Karpo – Kings Cross
Located in a colourfully painted building, opposite Kings
Cross station Karpo describes itself as a neighbourhood, all-day, modern
brasserie-style-restaurant-type-thing.
It is the all-day part that interests me the most as this means breakfast!
I sat down on a concrete bench and was pleasantly surprised
to find that it was heated. They have an
extensive breakfast menu, with the cooked breakfast at the bottom of the
page. And that, along with a flat white
coffee is what I ordered.
At £10, it is at the higher end of the fry-up market. For your money you get: 2 eggs, Cumberland
sausage, streaky bacon, portabella mushroom, fried potatoes & toast.
The ingredients were high quality; the sausage was big and
plump with a great meaty flavour. The
eggs (I chose poached) where Clarence court which provide a fantastic
yellow/orange yolk. But the star of the
plate was probably the fried potatoes.
As I have mentioned previously, I'm not very comfortable with chips on a
fry-up. Hash browns are acceptable, but
this was neither of those things. 5 or 6
thumb sizing, whole potatoes, fried and very lightly spiced had a great flavour
and texture. The two eggs were very well
cooked, providing two runny yolks, adding moisture to the plate. Beans or a tomato, I think would have
balanced this out further in my opinion, but it wasn't dry as I had feared.
Also worth a mention is the toast, not for it’s taste, but
just its sheer size. As you can see from
the photo, it really must have been an enormous loaf! That paired with the potatoes made this a
really filling breakfast; it kept me going right through until tea time.
The verdict
A filling breakfast with high quality ingredients. Marked down slightly for the balance of the
plate, but overall I thoroughly recommend.
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