Anyone fancy a fry?

GalwayBayBoy · February 23, 2010, 11:15:40 PM

QuoteA CAFE is offering a gut-busting breakfast challenge — eat every last morsel of its fearsome full English and you can have it for free.

But be warned — this supersized meal is not for the faint of heart.

In fact, the owner of Mario's Cafe Bar, in Market Street, Westhoughton, asks any customer brave enough to take on the challenge to sign a disclaimer taking responsibility for their own health.

For £10.95, willing victims can "enjoy" 10 eggs, 10 sausages, 10 rashers of bacon, 10 slices of toast, five black pudding slices, tomatoes, mushrooms and baked beans.

Owner and head chef Mario Frappola gives customers just 20 minutes to wolf down his calorie-packed meal and does not even allow them a cup of tea.

The breakfast packs in 5,000 calories — nearly twice the recommended daily intake for an average man.

A spokesman for the British Heart Foundation said: "Eating this amount in one sitting is not a good idea."

But despite the obvious health risks, the 52-year-old chef insists it is all just a bit of fun.

He said: "I don't think anyone will ever eat the full breakfast. It started out as a joke, but now four people have tried it. No-one has come anywhere close yet, not even half way.

"I would be very happy if someone finished my breakfast but I don't think it will ever happen."

leenie · February 23, 2010, 11:19:54 PM

pints do you live near Mario's Cafe Bar, in Market Street, Westhoughton?

ross4life · February 23, 2010, 11:30:30 PM

kinda reminds me of the breakfast buffet i got in Las vegas one time, sure kept me going for the rest of the day

pintsofguinness · February 23, 2010, 11:34:51 PM

Quote from: leenie on February 23, 2010, 11:19:54 PM
pints do you live near Mario's Cafe Bar, in Market Street, Westhoughton?

I wish!

Orior · February 23, 2010, 11:36:21 PM

The first thing that came into my mind was this...

Puckoon · February 23, 2010, 11:36:39 PM

Jesus the man/woman in the top left in the black did rightly.

Puckoon · February 23, 2010, 11:37:52 PM

I do miss sausages from home.

pintsofguinness · February 23, 2010, 11:38:33 PM

Quote from: Orior on February 23, 2010, 11:36:21 PM
The first thing that came into my mind was this...

well I'd share mine with them if I could

None of you f**kers would get any though

Quote from: Puckoon on February 23, 2010, 11:37:52 PM
I do miss sausages from home.

You know I use to something desperate but not so much anymore

illdecide · February 23, 2010, 11:41:50 PM

i know a few lads that would give that a go and i reckon they wouldn't be far away from finishing it

illdecide · February 23, 2010, 11:44:48 PM

i'm pure starving looking at it

ziggysego · February 23, 2010, 11:48:14 PM

Quote from: illdecide on February 23, 2010, 11:44:48 PM
i'm pure starving looking at it

Me too. Might go and get a biscuit.

Crap, it's Lent. I'm off biscuits.

pintsofguinness · February 23, 2010, 11:49:42 PM

I've to make do with bread and jam...

omagh_gael · February 23, 2010, 11:52:27 PM

He's safe as long as he doesn't open a cafe in poyntzpass!

ziggysego · February 23, 2010, 11:54:40 PM

Quote from: hardstation on February 23, 2010, 11:50:49 PM
Quote from: ziggysego on February 23, 2010, 11:48:14 PM
Quote from: illdecide on February 23, 2010, 11:44:48 PM
i'm pure starving looking at it

Me too. Might go and get a biscuit.

Crap, it's Lent. I'm off biscuits.
Is facepalm still the 'in' word?

No, I think photobomb is.

illdecide · February 23, 2010, 11:55:17 PM

i'm that hungry now i'll have to go to bed...Lent is so tough in the first 2 weeks and i miss bread so much!!! that toast and fry would get some death if i had it now