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145 Chatsworth Road, Lower Clapton , E5 0LA / Tube: Hackney Central, Clapton

Price: Around £10

Food:

Scrambled Eggs on Sough Dough Toast
Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake

Drink:

2x Flat White

What we though

Over the last year we have both grown to love Hackney, and all of the wonderful eateries it has to offer. Luckily for me I managed to find a flat just 3 minutes up the road from the up and coming Chatsworth Road Market, see HERE to find out more. On a Sunday this little high street quickly becomes a bustling street party, and home to some of the best food stalls in London.

If you walk the street, past all of the stalls and shops you come to a little junction and sitting there on the corner of a quaint terraced street is Cooper & Wolf, always alive with people sitting on the benches outside.

Cooper & Wolf was established in 2012 so is fairly new, but in this time it has gained all of the respect it needs from the local community. Specialising in Scandinavian cuisine, they are offering something a little different to the area, the menu can seem daunting and confusing at first, but dont be scared to take a look over your shoulder and see what everyone is eating. Inside it is simple but beautiful, mismatch furniture, lots of colourful flowers in the window and an upright piano in the corner, this is comfortable place to sit and do work, or read a book in quiet.

It was Sunday morning and feeling to0 tired to cook something up ourselves we were looking for the next best thing. We decided to go with the scrambled egg on sour dough toast, which is reasonably priced at £4.40, although still at this price we really don’t want to be disappointed, as we know that we can always achieve a perfectly exceptable scrambled egg at home. We were far from disappointed, I would go as far as saying this was the best scrambled eggs I had ever had, buttery but not sickly, and as yellow as the sun in the corner of the window. Topped with chives, this added freshness and slight texture to the eggs. Sour Dough is the perfect choice of bread to accompany this, it toasts perfectly, is robust and full flavoured. You don’t want toast that is either goin to get soggy and fall apart, or be so dry it crumbles into a mess. To go with our breakfast we both had a Flat White, the coffee in Cooper & Wolf is amazing, and this might have something to do with it being supplied by our favourite roaster Caravan, for more details on Caravan see HERE. There are only two guys that make the coffee here, this keeps your experience consistant, a flaw that a lot of coffee shops seem to have.

As we went to go and grab a card for the book as we always do, we are instantly caught off guard by all of the beautiful cakes and patiseries on display, just taunting us. We decided to buy a slice of the Lemon & Poppy Seed cake with cream and berries, to take away, take a stroll down the canal and very quickly but elegantly finish off our brunch with this lovely spongy cake.

I highly recommend Cooper & Wolf, the service is great and the staff are always smiling.