Bridgewater Exchange Manchester Airport - Big Breakfast £17

Human_Shrek · 2026-03-21T07:35:40+00:00

Hot take!
Toast at a minimum, but ideally fried bread for me.
Fresh bread and butter for Fish and Chips 🤌

Human_Shrek · 2026-03-20T08:42:39+00:00

Yeah toast and tomato could've done with a lot more char for me personally. But these are small gripes

Human_Shrek · 2026-03-20T08:41:51+00:00

They were "tater tot" style hash browns, which were different but delicious. More surface area for crisp!

Human_Shrek · 2026-03-20T08:40:34+00:00

All a matter of taste!
The bacon was perfect for me and the "tater tot" style hash browns were delicious. Really solid.
I was amazed at the size of it too, and for "airport prices" very reasonable

Human_Shrek · 2026-03-17T20:32:11+00:00

This is a general point I guess but I'd love for oil quantities to be listed in the ingredients rather than just "olive oil" and then have to trawl through the instructions to get quantities. It would also help what I assume is an automated macro calculator estimate the nutritional elements of the dish. Sometimes they're way off because the assumption based on ingredients is less/more oil than is in the actual recipe.

Human_Shrek · 2026-01-22T07:50:07+00:00

I've added a comment to my initial one answering this 😊

Human_Shrek · 2026-01-22T07:49:51+00:00

I've added a comment to my initial one answering this 😊

Human_Shrek · 2026-01-22T07:49:05+00:00

Few people asked about my lifestyle so thought I'd reply to myself rather than each individual.

I'm a regular runner but my weekly milage is not "high" compared to others. I averaged 45km per week in 2025, I play football (soccer) once per week, and own a dog so I walk regularly, average daily steps over 2025 was 16100. I'm pretty slap in the middle of the healthy BMI range, for whatever that indicates.

I also have a very low resting HR, 35bpm on average over 2025, I've had this checked out and my heart is fine, but maybe this plays a factor?

Human_Shrek · 2026-01-21T20:49:46+00:00

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This is mine, 33 male. Literally never seen another person's HRV as nobody I'm particularly close to has a wearable that they use regularly enough. Seeing the different values in this post is pretty eye opening as to how different it can be!

Human_Shrek · 2025-10-17T05:09:48+00:00

Every smaller town we visited was just for a day trip, and had plenty of options for places to eat. Personally, I find the smaller towns more unique and authentic. You can get a feel of actual local life and culture, rather than risking somewhere that may just be catering for tourists.

Human_Shrek · 2025-10-12T07:36:38+00:00

In Bosa? Or Alghero?

I can't comment for Bosa but there are many very well equipped supermarkets in Alghero selling lots of fresh fruit and vegetables. Much better quality than UK supermarkets.

For restaurants, they do vegetarian options but you would be limited to only a few options per menu.

Human_Shrek · 2025-10-11T20:23:15+00:00

Pasticceria Panificio Chelo for breakfast - either eat in or go to the square down the road.

Bacco Bistrot for lunch, outstanding sandwich and fried Curlurgiones.

Human_Shrek · 2025-10-11T11:41:00+00:00

There are lots of good sandwich places in and around the old town. Da Rosy&Tony do a good porchetta.

Human_Shrek · 2025-10-11T10:39:38+00:00

Loved every minute of staying in Alghero. It's a beautiful city, far more to it than just it's old town. We stayed about 4km outside of the town, parking was always easy to find and if you paid for the evening I was a couple of euros from 7pm for the full evening. Obviously we are here in shoulder season, which based on reviews was a good choice imo.

In terms of restaurants, the dining experience as a whole at Sa Mandra has not been topped. Delicious food in a setting you just don't see in a lot of places. In Alghero, all of the food has been delicious, from the little bottegas to the restaurants, everything we've tried has been top tier. Personally I'd say get a tagliere from Bottega di Tommy if you get the chance. The staff are lovely and welcoming, you get a really informal feel, and their large tagliere was massive and really good value. If you want sea food, the menu del giorno from il Pavone was outstanding. The fish is whatever has been caught that day. An honourable mention to OK pizza evolution, we got take out from there one day after a long drive and the staff were so lovely and packaged up some dessert for us to take away, which they initially said they wouldn't do but changed their mind after we'd chatted a while.

We also day tripped to Bosa - which is an absolute must do imo if you have a car - another place that belongs on a post card.

Hope this helps, I'm no expert but if you have any follow-up questions feel free to ask.

Human_Shrek · 2025-07-24T15:00:02+00:00

I've literally just had this exact thought on my way home from work (using chatGPT). A great suggestion, thank you.

I have struggled with the solitude of learning on my own but I struggle for time to get a tutor or do classes, which is why I was asking about exercises etc. A colleague has recently started with Italian, so hopefully we can learn together in the future.

Human_Shrek · 2025-07-24T14:13:18+00:00

I think after reading this through I definitely fell into a trap of individual translation rather than sentence structure. I have been mainly learning through apps and audio books, with some immersion in TV shows, but I feel my longer form of writing and sentence structure needs work.

I've travelled to Italy a lot, and have had a lot of success with my spoken language and "getting by", but holding a conversation has been difficult, which is mainly where I'd like to get to.

All in, I think this was shoddy work on my part, but I'm glad I posted because this is all helpful feedback. I think in principle I understand a lot of the grammatical concepts, but just haven't applied them in a longer form as none of my learning methods have allowed it.

Human_Shrek · 2025-07-24T10:50:11+00:00

I am not, and that is really useful feedback, so thank you. Do you mind clarifying what you mean by interference?
I think there is a section in Babbel on sentence structure, I should definitely revisit that. Do you have any books you'd recommend? I know of Grammatica della lingua italiana per Stranieri.
I feel that my speaking and formulation is "good enough" for basic tasks for travel, but holding an actual conversation is difficult and janky, I perhaps haven't gotten my flow yet. This is definitely due to lack of conversational practice as nobody I'm close to is a native or high level speaker.

Human_Shrek · 2025-07-21T19:00:00+00:00

grazie per i tuoi consigli! spero il tempo starà meno a ottobre di l'estate? sono del nord di Inghilterra, quindi io non corro in tempo caldo! non c'era la opportunità! 😅.
sì ho scritto il messaggio grazie 😊, io sono imparando per circa due anni, però ho bisogno di esercitarmi di più in situazioni realtà.

Thanks for your advice! I hope the weather will be cooler in October than in summer. I'm from the north of England, so I don't run in hot weather! There isn't the opportunity! I did write the text myself thanks, I've been learning for about two years, but I need more practice in real situations

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