The Storehouse

Foulis Ferry This was the second attempt to eat breakfast here as we tried previously the week before, however as we arrived at 11:30am they were no longer serving breakfast. They were also unable to serve a main lunch course until 12pm, so we had to settle for small snacks such as soup, a baked potato or sandwiches – there was probably more items to choose from, but I think you get the gist, we couldn’t have ordered fish and chips or a steak pie. I can’t see a reason why a breakfast shouldn’t be served all day and the restaurant lost out on some more money here because of this food black hole hour. This restaurant is usually busy and it was when we visited. Their service was relatively fast in the queue and the food order took 15 minutes to arrive, which wasn’t bad considering the volume of customers. Now for the important part – the food! The food was of good quality produce and items appeared to be grilled with no grease. The breakfast included haggis, black pudding, 2 x sausages, 2 x bacon, a tomato halved and an egg cooked to your preference. The eggs were all cooked to perfection, with a nice runny yolk in the poached and fried egg (there were a few of us). The bacon was a little dry, but that is probably down to the grilling. Unfortunately the sausages were not the warmest and were cold half way through the meal, but they did taste good when they were warm. The haggis and black pudding were sizeable, moist and delicious. In the hunt for the best Scottish Breakfast, the Storehouse breakfast loses points by not including beans or a tattie scone – these are a must for what we consider to be the basics of a full Scottish Breakfast. Other items that would have been nice to see would be some mushrooms and the replacement of 1 links sausage with a lorne sausage. They could consider replacing half a tomato for some mushrooms. The Storehouse also lost points for some cold sausages but gained some points for the quality of produce. Overall this was a good breakfast that was filling, let down only by cold sausages and some missing ingredients, but a quality breakfast all the same. This breakfast doesn’t meet our criteria for a Full Scottish but then they haven’t advertised it as such. Recommendations for the Owner to achieve Full Scottish Breakfast Greatness: (In order of priority) 1. Add beans and a tattie Scone. 2. Swap a links sausage for a lorne sausage. 3. Swap half a tomato for some mushrooms. 4. Reduce the size of the haggis and black pudding slightly to accommodate the extra items added – it was filling after all.
	Breakfast served at times	Breakfast served until 9-11am Mon to Sat, 10-11am Sun.
	Breakfast advertised as	Full Breakfast
	Price	£6.95
	Breakfast contents	Choice of poached, fried or scrambled eggs 2 Sausages 2 Rashers of bacon 1 Haggis 1 Black pudding 1 Tomato – halved Choice of toast - brown, white & wholegrain
	Tea/Coffee Included	Yes
	How cooked	Grilled
	Service Time Queuing	1-2 minutes not long considering the busy time and volume of customers
	Service Time Waiting for Order	15 minutes not long considering the busy time and volume of customers
	Star Score	3/5
	Points deducted for Website	Lost points for sausages not hot enough and missing ingredients: Beans, & tattie scone. Other items missing: Lorne sausage & mushrooms. http://www.thestorehouseathome.com