When I first came over to the UK, there weren’t many counties or regions I could have named off the top of my head.  To be quite honest, I probably would have struggled naming all 4 of the countries that make up this country.  One place I would have gotten though is Yorkshire.  Located up in the north of England, it’s filled with absolutely stunning scenery and loads of history.  Cycling through the Yorkshire dales (a national park filled with moors, valleys, villages, and sheep) is an absolute dream. Well… if you dont mind the constant hills that is.  

In a recent trip, my girlfriend and I went to stay 40 min outside of Leeds in a small town called Sowerby Bridge. We managed to have a great time despite some set backs like leaving a bike helmet on the train and having to cut a bike ride short when the fog on the dales was so thick you couldn’t see more than 20 feet in front of you. One of the reasons the trip was still a success was a local breakfast stop called Roast and Toast. They have a build your own breakfast sandwich option. As I didn’t want to bias based on choosing ingredients I liked, I got all none vegan meat toppings when ordering which made for easily one of the biggest breakfast sandwiches I’ve had to date.

The Sandwich

Overall: 8/10

The Good

This sandwich was an absolute unit. The amount of meat would have put most American sandwiches to shame. The sausage had great texture and taste and the back bacon was chewy with a nice char on it. The egg was a standout, good and runny, giving solid moisture throughout the sandwich when it broke. The mushrooms delivered a surprisingly hearty base and the ketchup gave a nice tang to an otherwise hearty sandwich. For me, the star was the black pudding though. I love black pudding on a breakfast sandwich, it brings texture, great flavor, and oddly ties everything together nicely.

The Bad

There are a few things you could nitpick about this sandwich. The first is the bread. A white roll is a breakfast bread staple in the UK but this one was more bland and less fluffy than others I’ve had and certainly too dry despite being buttered. Of course no cheese and with how big the sandwich was, I could have done with another egg. The sausage was a bit underwhelming. Not that the sausage was bad by any stretch of the imagination but I expected it to knock my socks off being so close to Cumbria. It also didn’t have much kick to it and even a little bit of salt and pepper would have made this sandwich come to life.