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Obertelli's Eating House, Leadenhall Market, EC3

Obertelli's was suggested to me by someone - I think it was Pete Ashton. (I'll need to check my email to make sure and I can't get into it right now.) But whoever it was, many thanks, this was a slap-up feed. A nice bit of quality bacon and a golden egg. Big pile of nice beans. Only disappointments are the chips, which are a little fry-like. Not a bad thing per se, but you know.

And the biggest bottle of Lee and Perrins I've seen in my life.

There's less room for eating downstairs, just stools or the tables outside. But upstairs is a land that time forgot. Lots of white tiles and blokes focused on eating. A good, dedicated atmosphere.

The Leadenhall Market is an interesting area. A bit of quaintness loitering in the high-tech city. It's so clean and Disney-like that it sometimes look less authentic than it is. They've shot some Harry Potter here, and I can imagine a bunch of other movies. Just around the corner is the Regis Snack Bar which also looks worth a visit.

city corner, middlesex street, ec1

Adrian Maddox gives the City Corner a bad review at Classic Cafes, but I quite liked it. ebcb and a tea was only £4. is that bad? and the service was OK. but then it was very early saturday morning and it wasn't busy. slightly scary vibe though, perhaps it was the St George's Cross on the wall. it's just across the road from Liverpool Street and around the corner if you're looking for it.

not a great breakfast, but I devoured it, having just done an hours walk from the post office tower, and again slightly disappointing cups. not really matching the vibe of the place. i like an egg just plomped on top, when you cut in it soaks through onto everything else.

isn't that splendidly grim?

not really sure what that's all about. too scared to look closely.