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With its classic, sophisticated decor and plush leather booths facing out towards the planes, the Perfectionists' Cafe was the perfect location to start our holiday, after we had navigated the complexities of airport security with a fractious one year old. The Cafe takes its inspiration from Heston Blumenthal's TV series 'In Search of Perfection'.
Despite the trendy decor, reminiscent of a trendy central London bar, the Cafe was extremely family friendly and catered well for our toddler. The friendly staff seated us at a booth with plenty of space for our buggy and copious hand luggage and rustled up a Stokke Tripp Trapp high chair in short order.
The breakfast menu offered a wide choice although the three options on the children's menu weren't well suited to our baked bean hating child! However she happily devoured a good amount of porridge from the adult's menu, made with our choice of milk and accompanied by freeze dried raspberries - one of a huge number of delicious sounding toppings.
I opted for the eggs Benedict, which were served with a generous serving of ham and accompanied by a beautiful hollandaise sauce, containing just a hint of chili. But - quite rightly - the Burford Brown eggs were the star of the show teetering on, but not crossing the line to under-cooked. They were deliciously soft poached with luminescent, orange centres which almost didn't look real.
Given the earliness of the hour, I probably should have gone for a coffee or tea to drink - but this was a Heston Cafe, so it was obligatory to opt for the only option on the menu which offered a bit of that smoky Heston magic, the 'Summer Shrub with a mandarin and thyme non-alcoholic cloud'. This was described on the menu as a strawberry and raspberry sipping vinegar with a glass full of scented vapour.
Oh yes. We were in Blumethal territory here.
The drink was a well balanced berry blend brought to the table in a large goblet that the waitress proceeded to fill with the scented smoke, which brought to mind sunny days and summer hedgerows. At £9.50 it certainly wasn't the cheapest option on the menu but not only was it delicious, but it felt that I'd experienced a bit of the Blumenthal wonder - rather than a 'normal', albeit excellent, breakfast.
The only disappointment with the Cafe is that it lies in the domain beyond the borders of airport security, making it impossible to pop in at the weekend for a delicious bite of lunch. So I'm going to have to book another trip leaving from T2 to be able to visit again.
Pity.
For more information, including menus visit http://www.theperfectionistscafe.com
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