The breakfast roll has become a staple of Irish culture along with the greats like coddle, potatoes and a good creamy pint of Arthur Guinness’s best. A trip over to Ger’s Deli in Ballyfermot on any Sunday morning will confirm this if you don’t believe me. Ger’s have a queue out the door over the weekend as everyone’s main goal is to make their hangover go away as fast as possible or simply enjoy the great produce coming from Ger’s everyday.

On a cold Sunday morning, after a long Saturday night me and a few friends made the trip out to see what all the fuss was about for a roll we had heard was like no other. We arrived to see people queuing out the door blocking the footpath in front of the shop. We waited in line in the cold for a while, which in my opinion only made the end product taste even better.

Once at the top of the line we were greeted by six of Ireland’s finest mammies, they were all working non-stop between frying their ingredients, taking the orders and filling the rolls. What really makes these breakfast rolls special is their pudding, they cook their pudding from one pile of mushy pudding spread out instead of individually in traditional single slices. They then spread this pudding down the roll and its actually nuts.

Your roll comes wrapped up all neat and cozy in tinfoil to keep it nice and warm, you can get coffee or fizzy drinks in the deli but only the basics like coke, 7up etc. The breakfast. (You can see the full price list below)

All in all a trip out to Ger’s is well worth it, you can more or less feed yourself for the day for €4 alone.