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Tito’s at London Bridge is that rare thing – a Peruvian restaurant that does an English breakfast. And that’s exactly what I had at 7.15 this morning (the search for the next cheap eat never stops…).

As we walked in, I noticed two dishes on the back counter – one piled high with bacon and the other with sausages. I’d like to think that they’d been cooked in preparation for the lunchtime rush, to be used in sandwiches for the city workers. It was either that, or the bacon and sausages for the breakfasts are cooked in advance and then re-heated when someone orders…

We ordered at the counter and then took a seat at one of the many tables at the back – the tablecloths one of the few giveaways that we were in a Peruvian café / restaurant.

The breakfast wasn’t bad – bacon (tasty if a little salty), sausage (deep fried, as always), two fried eggs (nicely cooked), beans, a token hash brown and toast with butter. Admittedly, there were one or two notable absences from an ‘English breakfast’ – namely, mushrooms and grilled tomatoes (although I must admit, I’ve never been a fan of the latter). But then for £3.50, with coffee, what did I expect?

5/10

To be honest, I had a feeling I was going to be leaving Victoria Indian Cuisine disappointed from the moment I walked in.

The small restaurant has been crammed with as many tables and chairs as could possibly fit and the décor is so tired, it’s practically asleep. The toilet, upstairs next door to the kitchen, was disgusting; the lino on the stairs obviously worn away from years of waiters running up and down with rank food.

The poppadoms we ordered to start were bordering on stale, my beer warm and my chicken curry swimming in oil – barely edible. The one redeeming factor was the naan bread, but it was too little too late.

My meal at Victoria Indian Cuisine was poor. And just to add insult to injury, our bill (for two) came to over £30.

2/10