Hot Pepper Cafe

You'll find yourself on Drummond Street in King's Cross, where Hot Pepper Cafe sits amongst the neighbourhood's brilliant cluster of South Indian spots. Walk in and you're met with the smell of coconut, mustard seeds and that particular kind of warmth that comes from a kitchen that actually knows what it's doing. The menu's straightforward—dosas, uttapam, idli, proper filter coffee—but executed with enough care that regulars keep coming back. It's the kind of place where your £8 breakfast actually tastes like someone's mum made it, not a focus group.