DINERS have been left stunned after finding a restaurant charging £24 for a full English breakfast – with some questioning whether “King Kong’s finger” is part of the dish.
The measly dish is being offered by The Wolseley in Piccadilly, London and was shared online yesterday before being critiqued for both appearance and cost.
The meal, which is listed for a whopping £24.50, seems to leave a lot to be desired from any of the consumers who enjoy a full English breakfast.
An image shows the oval plate bearing the restaurant name dished up at a table inside the establishment.
Large portions of the plate have been covered by baked beans whilst watery, unappetising scrambled egg takes pride of place in the middle of the meal instead of the usual fried eggs.
A cooked sausage lies between the beans and the egg alongside a mushroom and half a fried tomato.
The remaining items on the plate are paltry, with the bacon covered in strips of fat which have rendered the meat almost inedible.
What appears to be a blood sausage sits next to the bacon seemingly in place of a more traditional black pudding – and has been individually panned for its burnt appearance.
The lacklustre dish was shared to social media yesterday by the English Breakfast Society, who wrote: “This is an example of how not to do a high-end English breakfast.
“The Wolseley really have no excuse given the price point, no love or care went into creating that plate of food.
“For £24.50 we would expect the tradition to be showcased with a lot more pride.”
Their post received over 160 likes with dozens of comments from fans of a traditional cooked breakfast who were quick to share their views on the plate of food.
One said: “Jesus, taking the mickey, that’s barely worth seven or eight quid – is that one sausage?
“Nothing beyond bog standard. For that kind of money, I’m expecting fried potatoes or potato rosti, delicious sausages, homemade beans, lovely sourdough smothered in butter, I can do better myself.”
Another added: “Is King Kong missing a finger? At least I hope it’s a finger.”
A third replied: “Scrambled egg should not be next to the beans, anyway it should be fried egg.”
Another commented: “That looks distinctly below average, I’d be very upset paying twenty-four notes for that.”
The full English breakfast is estimated to date back to as early as the 13th century, before reaching a peak in popularity in the 1950s which would see the emergence of the greasy spoon cafe.
