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Post by aussie on Oct 2, 2010 11:32:15 GMT
Just been for a fry up and was served bacon that had been microwaved! Sacrilege! Might consider a new cafe` from now on, sausages we`re boardering on poor to crap and the beans, well the less said the better! Saying that the mushrooms we`re great but that just doesn`t quite cut it I`m afraid, not for the best part of 4 quid anyway! Rant over, tummy full, I can hear the pub calling!
P.s. I know my diet is crap!
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Post by jmgull on Oct 2, 2010 13:03:32 GMT
Just been for a fry up and was served bacon that had been microwaved! Sacrilege! Might consider a new cafe` from now on, sausages we`re boardering on poor to crap and the beans, well the less said the better! Saying that the mushrooms we`re great but that just doesn`t quite cut it I`m afraid, not for the best part of 4 quid anyway! Rant over, tummy full, I can hear the pub calling! P.s. I know my diet is crap! You need to find the right cafe aussie......if you're still a bit of an athlete (cough)  like me, and limit yourself to one cooked brekkie a week - it needs to be a good one, after all a duff fry up is clearly, a heinous crime  I have a Saturday morning ritual in the winter, now the cricket season is over - up at 5 and into work, home by 8.30 to take my lad to footie training over at Stoke Gabriel. Head into Paignton, and stop off at the old sweet shop in Winner street, for the weekly supply of sweets and pick up a paper - they still sell all the old fashioned sweets like acid drops, pear drops, kola kubes, midget gems etc etc out of jars by the qtr pound  . Into Palace avenue and the cafe (next to BOSS stationers) on the left is a must visit for the breakfast connoisseur  Ex-lge breakfast, cooked fresh and absolutely delicious  - with tea/coffee and toast for a fiver. They even take care to keep the beans away from the delicious egg yolk from the fried eggs too. Back to watch the end of training and a choice of Plainmoor or golf/poker and a few pints for the Saturday afternoon. ...Perfect |
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Post by stuartB on Oct 2, 2010 19:52:39 GMT
Head into Paignton, and stop off at the old sweet shop in Winner street, for the weekly supply of sweets and pick up a paper - they still sell all the old fashioned sweets like acid drops, pear drops, kola kubes, midget gems etc etc out of jars by the qtr pound . is that the shop set back from the road opposite the excellent former modelling shop Mansells (Ricardo's Dad's top shop)? If it's the same shop, that is where I shocked the lady by buying all her supply of candy necklaces for the twins and rather alot of Puffs. I adored Puffs crisps made by Burtons (i think) which was sold at the schools tuck shop in the 70s. Bring back great memories and still tastes just as good. Not many places sell them anymore |
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Post by merse on Oct 2, 2010 20:16:55 GMT
I adored Puffs crisps made by Burtons (i think) which was sold at the schools tuck shop in the 70s. Bring back great memories and still tastes just as good. Not many places sell them anymore  I hope for your sake it's not old stock from that time..........................now if that was in Miss Elliott's in NA, they definitely would have been!  |
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Post by jmgull on Oct 2, 2010 21:04:55 GMT
Head into Paignton, and stop off at the old sweet shop in Winner street, for the weekly supply of sweets and pick up a paper - they still sell all the old fashioned sweets like acid drops, pear drops, kola kubes, midget gems etc etc out of jars by the qtr pound . is that the shop set back from the road opposite the excellent former modelling shop Mansells (Ricardo's Dad's top shop)? If it's the same shop, that is where I shocked the lady by buying all her supply of candy necklaces for the twins and rather alot of Puffs. I adored Puffs crisps made by Burtons (i think) which was sold at the schools tuck shop in the 70s. Bring back great memories and still tastes just as good. Not many places sell them anymore Sure is stuart........one customer at a time is all they have room for. Potato Puffs were superb and so cheap, the bag was always crammed full too - definitely made by Burtons with a picture of a smiling lad on the bag. Bovril flavour were to die for |
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Post by harboursidegull on Oct 12, 2010 19:47:50 GMT
In reply to davethegull's post on here many months ago ... and please forgive me I have not read through all the pages of this very entertaining thread, but the fine establishment he is talking about WAS The Anchor Cafe at the end of Plainmoor .... And indeed did a fine, fine breakfast, ran by a lovely couple who enjoyed great trade.
The plates were fairly small but always red hot and rammed full of Full English goodness and with the added Bubble which was the size of a saucer.....
I spent many a happy morn over a few years in there reading the The sports pages and with mates, Sadly I think the couple sold up in the early 2000's and the guys who came in were not in the same league.
Cest La Vie.
