It’s only taken 9 years and the best part of 9 months but finally, today at 10am, we started our 1st ever breakfast/brunch service. It’s been months in the planning to the extent I’ve a sneaking suspicion that not only the staff, but our loyal regulars were running a book on whether it would actually happen at all. Well, I’ve no idea who won but I can only hope it was one of the guys that had the whopping double portion of homemade lorne sausage with extra black pudding, fried eggs, tattie scones and crispy smoked bacon.

For those of you that missed our one tweet (Twitter – the source of all secrets..) and my hasty scribble on the welcome blackboard on Saturday morning (well, you don’t want to advertise these things too much just in case anyone actually turns up!), below is our current breakfast/brunch menu…..
Brunch at The Coastguard
From 9.15am – 11.45am
Gypsy Eggs – Heuvos a la Flamenca – £5.00
Local free range eggs baked in a nest of spicy salami, ham, tomatoes and paprika studded with jewel-like peas and potatoes to soak up the juices – a delicious if not exactly classic combination for breakie BUT boy is this cure or cure if you’ve indulged just a tad too much the night before……

Kedgeree – £5.00
You’re by the sea. What better excuse for the old Anglo Indian favourite of Smoked haddock, butter, curry spices, rice, eggs and did I mention butter. Eat with copious amounts of sea air and a mug of char.
Celtic Breakfast – £6.50
Well, we’re as far south as we can be so it’s your very last chance to indulge in homemade Lorne sausage, tattie scones, black pudding, bacon and free-range eggs with not a single pony nod to healthiness in sight so NO it doesn’t come with mushrooms, tomatoes, beans or anything green…….
Eggs ‘Casino’ Royale – £6.00
A covert salute to our old next door neighbour Mr Bond (well at least, his creator Mr Flemming…) we’ve taken the classic free-range eggs smothered with hollandaise and spinach on a freshly baked muffin and topped it off with Scottish smoked salmon giving that added edge of luxury…..

Seaside Spa Sundae – £2.50

Breathe in the sea air and feel virtuous as you tuck into a breakfast ‘Sundae’ of our own fruit and nut muesli mix, Greek yoghurt and runny honey
Vive St Margaret’s Bay – £3.50
A platter of pastries and bread made from scratch with our own fair hands – yes even the croissants….. Unequalled until you get a good few miles the other side of the Channel!

The Butties – £3.00
Rashers of crispy streaky bacon in doorstops of white bloomer bread
Vine roast tomatoes, garlic mushrooms and herbs on toasted homemade ‘wild’ sourdough bread

For those of you that weren’t paying attention and missed out, never fear. You can always pop in next Sunday, or the one after, or the one after that…. as whilst it might take me a while to put something into action, once it’s running, it takes forever to stop doing it! Super tankers and turning manoeuvres come to mind – fairly apt considering our location.
Breakfast and Brunch at The Coastguard, every Sunday from 9.15 until 11.45. Wake up and smell the coffee sea air!