Ye used to go in there a lot. They were proper hot cakes weren't they?? Holness caff top of Brazil st did too. Used to be full of Gas Board workers in pop ins
When I started my apprenticeship at Fenners I used to do the sarnie run every morning. A place at the end of Marfleet Lane. They had two frying pans, each about a yard wide and everything just got thrown in and fried. I'd often spend the whole morning walking backwards and forwards there as the fitters came in from different jobs having missed the first run. If I wasn't walking there I was walking to the stores, the post room, the telex room or the R&D block. I covered miles.
Mine was trips to The Inkerman Tavern (Alfred / Edgar St); brill heart attack in a bun, but even better chicken salad bap 1970-72. Pops was decent, too
Up until 2005 at Hunsley school you could get a belly buster from the canteen. Two fried eggs, bacon, sausage, mushrooms and hash brown in a giant bread cake. Until Jamie Oliver ****ed us over and they started serving flapjacks and cereal. The **** him.
An alternative to the standard fryup is a pair of kippers (pref manx and on the bone) with back bacon and fried leftover mash. With tea of course. In fact I could eat fried leftover mash with just about anything.
Bleedin' 'ell. I think I prepared his accounts for a few years when I was a kid in an accountancy shop. Forgot all about him. Never been there mind. Never had the jabs to cross the river. He turned over a lot for a small sandwich place. Decent profit too.
I'm not surprised. The place was constantly rammed. If he'd have shut down, productivity at Fenners would have increased 200%.
His main clientel were the likes of Fenners, Priestmans and Saltend. Plenty of industry on Hedon Rd for old Johnny boy. The shops still there and is still known as Sandwich Bar, not sure about John though.
Kedgeree at Tiffany's - only after 1 p.m. Excellent thread btw. Alternate: Kippers & poached eggs wi'a couple of pints of Guinness.
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The Guinness breaks the clart down. Along with poaching the kippers rather than grilling them. In my experience obviously. Could explain why I'm on cholesterol balance reduction meds. ****it - that's in Thailand ain't it ?
Try them in silver foil with butter and water (good splash), pour over on the plate and soak with your bread. The clart is the bones unless you're using fillets ... although I like the idea of Guinness with them ...
Back in the day there used to be a guy came round in his van every Wednesday selling Hot Cakes. He used to park up on our street and holler what sounded like "Hot diddy Hot Cakes". Just remembered.
