Right. It's a Sunday morning. You drank way too much beer last night. And what you need is a breakfast butty, ideally dripping in runny egg yolk.
So you'd think that we'd be quite on board with the prospect of being able to skip all the frying and get straight to the yolk, wouldn't you?
But now we've seen what runny egg yolk in a squeezy bottle looks like, we've decided we're absolutely not on board.
This is 'eggchup', an insane ketchup/egg hybrid, and it's been created by everyone's favourite sausage experts Heck.
The condiment, which is a two-ingredient blend of egg yolk and salt, has been dreamt up to 'revolutionise the traditional English breakfast'.
Eggchup and beanchup by Heck. Credit: Heck Food
Even Heck admit that the concept is 'a bit marmite'.
And it's not just the eggs on your Full English that have been given the sauce treatment by Heck - they've also gone and made squeezy bean juice.
Beanchup is the world's first baked bean-flavoured ketchup, using haricot beans, tomato and spices. Okay fine this one actually sounds pretty good.
Announcing the news on Facebook, Heck said: "We’ve just made sausage sarnies even better! Introducing Eggchup and Beanchup! If you love beans with your bangers or enjoy egg and sausage you’ll LOVE our newest creations."
The comment section erupted, with one person saying: "Egg-chup. Oh no that's a hard pass from me lol. I'd have loved to have been present in the meeting that idea came up lol."
Another wrote: "The eggchup is intriguing....might be wonderful. Might be rank."
Someone else asked: "Is it April already?"
Calum Smith, the creator of the sauce, and Heck’s new product development manager, said: "The Secret Sausage Society are tough critics, but many have been telling us it feels like they are eating a full English breakfast, but all they’ve had to do is add the sauce, rather than rustle up more pots and pans."
Featured image: Heck
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Salon Madre – a new tequila bar and pool hall is opening in Leeds this month
Manchester's favourite Mexican bar is about to become your newest nightlife destination in Leeds.
It's been a long time coming, but Salon Madre is officially ready to open in Leeds.
Although we may have to wait a little bit longer for Madre, the day-to-night eatery that has made waves over in Manchester and Liverpool, Salon Madre, its lively tequila bar and pool hall sibling, is officially opening on Friday 20 February.
Salon Madre, which will be located just around the corner from Madre at 114 Wellington Street, is where the party really gets started.
Image: The Manc Group
Expect tequila-fuelled nights, pool tables, lively DJs and Lucha Libre on the big screens.
There will also be plenty of tacos being flung out the kitchen to keep you going until the early hours.
If you’ve ever visited one of their venues in Manchester or Liverpool, you’ll know it’s an absolute riot and we can’t wait to welcome them to the city.
Images: The Manc Group
Co-founder Sam Grainger, inspired by countless trips to Mexico, says: “Mexico is alive with passionate artisans and cooks, mastering everything from street tacos to regional delicacies. It’s a world where traditions blend and evolve and we’ve built that ethos into the heart of both Madre and Salon Madre.”
Madre Leeds will open soon and you can even grab yourself a free margarita by signing up to their newsletter here.
We’ll keep you up to date with their opening times but for now, we'll see you at Salon Madre for a boogie, margarita and game of pool next week.
Award-winning Leeds restaurant announces shock closure just months after opening
Clementine Hall
Emba in Leeds will be closing its doors with the owner blaming rising costs and pressure on the hospitality sector.
Back in April last year, one of Leeds' top restaurants The Owl closed its doors.
Run by renowned Chef Liz Cottam, The Owl was reimagine into Emba - a trendy restaurant tat bridged 'the gap between cosy bar and vibrant dining room'.
To open Emba, Cottam opened a Crowdfunder where supporters would be awarded with prizes such as VIP dinners and merch depending on how much they donated.
But sadly just months after opening, Emba is to close permanently.
Cottam confirmed the sad news with a statement shared with customers over the weekend, saying she was completely "heartbroken".
She said: “This is no longer the right time to own independent restaurants like Emba,” she said. “Under the current conditions they cannot survive and the recent budget confirmed what so many of us already knew: no meaningful help is coming for hospitality.
"The experience of being here and the harsh financial reality of running a business here no longer stack up.
"Being award winning, popular, admired and loved no longer means profitable and as an industry if we’re honest most of us have not truly been okay since Covid."
She signed off the statement promising to return to the restaurant world, she said: “What I do know is this, I am not done. I will keep cooking, keep creating and keep finding ways to do the thing I love.”
Daisy Jackson -
21st October 2022 
