5 Of The Best Brunches In London - ft. Truffle Scrambled Eggs, Pancakes & A Full English

I'm about to head closer into town now, to Borough, to meet a man called Austin about his sausage. How do you even attack that? Hands down, best staircase I've ever been on. Oh my, oh my, oh my god. Hey, I'm Jesse, behind the camera is Will, and together we are Top Jaw. Now, nothing gets our nipples hard like an overly long, sometimes overpriced, meal centred around breakfast items. Brunch. First coined by the English writer Guy Berringer in 1895, London's become masters at brunch. They've got like a PhD in brunch. So here are five of our favourite ways to spend your Sunday morning pilgrimage. This film is in collaboration with Revolut, a finance super app which makes managing your money, splitting bills with friends, sending money to other people and paying for things all over the world so much easier. And what's right up our street is they've just launched RevEats Restaurant Rewards, which gives you cash back and offers on some of our favourite restaurants. We're here in Balham, a little neighbourhood in South London, and this cute pedestrianised road is called Hilda Street. You've got some heavy hitters here, like Blackbird, Brickwood, but we're here for milk. Milk! Been here for nine years, absolute local favourite. They've got the menu so right, that nine years ago, that most of those dishes are still on the menu today. Thank you, my man. What have you gone for today, bud? Dare I ask? Have you heard? They can now milk oats. Ten subscribers down. When we go abroad, we use this little bad boy and we can buy whatever we want and it gives us an accurate and favourable exchange rate there and then with no fees. Then when we pay, we get a notification on our phone with exactly how much it's cost us in pounds. Dreamy. When we're spending, whether it be abroad or in the UK, the app categorises instantly what that expense is. Whether it be travel, food, cameras. Boom! Knows what it is. This one is the fish sando. This is a panko fried red snapper with a tonkatsu sauce. You know like the fish filet at McDonald's? That's like... Really? Are you going to compare it to McDonald's? No, it's just... Nah, bro. Nah. Milk's home. Chocopan bread. Beautifully toasted. Amazing. Elite. I mean, how do you even attack that? I don't know. Oh my, oh my, oh my god. No. No. This is the convict. Muffin with sausage patty, hash browns, scrambled eggs, bacon and their hangover sauce. Let's get that all up in there. Yes. Oh, man. That is indulgent as hell. Look at that chunky smoked salmon. It's just brilliant when people go, you know what, I'm not going to do a stand-up holiday. I'm going to make it my own. And to do that, I'm going to burn a vat of butter, give it extra depth. I'm not local to Balham, but I'd journey down for this. 100%. With this Revolut account, you get up to 30% savings on some of your favourite restaurants. Eating out with friends, you can split the bill easily, stress-free with just a couple of taps. And if you're owed money, owed money, request money with a tap and get paid back instantly. Back to the show. Resume. Coffee's fantastic. Service is even better and the atmosphere extremely relaxed. All essential ingredients for a perfect brunch. Okay, about to head closer into town now to Borough to meet a man called Austin about his sausage. This is classic as any British brunch can get. We're on the outskirts of Borough at Terry's Cafe, where this place has stood since 1982. Will, when you were 17, what was your prized possession? Oh mate, I wish you'd give me a warning before you ask questions like this. Um, my Game Boy? 17! Oh, when I was 17. 17! When you were 17, what was your prized possession? My skateboard, mate. Your skateboard. Well, for Terry, it was his 200 pigs. 200 pigs at 17? He started early. He became a master butcher and he took that and his sheer enthusiasm and passion for good quality local produce, packed it all together and you have Terry's Cafe. Now run by his son, Austin. Bust on those skills and he's flying the Terry's flag. Now, often places that serve gammon and eggs. Full English. Don't turn their nose up at oat milk, but these guys embrace it. I am eyeing up the works. Cumberland sausage, egg, bacon, bubble. Classic, right? When they have bubble as a component. Black pudding, beans, tomatoes, mushrooms. Yeah? We have beans on the side. Oh, no! Bro, you know I have beans. There it is. Okay, come and have a look inside. This is just as Terry left it, 1982. It is classic as it comes. You've got Red Gingham on the tables. You've got black and white photos on the walls of London through the ages. Team memorabilia, royal memorabilia and of course, a good dashing of Union Jacks. Doesn't get more British than this place. Is that Terry, mate? Is that Terry? No. Here we have the works. One big old Cumberland. Three, four rashes of bacon. I mean, this might be, this is supersonic British. God, that's a good sausage. Oh my God. Oh my God, this is delicious, man. I mean, that's just world class. Absolutely world class. You're going to dream about that sausage for days, mate. I'm going to definitely come back for that sausage, yeah. Get some of those beans in there. Brilliant. And we've got fish finger sandwich with loads of gherkins in there. Big old fish pieces. Not those little rectangular bad boys. Mayo. Delicate, crispy. Yes, sachets for days. Oh, nice. Get it on the table. Perfect. You used to have this as a kid? Yeah, man. Yeah. Who didn't, bro? You didn't. I said, who didn't? Oh, who didn't? Makes more sense, yeah. Putting quality in the classic British brunch. Full English, yes. But bang up there. Mom with coffee. Honestly, some of the best coffee you can get in this country. Right, Will. Other than our coffee, mate. Other than top jaw, top four. Link in the description. Right, we're at Green Park. That is Green Park. I was thinking, what park is that? It's Green Park, unsurprisingly. Right there is Green Park. And we're here for our bougie brunch. This one is for those who really like the finer things in life. Like, really fine. Hyde is a collaboration between Hedonism Wines and Oli Deboe. Oli Deboe opened Deboe in 2012, and the restaurant was hot. Like, serious, one of the best restaurants in London. 