English-style Breakfast Brunch at The Londoner

143, HuaMei West St, Sec. 1

By Douglas Habecker Translated by Ann Li

Given its name, it's no wonder that The Londoner puts a slightly more English-style spin on its breakfast offerings. Each weekend from noon to 5 p.m., customers gather at this well-known pub and restaurant for the popular brunch. For NT$250, they get coffee, juice and bread, plus a choice of five out of 10 selections, which include bacon, fried or scrambled eggs, English sausage, baked beans, ham, chips, Boerewors (South African sausage), hash browns, and fried mushrooms.

ccording to owner Paul Gee, his South African customers naturally love the boerewors, a pork and beef sausage marinated in white wine with herbs. Paul's fellow Englishmen like the baked beans (in a tomato sauce), English sausages and chips (french fries to Americans). Americans and Canadians go for the hash browns with eggs. Finally, everyone seems to order bacon: "Everyone likes the pig," says Paul.