Shepherdess Cafe - London

There’s a greasy spoon tucked into the nooks and crannies of just about anywhere. The Shepherdess is one of them, and spacious with ample seating for workmen on break, or a friends’ meetup.
Our host Phil, has a weekly breakfast there with a group of friends, one of whom is responsible for the salivating eggbaconchipsandbeans blog, although he wasn’t there this morning. It was a cheery gang, all seemed to love breakfast and listed out an impressive variety of breakfast orders from a simple bacon sandwich to the full on, slap-up fry-up. If your favorite breakfast combination is not already listed, they’ll sort it out a la carte and prices remain reasonable.

It’s a no-frills environment. In place of the expected frilly curtains, for example, the windows have been painted with pictures of curtains.

I got a breakfast of egg, sausage, bacon and half portion of beans. I don’t think I actually got a half portion of beans.

If you love chips, order them. If you moderately like them, don’t order them and you will still get half a dozen as garnish on the plate, as seen above.

As a first British meal since arriving in England, we were comforted by a perfect cup of tea. Mellow, milky, and sweet without being sweetened. It was probably an inexpensive, big bulk brand, but it was just right for the moment.

Shepherdess Cafe (Hoxton)
221 City Road
London EC1V 1JN
UK
Nearest tube: Old Street