Morning After

What is it? A bright ‘n’ airy West End café that’s dishing out inventive yet comforting breakfast and brunch. Why we love it: Here’s an idea: breakfast carbonara. A wobbly 63-degree egg is dying to burst and coat fat lumps of gnocchetti in rivers of yolk. High fives to Morning After ’s champ chefs for that variation on the Roman classic. The menu at this West End café, run by a mother-and-son duo, is cleverly divided between – you guessed it – ‘morning’ and ‘after’. Early risers can find comfort in ricotta hotcakes with salted caramel chantilly cream, maple, caramelised banana and white chocolate soil, or an equally indulgent Polish potato pancake with parsley-pecorino sausage, dill, sour cream, rapini, sauerkraut and two perfectly poached eggs. For the sleep-in crew, there's chicken sando, khao soi noodle soup and a zesty prawn pasta available from 11am to 3pm. If you had a rather rusty one last night, then a Ginger Ninja elixir or wild berry smoothie will fix you up in no time. Ti...