A favourite for the last few years for the last full day’s breakfast/brunch, especially in the last year or so for the comparative lie-in after a late night at ACMS. I’m torn what to have, remembering how good various options have been in previous visits - last year’s French toast croque monsieur looming heavily on the mind and stomach. In a panicked moment of last minute decisions made when the waitress is taking our order, I return to what I first had here, the wild mushrooms on toast. Unlike similar dishes elsewhere, this is a hefty serving, a good slab of toasted brioche with a poached egg and basil oil to help lubricate the whole thing and some parmesan and spinach to bring it all together. It’s a feint towards healthiness, some mushrooms and some green, but it’s not fooling anyone. I had eagerly been awaiting getting to have my traditional second course of a salted caramel hot chocolate and whatever their scone of the day is, but unfortuntely I have been betrayed, as they are out of both. Instead, I pick the next least cloying food option of a carrot cake and the next most cloying drink option of a chai latte, both delicious but just not quite hitting the spot - my fault for building up my expectations.