and the outdoors - getting out in nature, stuff like that! He practices meditating and breathwork when not listening to death metal or watching obscure 80's horror movies, or taking care of his pet Snakes, Tarantulas and Scorpion.
