We've always said that you can tell the quality of a posh hotel by the way it presents its preserves at breakfast, Malmasion did not disappoint, with Nigel wondering if it would look a little too ostentatious if he bought Darrell a similar stand for The Towers as a Christmas present perhaps, because it was something that even Hugh, for all his de rigueur and en-trend London ways did not have!
But the really true sign of class was ...........
...... that they also served our very favourite savoury spread of choice, to wit Marmite ...... and it doesn't get any better than that!
Let's just say that Nigel didn't hold back on breakfast, starting with a medley of melon, followed by the full English, then a selection of freshly baked pastries, with the continental meats and cheeses on the side and ending with a toast rack of toast with said Marmite. He said he left the poached Earl Grey prunes, cinnamon and orange apricots for another day!
With that he was set up very nicely for a little light, select, charity shop mooching...........
......... along Cheltenham's wide and leafy, romantically named boulevards........
...... before setting home, all of forty minutes away.
To quote the much lamented Fonz ....... "Happy Days!"
That is one fine breakfast. You have got my mouth watering. I would have gone for the same as you - fruit, full English, followed by Marmite on toast.
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