Crispin Place
E1 6DW
Tel: 020 3116 2000
Date of Last Visit: Sunday, March 5
The Victims: Kristi, Adrien
The Damage: 22 quid each. (Two cocktails each.)
Oh I do miss Sunday brunch. Real proper brunch. Not just beans and toast and weird bacon. But lovely fun brunch with interesting breakfast-y options that aren’t quite breakfast but aren’t quite lunch either.
I picked up K&A outside Liverpool Street station on the most perfect of days. Very blue sky. Very bright sun. A little crispness in the air. We wandered towards Spitalfields and settled on The Giraffe for brunch. It was early (11) so we easily got a table. They ordered Bloody Mary’s (yuck) and I ordered a Mimosa (or Buck’s Fizz, as they call them here). My Fizz was very orange-y and pulpy. Very nice. This is interesting because I don’t really like pulpy orange juice. But throw a little champagne in there and I’m totally fine with it.
Kristi and I went with the Tostada for brunch. It arrived with some of the best scrambled eggs I’ve ever had. They were so perfectly light and fluffy. Someone really knew what they were doing. Honestly perfect. Then, there were black beans cheese and a little bit of salsa. Perfect. I did not find any Mexican sausage, but I didn’t mind. I forget what Adrien ordered, but he really liked it so it was fine.
Service was very friendly and nice. No complaints.
We left around 12 and there were 20-million people waiting to get in. This is something I don’t understand. Don’t people know that on Sundays, you don’t show up at a restaurant you want to have breakfast at at 12? You show up at 11 so you get a seat.
The Verdict: It is a chain, so my guess is that food will be random. But whoever they have in the kitchen today knows what they’re doing. So I’ll go back.
