Breakfast roll = Boom

Glebee

Was at a busy petrol station on Wednesday morning around 10am and the queue at the deli counter with people wearing high vis vests for breakfast rolls was unreal and out the door. Is this a sign that the boom is most definitely back.

theteal

Of a Wednesday????

Can I have two of them tracker mortgages, please sir?!?!

Tom Mann Centuria

Indubitably.

callaway92

coolisin

At 10am, their bosses are sound letting them out for a long break

Shake shake the room.

Feisar

coolisin wrote: »

At 10am, their bosses are sound letting them out for a long break

???

Bigbagofcans

A lot of money is being made in construction again so more buying their brekkie I'd imagine!

just amaziballs.



that's what breakfastrollman would say.

seamus

They started at 7 with a cup of coffee and a bun, this is second breakfast

TheChizler

seamus wrote: »

They started at 7 with a cup of coffee and a bun, this is second breakfast

It's a long time until their elevenses!

JohnnyFlash

They are convenient, but they aren't nice. I love a good fry, but the thoughts of eating sausages and rashers that have been under lights for 5 hours doesn't really appeal to me.

super_furry

seamus wrote: »

They started at 7 with a cup of coffee and a bun, this is second breakfast

builders are big hobbits.

OldMrBrennan83

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

They are convenient, but they aren't nice. I love a good fry, but the thoughts of eating sausages and rashers that have been under lights for 5 hours doesn't really appeal to me.

You're missing out. They're lovely.

my3cents

seamus wrote: »

They started at 7 with a cup of coffee and a bun, this is second breakfast

What we have Hobbits working in the construction industry?

Edit> Beaten to the obvious.

JustAThought

Two overseas interns in work yesterday wallowing in delight in their first breakfast rolls. I guess Germany is a too healthy to have them as standard fare!! Am personally torn between hash browns with lots of salt and rashers and white pudding or a crispy spicy chicken roll with mayo and a bit of cheese. Hold the mayo -Im on a diet.

PhilOssophy

Can't beat a breakfast roll when hungover, I wouldn't want one every day though.

The boom might be back, but don't forget how that ended.....

seamus

super_furry wrote: »

builders are big hobbits.

It's the hairy feet that give them away.

Thoie

theteal wrote: »

Of a Wednesday????

Can I have two of them tracker mortgages, please sir?!?!

Ah sure, you might as well have three while you're at it. All your friends are doing it.

People didn’t stop going to deli’s, I know I certainly didn’t and I’m always in a queue even at the height of the recession so I see now reason to declare the boom is back because you saw a queue at a deli.

theteal

Thoie wrote: »

Ah sure, you might as well have three while you're at it. All your friends are doing it.

That was the excuse when sh!t hit the fan alright. At least there are no 100%ers this time around.

theteal

Averie Prickly Seaboard wrote: »

People didn’t stop going to deli’s, I know I certainly didn’t and I’m always in a queue even at the height of the recession so I see now reason to declare the boom is back because you saw a queue at a deli.

I miss them over here. Why can't the English do anything correctly? The pi$$y Greggs drivel does not compare. The mighty chicken fillet roll too, the closest you can get is a chicken escalope which is basically a breast that has been bashed by a hammer. . . why?

o1s1n

Deleted User wrote: »

Shake shake the room.

You missed a shake! :pac:

SortingYouOut

Averie Prickly Seaboard wrote: »

People didn’t stop going to deli’s, I know I certainly didn’t and I’m always in a queue even at the height of the recession so I see now reason to declare the boom is back because you saw a queue at a deli.

There definitely wasn't queues of builders at any deli near me in 2009.

jimgoose

Delis serving half-decent stodge sprung up during the boom and never really went away, they were always quite popular. There is a bit of building going on here and there lately, in fairness.

Bigbagofcans

seamus wrote: »

It's the hairy feet that give them away.

I thought it was the hairy cracks!

Church on Tuesday

Breakfast roll = bust too many a time for this poor student back in the day.

They never went away.

The only bad thing about them was that godawful song by Pat Shortt.

Urgh.

gozunda

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

Breakfast roll = bust too many a time for this poor student back in the day.

They never went away.

The only bad thing about them was that godawful song by Pat Shortt.

Urgh.

