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"Climb a wide wooden staircase in a plant-filled room like a green-fingered celebrity to get to this airy, high-ceilinged vegetarian café that sits majestically on top of the Camden Garden Centre. The centre is part of a community enterprise for disadvantaged young people; and so is the café. High-quality suppliers are at the heart of its philosophy, including Oliveology, Seven Seeded bakery, Workshop Coffee and Postcard Teas. The menu is mostly made up of things on toast, either with eggs or without. An over-enthusiastic use of dried oregano peps up an otherwise straightforward Cretan salad of dakos (barley rusks), multi-coloured cherry tomatoes, red onions, and capers. A deep smokiness underscores strapatsada, a mushy, grainy scramble of eggs with tomatoes, peppers, and feta. Even simple, very thick-cut marmalade on sourdough toast is beautifully rustic; and there’s no holding back on olive oil and butter in the cooking here." - Sejal Sukhadwala