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Meals on (Two) Wheels

The Breakfast Project, Finsbury Park: forget idioms, this is finger-licking food

My breakfast, my Brompton, and the “brunch spot” (all photos by author)

Appearances are deceptive. Never judge a book by its cover. Looks can be deceiving.

You get the gist. Sometimes we have to scratch the surface to see what lies inside.

The Breakfast Project has the kind of name that suggests a local council-supported, youth- or unemployment-focused programme tasked with improving the lives of those less fortunate. In reality, this cafe or as modern parlance would have it, “brunch spot” is a family-run gem located opposite one of the more popular spots in north London, Finsbury Park.

I stopped my Brompton’s wheels outside the caff after having cycled past it several times in the past. I was ravenous on this occasion. I had time on my hands. I also had my Sunday paper to read. That’s a serious combination. The message is clear: don’t just feed me, but feed me well. Enough that my attention will shift from Eva Wiseman’s ever-excellent columns to what’s on my plate.

In that respect, The Breakfast Project didn’t disappoint. Unusually for me, I went for the full English. I’m so accustomed to ordering the veggie or vegan option these days, that sometimes I forget how good…