Leila’s Shop: Fried Eggs & Sage
Once again, just a short and sweet post about yet another scrummy place. I love my eggs. I never used to as a kid, they made me feel ill – like nauseous I’m-gonna-be-sick type of ill. But now, it’s a completely different story. I love it. LOVE. And when I need an egg-fix, if I’m lazy to fix myself breakfast, I normally head to The Breakfast Club which is only like a 5 minute walk from me.
Maybe it’s the sun, or maybe it’s the need to sit outside facing the roads like cafés in Paris, which drew me to this quaint little café in Shoreditch. Not a big menu, not much variety. And served by a lanky freakishly tall dude who looks about twelve. Nice, huh. But the eggs were delicious. The toast, on the other hand, I’m a bit hesitant about. It was certainly good bread but over-toasted and it threatened to rip my mouth apart or break my teeth. Fail.
Nevertheless, lemme stress this again. Eggs = good.
The combination of eggs fried in truckloads of good olive oil, generously seasoned with cracked sea salt and lots of black pepper plus crisp sage leaves on each yolk eager to be dampened by creamy yolk when you break the membrane? Heaven.
Enough said.
Leila’s Shop
17 Calvert Avenue
Shoreditch
London
E2 7JP
July 8th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
You impressed me! Simple but yummy eggs!!
I would have them right now in the afternoon!
I must take not of this cafe!
July 8th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
I completely agree that there is nothing more comforting than eggs. Fried, poached, scrambled, baked – I’ll take them any way.
Love that photo of you trying to rip that piece of toast apart!
July 8th, 2010 at 11:35 pm
Juls: Simple things are just the best. Or maybe I’m just growing up and only discovering that lately.
Su-yin: AH! I’m definitely a big fan of poached, then fried and then scrambled on hangover days. Yes, I banged that knife down hard at first. I was worried I’d break the plate to be honest.
xx
July 9th, 2010 at 3:22 am
I love eggs to and fried is my favorite way! I agree with Su-Yin the pic of you wrestling that toast is great!
July 9th, 2010 at 10:27 am
I love eggs since I was small, especially the yolk – so creamy and yummy. However oily fried eggs (even if it is olive oil) or overly buttery eggs makes me go ‘eewwwwlll’ I love poached eggs best (with dark soya sauce & pepper – this is the best).
July 9th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
I too was an egg hater as a kid. Of course now I eat eggs nearly every day. Fried eggs are such a great simple snack. I’ve never tired them with sage before… but that looks and sounds delicious.
July 9th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
haha love that pic of you! And you’re so tiny *sigh* I know what you mean about overly toasted toast. some of them like sourdoughs are already so sharp edged that overtoasting them just makes them like a giant crouton!
July 11th, 2010 at 12:33 am
That poacjed eggs are calling my name!!!
July 11th, 2010 at 10:02 am
Sage leaves fried in butter are super tasty so it follows that adding an egg to the mix would be pretty grand.
July 11th, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Wow, these pictures could just about convert me to liking fried eggs ^^
July 12th, 2010 at 12:26 pm
haha love the pic of you attacking the toast hehehe… tell me you’ve tried Lantana’s baked eggs….???!!
July 12th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
catty: i feel utterly crap about myself because no i haven’t! somehow everyone i’ve been with to Lantana has been utterly lazy to wait 15mins for those damn eggs. Next time!
xx
July 22nd, 2010 at 1:05 pm
oh yes, nothing beat eggs when talking about comfort food, I specially enjoy them fried or in egg salad sandwiches. heaven!
August 16th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Gosh the eggs look really good!! Will have to pop in soon!