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For a little sophistication on a Saturday morning, head to the design centre of the capital for pleasantly fussy dishes and an eclectic mix of cocktails at Clerkenwell\u2019s The Modern Pantry.\u00a0Run by Anna Hansen, who also released a cookbook from the caf\u00e9, the menu is at first a little overwhelming with lengthy and detailed descriptions, but steadfast fans will be happy it includes the Pantry\u2019s signature dish, sugar cured New Caledonian prawn omelette with green chilli, spring onion, coriander and smoked chilli sambal.<\/p>\n

But as a word of warning, make sure you\u2019re hungry in advance, as portions are certainly not to be sneered at.\u00a0As a place to take your time \u2013 which you will quite literally have to considering the serving sizes \u2013 the gorgeous renovated building is a former warehouse.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Covering three floors, the worn wooden floors are matched with lots of blue, grey and white with huge windows, while outside are about\u00a0eight tables\u00a0on the terrace on St\u00a0John\u2019s Square.\u00a0To keep food envy at bay, go for the breakfast special which offers two courses and a drink for \u00a318.50 (or add \u00a35 more for bubbles). The special essentially has choices of lighter starter-type dishes of fruit or quinoa pudding, followed by heartier cooked options plus a fresh juice or smoothie for an injection of fresh fruit.<\/p>\n

The pastries are chunky, buttery and gourmet and are enough to share, while the fruits, grains and seed dishes are an instagrammer\u2019s dream with multitudes of colours and seeds. The main dishes use organic large free range eggs, with choices of streaky bacon, tea-smoked salmon and creamy yuzu hollandaise and chunky English muffins. The eggs benedict are perfectly presented, while the coconut and cassva waffles with lashings of fruit compote and Greek yoghurt is more than substantial and a welcoming veggie option.\u00a0Other meat-free dishes are\u00a0made up of halloumi, tomatoes and\u00a0vegemite soldiers to accompany soft boiled eggs.<\/p>\n

Going a little off-piste and stepping away from traditional brunch dishes are the small plates ranging from sashumi to sheep’s ricotta and red onion fritters and a smoked burtta dressed salad, which can also work as starters or as a shared tapas style brunch. If you have got room, there is even a dessert menu alongside ice-cream scoops \u2013 or enjoy a liquid desert such as\u00a0the chilli espresso martini. It is never ending.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For a little sophistication on a Saturday morning, head to the design centre of the capital for pleasantly fussy dishes and an eclectic mix of cocktails at Clerkenwell\u2019s The Modern Pantry. Run by Anna Hansen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[24,25],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-style","tag-life-trending","tag-news","clearfix","overlay-wrapper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.exptheme.com\/nito\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.exptheme.com\/nito\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.exptheme.com\/nito\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.exptheme.com\/nito\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.exptheme.com\/nito\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.exptheme.com\/nito\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.exptheme.com\/nito\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.exptheme.com\/nito\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.exptheme.com\/nito\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.exptheme.com\/nito\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}