As David Bowie said ... Ch, Ch, Ch, Changes !!!
PS I cant believe you can still get Burtons Puffs......must get over to Paignton soon !!
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Post by merse on Oct 12, 2010 19:59:27 GMT
The Anchor Cafe at the end of Plainmoor .... And indeed did a fine, fine breakfast, ran by a lovely couple who enjoyed great trade.
Sadly I think the couple sold up in the early 2000's That was my good mate Barry and his wife who were one of the first franchisees (they had the away end) at Plainmoor when we first rented the food outlets during my time as Business Manager. Barry was of the old school in that he was forever seeking and listening to his customer's opinions, and changing his product to produce the very best that he could within the constraints of what they could afford. I used to "breakfast" there myself thirty years ago whenever I had been needed to come into work early up at the ground, he's probably responsible for the rather portly figure I cut these days. The Anchor Cafe ~ none better! |
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Post by harboursidegull on Oct 12, 2010 20:20:08 GMT
Nice one Merse, I do hope hope Barry and his wife are in good health and enjoying whatever they are up to now, their hospitality and Bubble are VERY much missed by me and I'm sure many, many other peeps.
Wow... Merse just noted you said "thirty years ago" How long were Barry and his wife at The Anchor ?
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Post by aussie on Oct 13, 2010 5:54:57 GMT
Did he ever show you his bent spoon and signed plates?
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Post by harboursidegull on Oct 13, 2010 19:36:32 GMT
In reply to aussie,.... bent spoons and signed plates .... Nope never saw them. Please elaborate my good man.
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Post by davethegull on Oct 14, 2010 8:31:29 GMT
In reply to davethegull's post on here many months ago ... and please forgive me I have not read through all the pages of this very entertaining thread, but the fine establishment he is talking about WAS The Anchor Cafe at the end of Plainmoor .... And indeed did a fine, fine breakfast, ran by a lovely couple who enjoyed great trade. The plates were fairly small but always red hot and rammed full of Full English goodness and with the added Bubble which was the size of a saucer..... I spent many a happy morn over a few years in there reading the The sports pages and with mates, Sadly I think the couple sold up in the early 2000's and the guys who came in were not in the same league. Cest La Vie. As David Bowie said ... Ch, Ch, Ch, Changes !!! PS I cant believe you can still get Burtons Puffs......must get over to Paignton soon !! Going in there used to be a Saturday morning treat for me. While i knew it was playing russian roulette with my arteries it was worth every cholesterol forming calorie. Shame it's gone. Blimey. i'm getting nostalgic for blighty, that doesn't happen often!  |
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Post by chelstongull on Oct 14, 2010 19:21:25 GMT
Had a nice breakfast at the Romany cafe on the Newton Road on Tuesday - wish I'd taken a picture of it now.
Bacon, Egg, Sausage, Mushrooms and Beans with hot buttered toast for £3.25. Beans nestling next to the egg, mmmmmm
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Post by aussie on Oct 15, 2010 17:09:27 GMT
In reply to aussie,.... bent spoons and signed plates .... Nope never saw them. Please elaborate my good man. He had them up on the wall for all to see opposite the till. Uri Gella did a little act in there once before a game between us and the sh1t up the road, he bent some spoons and signed some plates, they have to be worth hhhmmm lets see..............absolutely sod all now!!!!!! ;D |
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Post by merse on Oct 15, 2010 18:23:20 GMT
Did he ever show you his bent spoon and signed plates? I've just realised this questioned was fired at me.................sorry for being so dumb. Err, no he didn't. A lot of Geller's tricks are pure theatre involving delusion and trickery.................very clever, but harmless. What I don't like about him is that he then appears to abuse those gifts to give the impression that he has the "power" to change destiny ~ he doesn't, only the weak minded subsribe to such chicanery. Of course he also turned out to be a complete con man and liability to Exeter City. My second daughter Vicki was able to "bend spoons" as a young child, merely by rubbing them between forefinger and thumb and this was down to her higher levels of kinetic energy than the average person. It's not magic, it's not supernatural; it's nature. The same higher than average levels within people have been known to cause to "spontaneously combust" at worst and bugger up watches when they wear them at it's most harmless. |
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Post by aussie on Oct 15, 2010 18:30:22 GMT
Geller put on the whole Micheal Jackson charade at Sid James Park and then the whole thing went tits up, how I laughed! Serves `em right, the mugs!
Edit:- Thinking about it we got suckered by a rogue toss pot called Roberts! Just goes to show, you have to keep ya` gaurd up!
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like me, and limit yourself to one cooked brekkie a week - it needs to be a good one, after all a duff fry up is clearly, a heinous crime 
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