For a bit of variety go for the regional variation - The ESB roll.

Its electric!

Egg, Sausage Bacon = none of that fancy stuff!

Beechwoodspark

Often extremely poor quality sausages and rashers -loads of congealed stringy fat- dried out under the lamps for at least 12 hours- accompanied by the cheapest industrial tomato ketchup the spar could source.

Don’t forget the overcooked fried egg which could double as a greasy frisbee.

Yum, what a treat

Ush1

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Often extremely poor quality sausages and rashers -loads of congealed stringy fat- dried out under the lamps for at least 12 hours- accompanied by the cheapest industrial tomato ketchup the spar could source.

Don’t forget the overcooked fried egg which could double as a greasy frisbee.

Yum, what a treat

Jaysus I'm starving.

gozunda

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Often extremely poor quality sausages and rashers -loads of congealed stringy fat- dried out under the lamps for at least 12 hours- accompanied by the cheapest industrial tomato ketchup the spar could source. Don’t forget the overcooked fried egg which could double as a greasy frisbee.
Yum, what a treat

12 hours? What time do you get out of the labba for your breakfast roll ?

Keyzer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIIWKA_h12Q

charlietheminxx

I haven't eaten a breakfast roll since I was a hungover teenager and now I reallllllly want one because of this thread.

Feisar

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Often extremely poor quality sausages and rashers -loads of congealed stringy fat- dried out under the lamps for at least 12 hours- accompanied by the cheapest industrial tomato ketchup the spar could source.

Don’t forget the overcooked fried egg which could double as a greasy frisbee.

Yum, what a treat

Some places offering are actually not to bad.

demanufactured

Best I ever had was in a petrol station in Cong years ago.
Asked for a breakfast roll, Mary behind the counter, "Sausage and rasher, or steak?"

Well.......Class.
Minute steak with mushrooms and onions and a runny egg on a roll....
Eaten while sitting by the river, watching the trout feeding, with a mug of sweet scaldy tea.

Steve F

Glebee wrote: »

Was at a busy petrol station on Wednesday morning around 10am and the queue at the deli counter with people wearing high vis vests for breakfast rolls was unreal and out the door. Is this a sign that the boom is most definitely back.

Yes..for NOW...but ya know...it will all kinda just go the way the last one did.
Check history books

jimgoose

demanufactured wrote: »

...Minute steak with mushrooms and onions and a runny egg on a roll....
Eaten while sitting by the river, watching the trout feeding, with a mug of sweet scaldy tea.

I haven't encountered the "classic American power breakfast" variant of the breakfast roll, that's pretty cool. :eek:

sjb25

demanufactured wrote: »

Best I ever had was in a petrol station in Cong years ago.
Asked for a breakfast roll, Mary behind the counter, "Sausage and rasher, or steak?"

Well.......Class.
Minute steak with mushrooms and onions and a runny egg on a roll....
Eaten while sitting by the river, watching the trout feeding, with a mug of sweet scaldy tea.

O MY GOD I shall drive to this place immediately

jimgoose

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Often extremely poor quality sausages and rashers -loads of congealed stringy fat- dried out under the lamps for at least 12 hours- accompanied by the cheapest industrial tomato ketchup the spar could source.

Don’t forget the overcooked fried egg which could double as a greasy frisbee.

Yum, what a treat

And often rather decent-quality stuff, certainly from the better and/or more popular delis. Look, you can get pure shit in the swankiest of surroundings and pay a pretty penny for it - happened us recently in a new-ish Italian place in Cork. The idjit chef managed to turn a decent, good-quality set of ingredients into flavourless dog-food, and the waitress tried to persuade me that this was deliberate, Tuscan-style. :pac::pac::pac:

professore

theteal wrote: »

I miss them over here. Why can't the English do anything correctly? The pi$$y Greggs drivel does not compare. The mighty chicken fillet roll too, the closest you can get is a chicken escalope which is basically a breast that has been bashed by a hammer. . . why?

The English add a special ingredient to all their food to remove it of all flavour.

Balanadan

theteal wrote: »

I miss them over here. Why can't the English do anything correctly? The pi$$y Greggs drivel does not compare. The mighty chicken fillet roll too, the closest you can get is a chicken escalope which is basically a breast that has been bashed by a hammer. . . why?

