Fat Cat Cafe - Stoke Newington

After a late night watching the amazing DJ Popsox (!!) some serious brunch was in order to help wave goodbye to my hangover. After trotting down Church Street and eyeing up every menu on offer, I decided that a fry up was the only thing that would do the trick. We managed to get a table at the Fat Cat Cafe, which is often a mission in itself as it's very popular with the locals. It's a small organic cafe on the corner of Marton Rd, with big wooden tables and lots of posters for local events on the walls. There are also some small tables outside, although be warned that you often end up with soot from the road in your breakfast, lovely!

The 'Fat Cat Breakfast' comes with everything you'd expect; poached eggs, bacon, sausage, mushrooms, beans, tomatoes and toast - all free range. The eggs were perfectly poached with a soft yolk, the bacon was thickly cut although not crispy enough for my taste, and the sausages were deliciously meaty. They serve their homemade baked beans in a small ramekin dish, I suppose this is to prevent the bean juice from splurging over the rest of your food, but I find it a little strange eating beans from a thimble. I also can't help but think that whilst their beans were lovely and rich, most people would happily just eat Heinz baked beans, which would save a lot of time and effort.

For £7.50, it's a great breakfast which will fill you up until dinner time. They serve all the breakfasty goods you'd expect (eggs Benedict, scrambled eggs on toast, porridge etc.) and also have a good lunch menu. The staff are always friendly but can be quite slow at taking orders and bringing over drinks, although on Sunday they were very speedy.

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