An 8,000-Calorie Breakfast Entree Exists: Impressive or Awful?

Question

We've heard of the Heart Attack Grill in America, but have you heard of the Bear Grills Cafe in Congleston, Manchester, England? If not, you should really take a look at its menu, particularly the 8,000-calorie breakfast entree known as "The Hibernator."

Pictured, you've got a pretty standard photo of your typical breakfast: Eggs, bacon, sausage, baked beans and toast. The Hibernator has all of these things -- multiplied by about 1,000.

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The dish consists of eight pieces of bacon, eight sausages, four hash browns, four fried eggs, a four-egg cheese omelette, four waffles, four pieces of toast, four pieces of fried bread, four black pudding, two servings of beans, two servings of tomatoes, mushrooms, some potato chips and a two-pint milkshake. Seriously, ***.

Coming in at 8,000 calories, the breakfast entree -- if you can still call it that -- is about four times the recommended caloric intake for one entire day, which is around 2,000 calories. Oh, and did we mention that people have to sign a disclaimer to eat the stuff?

"We have a disclaimer which says that no one under the age of 18 can take part and that they know about the very high calorific content and high fat content," restaurant owner Mark Winder says. "We ask people to understand that they know what they are getting themselves into."

What do you think of this monstrous 8,000-calorie menu item? Do you think it's an impressive accomplishment to eat such a dish? Or is it just plain awful?

Answer 1

I'll stick it in the fridge and have breakfast for a week.

Answer 2

I'm getting chest pains just looking at it. But strangely enough, now I want one!

Answer 3

Don't mind me asking what part of Wales are we talking about just out of curiousity.

Answer 4

Newport, in Southern Wales, Clytha Crescent to be exact. Many years ago.

Answer 5

Have you been back to see the place

Answer 6

No, but I've heard from family it is not the old Newport I remember. I've looked on Google maps and, Clytha Crescent doesn't even look as I remember it. It as all row houses and now only a few seem to remain. Times do change I guess.

Answer 7

Yes that true

Answer 8

Impressive to look at but awful to actually try to consume. I,ve been trying to stay below 1,800 calories in an entire day. I can,t imagine taking 8,000 calories by myself in just one meal. Somebody call Adam Richman ( Man vs. Food)

Answer 9

Not really, it's just not absolutely awful either. all they did is put 4 to 8 breakfasts on one plate (depending on who you are). You could go to your favorite restaurant and order your favorite large breakfast 4 times.

Answer 10

It's odd about a tidy fry up even when you are not hungry there is something about the smell of bacon, eggs etc. That gets you peckish.
Now I want a bacon and egg roll.

Answer 11

That is an "English/Irish" breakfast. It's not what you eat on a regular basis. This is after a pub crawl or night out at the "clubs". "thank you Uncle Paul" of Bristol Beach, England!! I would never had survived modeling without this breakfast twice a week in my youth.

Answer 12

You and me both!

Answer 13

Breakfast is my favorite meal, but I couldnt eat all of that. I would eat the hashbrowns, eggs and sausage, and I would be stuffed.

Answer 14

i could totally eat that

Answer 15

A logger might want and need that.

Answer 16

Ew! Why would anybody even TRY to eat that? Piggish much?

Answer 17

That is a full English breakfast, and hey, if you don't want to eat it; no ones twisting your arm. And the one you have pictured is missing the , black pudding, mushrooms, and tomatoes.

Answer 18

ochyda

Answer 19

Thank you, I was going to set some of these negative comments straight, but more fun to see how many idiots we have commenting. I suppose they wouldn't eat a meat and cheese lasagna, topped with grated cheese, and Italian bread, either.
Being raised in Wales as a *****, it was a treat, and for the rest of you we only put on our plates what we could eat. And if you're siting on you're ***** all day long not exercising it could be a bit much, you should probably stick to salads.

Answer 20

Seriously, ***?

Ew to the max

Answer 21

Makes me hungry...yuum yummyyy

Answer 22

On the final day of our Operation Christmas ***** collection, I could use a breakfast like this, then a moderate lunch and a small dinner. That is a day of very labor intensive (volunteer) work, packing small boxes (shoe box size) into larger cartons; and then packing the cartons into a semi trailer. I definitely would not eat like this normally. That collection of food could feed me for a week under normal circumstances.

Answer 23

I doubt this is 8000 calories.

Answer 24

take into consideration that this can last you four days without eating. ANGELINA JOLIE EAT YOUR HEART OUT!!!! Or something atleast!

Answer 25

we are all going to die anyways, is the *** result might as well die happy !

Answer 26

Wow. The good thing, if there is a good thing, would be able to have a doggie bag. Then this huge meal could be eaten for the next 7 or 8 days.

Answer 27

Heathens and why gluttony remains one of the 7 deadly sins.

Answer 28

It depends on what you were doing before and what you plan on doing after.
On the other hand you could order one of these and a couple extra drinks (or a pitcher of OJ) and feed a family of 4-6.

Answer 29

Or get a big doggie bag to go. :)

Answer 30

It's not going to kill anyone to eat like that once in a while. I do it, and I'm not overweight. But after that meal I'd be like
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Answer 31

It would take a day to eat it

Answer 32

I heard about this in Ireland. I could feed a few hungry mouths with it.

Answer 33

It's about 7000 calories more than you need in a breakfast to call it: "a corruption meal"...

Answer 34

I'm only voting impressive right now because I'm freakin' starving and want to dive into my computer screen and bathe in that food.

Yeah.. a little weird, but like I said, I'm hungry.

Answer 35

...considering it is unlikely that the average person can eat so much food in one sitting.

Answer 36

Would like to try it.

Answer 37

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...

Answer 38

...wwwwwww!!

(my "eww was so long it couldn't withstand)

Answer 39

Wrap that up, take it home and call it a day.

Answer 40

You are soooo right!! I forgot about the puddinb. Now I must have some of this dish!! McGinty's, here I come on Sunday after mass!