The Hungry Duck

This lovely little café restaurant serves a really generous and delicious full English breakfast complete with a huge slice of Bury black pudding! With the breakfast you could have a choice of eggs to how you like — I went for classic fried eggs. My breakfast was cooked to perfection and my favourite part was their homemade spicy baked beans. There was also two slices of generously buttered doorstop toast to mop up all the sauces too! We also ordered a French toast which was served with bacon and poached eggs too! We were impressed with the teas and coffees too.
The interior was clean, modern and well lit. Definitely a lovely spot for weekend brunch or tea and cake in the afternoons!

So the Hungry Duck is a family run café in the centre of Ramsbottom village. It also happens to be round the corner from my singing teacher so I stopped by after my lesson at midday.
I was having trouble choosing as the waitress brought the breakfast AND the lunch menus so was torn between things like English breakfast and eggs benny, or the burgers and salads etc. In the end I asked the waitress and she recommended the fish finger sandwich if I was looking for something filling.
It was incredible– the fish was incredibly fresh from the market and battered. The bun was light, crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. It came with a potato salad and a side salad with Dijon mustard dressing. Great choice and just what I needed.
It cost me £11.30 for that and a chamomile tea, not particularly cheap but worth it. The service was excellent and the girl was very chatty as this is such a small community.
In the evenings this place turns into more of a fine dining restaurant– I’ve seen pictures on the Internet and the food looks really nice so I’ll have to come back for a meal sometime. The interior is quite simple café style with wooden tables, it doesn’t hold that many so I can imagine it would get pretty full! It was certainly filling up when I left at lunchtime.