Good Morning: It's Breakfast Week!

With so many of us skipping the most important meal of the day in favour of a fag and packet of Chewits maybe it's time brekkie came back on our radar. We check out the best breakfasts in London....
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May we suggest...

The Modern Pantry
St. John's Square Clerkenwell
Anna Hansen’s menu fuses cuisines from around the world to great effect. There are exotic options like sweetcorn, feta, green chilli and curry leaf waffles with smoked streaky bacon, and Rendang mince on toast with crispy egg and chilli lime dressing.

Albion
Boundary Street
This Shoreditch “caff” is full of fashionable peeps whether it’s time for breakfast or dinner. The comforting food steers clear of fads however: there are pastries, kippers, kidneys on toast and fry-ups.

Caravan Exmouth Market
Exmouth Market Clerkenwell
Caravan offers everything from hearty fry-ups to healthy options like avocado and chilli flakes on toasted sourdough, and coconut bread with lemon curd. Aside from the Exmouth Market branch, there is also one in King’s Cross, and they even have their own coffee roastery.

The Lido Cafe
Brockwell Lido, Dulwich Road, Herne Hil
The award winning café is already renowned locally for their exceptional culinary fare and range of dishes – from their more delicate and dainty options to their hearty and hangover throttling English Breakfasts. Their organic porridge with fruit compote has recently been voted one of London’s top 100 dishes by Time Out magazine, and this year they are pulling out all the stops with the genius Eggs 3 Ways. This is bound to satisfy your cravings all in one go by combining eggs benedict, florentine, and royale all on one plate! Now you can get your eggy fix in one swoop…

See the full list of London's Best Breakfasts...






Old school, London's best fry-ups...

Mess Cafe
Amhurst Road, Hackney
Tucked out of the way in Hackney Downs, Mess Café has cultivated a reputation for fine quality breakfasts at bargain prices. A full English (with tea!) for around the five-pound mark? How often do you see that aside from the traditional greasy spoon? Not often we’d wager and so Mess Café we salute you.

Garrison Public House
Bermondsey Street
The Garrison is first of all a pub, but it sure serves up an almighty breakfast. The difference between the fry up served here as opposed to a caf’, is immeasurable. For an English breakfast that makes you feel good about yourself is a rare thing, but a thing that The Garrison have succeeded in creating. Their ‘full and proper breakfast’ is a dish that transcends the restraints of a fry-up with its use of quality ingredients across the board.

The Breakfast Club
Rufus Street, Hoxton
Saturday detention never tasted so good! Welcoming of ‘athletes’, ‘princesses’, ‘basket cases’, ‘criminals’, ‘geeks’ and any other American high school labels prevalent in the movies of the late, great John Hughes. Yes, it has a catchy name but the menu can back it. The meat in the fry up is the real winner and if you’re afraid of the full English then there’s a whole host of American brunches to consider.






Something a bit different...

It's breakfast all day at Cereal Killer Café

Open all day, there are more than 100 breakfast cereals from around the world on offer - as well as 13 varieties of milk (who knew there were that many) and 20 different toppings - but cereal's not the only breakfast option available at this Brick Lane café.





Or what about a spot of "Brinner" (that's breakfast for dinner)

Brew
Clapham, Putney, Wimbledon, Battersea
Loved for their deliciously innovative Antipodean menu, any time is brunch time at Brew…. and that includes the evening. With locations in Putney, Battersea, Clapham and Wimbledon, BREW’s menu is inspired by owner Jason Wells travels, with particular influence coming from the diverse likes of Israel and New York. Not one to be constrained by convention, Jason favours eclectic combinations of unusual ingredients, so breakfast, brunch and BRINNER guests can expect creations such as Turkish eggs (poached and served with hung yoghurt, hot chilli butter and toasted pide) and pan-fried field mushrooms with aged balsamic and pesto sitting alongside the more familiar brunchy delights of soft-boiled Burford Brown eggs and soldiers (with a choice of Marmite or Vegemite, of course!), home-made granola with roasted plums, and even coco pops! At 8pm? Why not?

Polo 24 Hour Bar
Bishopsgate
Rise and shine to the London skyline with Britain’s best dish, served by Britain’s best cafe. Polo 24 Hour Bar will be upping their ante this Breakfast Week with their mighty Breakfast Pie. Never one to turn their back on the traditional full English, Polo will be incorporating all your brekky favourites into their classic pie of the day. Think Cumberland sausage, dry cured bacon, cheddar gorge cheese medley all topped with a free range fried egg and crumbled black pudding and encased within a crisp pastry case.

VQ 24 Hour
Fulham Road, Chelsea
London’s popular 24 hour café & diner prides itself on serving their legendary breakfast menu, featuring everything from bubble ‘n’ squeak to eggs benedict, around the clock. A full Late Night Refreshment Licence means they never have to close, and you can enjoy your breakfast with champagne, wine, or a cocktail.. so celebrate ‘brinner’ at VQ this breakfast week.

Published Jan 21, 2015