2017, he closed it to do this. When they opened Hyde, they got a Michelin star within five months. That's supersonic fast. In Hyde, it's like you're going into a tree. Downstairs is the dark, where the roots are. Oh, yeah, so cool. On this ground floor level, this is like the trunk. So we've got all this bark here. We have the beautiful, actually, beautiful doesn't even do it. It's a door dropping exquisite spiral staircase that looks like it's been carved from one piece of wood. And then you get up here to the lightest part, and these are the branches and the leaves, because that is a beautiful view of Green Park. I can see all the leaves and the tree branches, and I feel like I'm in it. Hands down, best staircase I've ever been on. Hands down. Right, mate, look at that. Capital B, capital G. A scrambled egg with a truffle oil, and then a big old shaving of black truffle on top. Yeah. Yeah, that bouquet of truffle, as you're bringing it up, it's quite the experience. This looks serious. The French toast, the bechamel topping, there's sherry in there. We have creme cru and a brewery compote. Oh, mate, that is like a creme brulee crispy burnt topping. That is elite. Do you know what? I thought the crunch was going to come from the side, but it doesn't. It comes from the top, and it's unexpected. And awesome. Wow, just in my trousers. Ah, yeah. Wilton just kind of whispered to me that he's got two mangoes. He's going to get us one. Yeah. Thai mangoes are super sweet. It's balanced with a lime. I mean, I can actually smell so much lime. Lime leaf, kaffir. Oh, yeah. That's like melt-in-your-mouth mango. Can't believe that. Honestly, I feel like I'm in the tropics. This is a complete folly. This is a complete unique to this restaurant, the shoe song. Chefs came up with it. It is shoe pastry inside a croissant house. Yeah, that is something else. Honestly, everything here, from the beetroot juice to the coffee, every dish is just in it. Even going to the toilets in there was one hell of an experience. Come to Hyde. And if you're lucky, you might get Wilson as your waiter. He was so lovely, mate. He was the best. We obviously meet a lot of these people, but he was just world class. Lovely. He's going to love that little entry. Right. On to the next. A little quick word from our partner, Revolute. Instant spending notifications. Change your spend, get an alert. Real-time balance updates. If you lose your card, you can freeze it on the app or unfreeze it if you find it again. We have a physical card and a virtual card. Physical. On our way to the Good Egg. Classic brunch, but Middle Eastern inspired. Physical. Virtual. We've got some incredible morning light here in Kingly Court in Soho. If you don't know about this place, it's like a little food court sanctuary. You know, like, tap with your phone. Good apple pay. Mimosa. The Gentleman's Breakfast Brews. Physical. Okay, I get it. The Good Egg started by three guys. Joel and Alex from the UK and Oded from Tel Aviv. Their menu reflects that. You've got traditional brunch items there, but then you've got Middle Eastern dishes like this. The burekka. Alex was telling me, you cut it open. So, open it like that. And then you put some of the tahini in there. Put a bit of amber. It's like a pickled mango condiment. Pickles in there. I love pickles so, so much. Thanks, buddy. They call this style fudgy egg, right? Where the egg is not runny, but it's not hard either. And then you elegantly devour it. There's no slower flavor than this. Chat sugar for those that don't know. The North African tomato stew with poached eggs within it. Made you theirs with a preserved lemon yogurt on top. Fresh, healthy. Delish. In here, you have fried aubergine, the primo veg. You've got their fudgy egg dak-dak salad with tahini on top. Their pickles, a drizzling of that very punchy amber. Great food you find quite a lot across the Middle East. Another banger. You've got more around your face than in your mouth. Oded, one of the three founders who is from Tel Aviv. This babka right here is his nan's recipe. Big up. Big up, Oded. And big up, you there. Soft, flaky, moist, delicious, mate. Time to pay, buddy. For the old Revolut. Pay with this anywhere in the world, and you get exactly how much it's cost you in your currency on your phone via a little notification. That's clever, though. Smart. Next, on our best brunches in London, this is where the pancakes are. Named for two reasons. One, the very famous book, Where the Wild Things Are. And two, it's also because this is where the pancakes are. It does what it says on the tin. They're buttermilk pancakes with maple syrup, bacon, blueberries. American. And then we've got forest berries, a meringue, a compote. Sounds banging. It's good stuff, man. It's good stuff. Hello, Arthur. Oh, wow. They're like an inch thick, but so light and so fluffy. I mean, you could literally fall off the building and land on those, and you'd be fine. Bacon, maple syrup. Forest berry. Fruity, tangy, yes. I mean, I like it, but that, yeah. Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. Pancakes ticked. Brunch, this is the best way to relax, catch up with friends. Those five places, couldn't be better venues for that. Big thanks to Revolut for working with us on this. Where do you like to brunch? 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