Since I do not eat red meat I cannot comment on whether or not certain cafes or caffs have a higher form of sausage life than others......but.

The Omelette Arnold Bennett at the Wolseley is quite delicious, if a bit baveuse.

Bar Remo, on Princes Street not far from Regent Street, offers a very good egg and chips as well as pasta dishes; I think the eggs had been scrambled with a jet of steam as one would froth milk for a cappuccino. Nice.

From Bloomsbury walk up to the Euston Road and take the number 205 towards Mile End. Alight at Windsor Terrace - two or three stops past Angel - and toddle along to the lime green Shepherdess Cafe. V good scrambled egg and yummy fat chips along with proper builders' tea.

E Pellicci - a perennial favourite. Superlative everything, with some very tasty individuallly cooked bubble and squeak on the plate. Even better builders' tea.

There are plenty of food kiosks, restos and cafes along Whitecross Street, there to feed hungry City boys and girls. They're all right but the Elite Cafe offers a bang up breakfast at a tiny, tiny price.

I haven't been for a couple of years, but the Piccolo Bar on Queen Victoria Street (not too far from Blackfriars) is a caff with breakkie options aplenty, or was when I was there last. Hidden in the City but worth seeking out.