It’s easily one of our favourite places for early morning feasting.
No breakfast round-up is complete without a mention of Caravan and their baked eggs with spiced tomato, pepper and chickpea ragu, rose harissa, greek yoghurt, flatbread and parsley. They stick to a traditional breakfast of sausage, egg, bacon, bubble and squeak, black pudding, beans, tomatoes and mushrooms. The meats they use are from Smithfield Market – where Terry worked before opening the café – and their fresh produce comes from Borough Market. Terry’s Café is family run and the food is all top quality and locally sourced. We mean done every way: ways that you didn’t even know were possible. Try the Sweet Potato with goat’s cheese, honey, kale, pine nuts, dill yoghurt and poached egg if you’re after something different and downright delicious, or opt for their Burrata & Truffle Scrambled Eggs. It really is an eggcellent place to start the day. And when we say eggs, we don’t just mean the ‘done any way’ kind. Guess what? There’s eggs on the menu at Eggbreak. The restaurant is famous for having the best Eggs Ben in London and, at £9.75 a plate, it’s hardly got a Mayfair price tag. Eggs Benedict at The Wolseleyĭon’t be put off by the celebrity clientele you don’t have to be rolling in it to breakfast like a king at The Wolseley. In fact, we’d go as far as saying you can’t call yourself a Londoner until you’ve tried one.Īlternatively, opt for the Full, erm, Indian. The Big Bombay Breakfast includes akuri (spicy scrambled eggs), char-striped smoked streaky bacon, peppery Shropshire pork bangers, masala baked beans, grilled tomato and mushroom, and buttered pau buns. Match it with a lassi or a breakfast cocktail and you’ll be set for the day. The Dishoom bacon naan laughs in the face of the British bacon buttie. Light puffy naan bread surrounds layers of crispy sugar-cured bacon, melted cream cheese, coriander and chilli tomato jam. We’ve raved about this one a few times and, trust me, there’s a reason for it.
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You may have also spotted the café in various films and TV shows, including Layer Cake in 2004. bubble and squeak, hash browns, black pudding) for an extra £1. The fry up is a total bargain at £6, with the option to add extras (e.g. What it lacks in fanciful design it sure makes up for with the food. The interior is very unpretentious, with basic art deco features and pictures of Tottenham Hotspur players on the walls (sorry Arsenal). The Regency Café opened way back in 1946 and continues to serve proper British grub to this day. Note that it’s only available during ostrich breeding season, so you should check their website for availability before booking. So enormous that it’s said to be the size of twenty-two regular chicken eggs! On the side, you’ll get all the usual trimmings: portobello mushrooms, roasted tomatoes, streaky bacon, Cumberland sausages and baked beans. The Ostrich Egg at Florentine Restaurant (seasonal availability)Īt the Florentine Restaurant in Waterloo, customers can order a sizzling, shareable brekkie where an enormous ostrich egg takes pride of place.
See also: The Instagram Account Dedicated To Nothing But Symmetrical Breakfasts 3. It’s the mightiest, meatiest brekky there is. Already hailed (by us) as one of the best fry ups in town, their breakfast for two includes smoked bacon chop, short rib bubble and squeak, meaty grilled bone marrow, trotter baked beans and trademark HP gravy.
Serving anything in a skillet pan and offering the option of grilled bone marrow (don’t knock it till you’ve tried it) screams splendour, but the food at Hawksmoor is also well sourced and great-tasting. Hawksmoor Breakfast at Hawksmoor (currently not available, but set to return soon!) You should also try the Marcus Breakfast or the Veggie Marcus. Not only is it mind-blowingly toothsome, but it’s also incredibly ‘grammable – much like the restaurant itself.
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Their menu is filled with weird and wonderful things, but the star of the show is surely what was formerly known as the Step Sister, now called simply ‘Sweet Potato Fritters’: a tasty tower of gluten free sweet potato, courgette and feta fritters served with avocado, crispy kale, turmeric yoghurt and a poached egg. Sweet Potato Fritters at Brother Marcusīrother Marcus‘ breakfast is out of this world. After all, breakfast is, as our mums and teachers always taught us, the most important meal of the day… 1. You’re reading The Ultimate London Breakfast Bucket List.Ĭongratulations – you’ve made the first step towards eating the best eggs and bacon that London has to offer! We thought breakfast deserved a little bit of love, particularly since brunch has kind of taken over the show.