Cheerio, Mon Ami; A Bit of Paris in London's South Kensington

From: The Washington Post | Date: October 22, 2000| Author: Keith Epstein | Copyright information

Just in from Heathrow that morning, I was, as the English say, nackered. And starving. For at least a thousand miles I'd been fantasizing about one of Britain's few culinary accomplishments and one of life's more sensible exceptions to the cholesterol ban: an English breakfast. Eggs like gooey suns. Grilled to-mah-to. Strips of fatty bacon. Toast, albeit cold, with marmalade. Pork sausage, a k a bangers. And, with a little luck, blood sausage, too.

I asked at the front desk of my hotel...

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