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Eggbreak is a long way from being just another one-dish novelty restaurant on the tourist bucket list. Though the café is still suitably quirky with its mismatched crockery and rustic interiors, it has the gravitas of a destination venue, not least in part to great service and a broad dinner menu.
There’s a solid trio of burgers to pick from – including a cracking fried chicken with hot sauce and a dreamy veggie bun that comes with crispy Brie and a fat portobello mushroom. And while the crispy chicken wings sound like a simple starter, they’re doused in a kicking ginger and soy sauce, transforming them into a wonderfully messy, indulgent affair. Especially when you throw in a side of superb fries.
Yet, a bland Mexican omelette is the only real irony of the meal. For all of its ingredients – avocado, salsa, spring onion, chilli, and queso fresco – it’s really not worth writing home about. But at least the desserts come up with the goods. The moreish salted milk chocolate pot with miso crumble perfectly sums up this west London haunt: it’s lovely, sweet and for the most part, much better than you might have imagined.