Breakfast at The Riding House Café

 As I'm writing this, I'm really wishing it was this time last week again, when I was a mere hour away from tucking into this absolute feast of a breakfast. Now I face a day of writing my Masters dissertation. It's significantly less exciting. But we will not dwell on that. Back to breakfast.

Keen to avoid paying the outrageous prices we felt sure would accompany food at Wimbledon, Ben and I decided to fuel up with a huge breakfast and then just have a light snack we could take with us, and pick up the eating again with dinner later. After some extensive googling, I found The Riding House Cafe. It was close to our hotel, and within easy walk of a bakery I wanted to check out (priorities).

I was pretty delighted with my choice, the food was delicious and the restaurant was lovely inside. Ben had pancakes with a side of bacon, because sometimes more is more. I can honestly say the pancakes were the thickest, fluffiest pancakes I've ever seen. I'm not sure I'll bother ever making Ben pancakes again, because I have no idea how to get them this thick. Not a clue. (Do you know? Can you help me master a monster pancake?)  

I had the chorizo hash brown, served with poached eggs, mushroom and spinach. It was really good, the eggs were cooked perfectly and spinach was a great addition, because it lightened up the hash brown, which was delicious but very heavy. I didn't manage to finish it all, partially because it was so heavy but also because the portion was enormous. You definitely get what you pay for here.

We also had a juice each, which were freshly made and all named with a bicycle theme for the Tour de France, which was pretty fun. If you're in the area, or even if you're not, this place is definitely worth visiting. They're open all day too, and if the rest of their food is anything like their breakfast, they are on to a winner.