I got the best breakfast rolls in England in a small butcher's shop. The stuff you get here is absolute muck in comparison. They also did amazing rolls with chicken, or BBQ chicken, or pork and apple sauce, or if you were really lucky lamb and mint sauce.

theteal

Balanadan wrote: »

I got the best breakfast rolls in England in a small butcher's shop. The stuff you get here is absolute muck in comparison. They also did amazing rolls with chicken, or BBQ chicken, or pork and apple sauce, or if you were really lucky lamb and mint sauce.

The Porterford Butcher is a minutes walk away from my old office. Now that place was a standout (literally, the queue stretches down the road everyday during lunchtime), the Caribbean Chicken Roll is a thing of beauty but that's the exception to the rule. They just don't do a deli counter like the dime a dozen you get in Ireland.

OneArt

JustAThought wrote: »

Two overseas interns in work yesterday wallowing in delight in their first breakfast rolls. I guess Germany is a too healthy to have them as standard fare!! Am personally torn between hash browns with lots of salt and rashers and white pudding or a crispy spicy chicken roll with mayo and a bit of cheese. Hold the mayo -Im on a diet.

God, no, it isn't.


They have an amazing selection of different breads. But if you want to grab something quick for breakfast/lunch... all that's available is f*cking BREAD. No one needs that much carbohydrate. Some bakeries may have a small "deli" counter but it's nothing compared to the Irish ones.



That being said, Germans aren't big fans of variety or flavor. They have a pretty boring palette and aren't very creative when it comes to eating. Most of the food here is either too bland or way too sweet/salty (often a disgusting mixture of both). They just can't seem to get it right.


Note: I love Germany otherwise. But if there's one thing I could change it would be the food. Give me an Irish deli any day.

topper75

Averie Prickly Seaboard wrote: »

People didn’t stop going to deli’s, I know I certainly didn’t and I’m always in a queue even at the height of the recession so I see now reason to declare the boom is back because you saw a queue at a deli.

True. Statistically only 1 in 10 actually lost their job in the bust. Where there was a deli queue of 10 in 2007 there is only ONLY a queue of 9 in say, 2010.

But hey- try shift copy or get clicks by putting such boring facts out there.

lalababa

The boom is back AFAI can see. Building steadily for a good few years now. But predominantly in the cities and the tourist regions. The countryside otherwise is lagging behind, with few jobs and new house builds. Cork city centre is busy now everyday. New housing estates are beginning to pop up (at IMO expensive prices)more regularly on the cities horizons and in commuter towns. The roads are busy. The restaurant s are busy. The pubs are busy but a different busy than before due to change in drinking habits and death of rural and suburban pubs. There are now 10 million tourists every year pouring money into cities and the wild Atlantic way. AirB&B's charging 100 a night in the arse end of nowhere etc. And finally the quick stop at the nearest deli has been building up as well, despite more and more workers making their own lunch of salads for health and fitness.
So yea the boom is back..long live the boom.
Not a bubble yet by any means but give it a few years

gozunda

The breakfast roll is now recognised as part of our national cuisine ... :pac:

Balanadan

Currywurst and chips and a nice German beer would be my choice! Although, a proper kebab is lovely.

demanufactured

sjb25 wrote: »

O MY GOD I shall drive to this place immediately

Unfortunately last time I passed through, the steak breakfast was a distant memory.

Mary was replaced by Svetlana and there was no option of what you wanted.

riclad

Theres a boom in dublin for at least 3 years , drive around ,
Theres new offices being built all over the place,
google and facebook are renting out large office blocks .
There cranes all over dublin especially any where near the city centre .
Theres new hotels being built , employment is at 95 per cent ,
Builders are very busy .
One example , the old clearys building is being turned into new offices,
with a restaurant and some retail units.
builders need breakfast rolls ,they dont have time to sit in a cafe and sit
down for a meal .
I think ireland is the fastest growing economy in europe right now .

rob316

Best I ever had was recently in Belfast. Sausage, egg, rasher, pudding stacked high in a soft bap or bacon and scallion soda bread.

loyatemu

gozunda wrote: »

The breakfast roll is now recognised as part of our national cuisine ... :pac:

Chicken fillet roll is our other national dish...

Butter or mayo?
Plain or spicy?
Cut in half?