Foreigner Breakfasts

[The39thStep]

Here its coffee and possibly a croissant sometimes with ham and and cheese, or toast. In some cafes beer or spirits is not uncommon Some people have no breakfast but a coffee and a cake around 11. However, most people see lunch as the most important meal so skimp on breakfast.

 

[ash]

I’m definitely a savoury breakfast person can’t cope with the sweet stuff

 

[Plumdaff]

I remember having my mind blown by the French children's breakfast bowl of hot chocolate aged about 13 on a exchange trip.

 

[Riklet]

Had a deep fried mars bar for breakfast in Nepal. Was banging. Probably a lot of Nepalese just eat Daahl Baht for brekkie though.

In Albania I found the breakfasts had a lot of fresh fruit and veg. Sliced up cucumber was common and tbh I was converted! Really delicious. Also nice flat bread popular.

Pho was definitely a big breakfast food in Vietnam.

 

[Saunders]

In Kerala I had Sambar and Idli, with fresh coconut chutney for breakfast every morning. Sort of a runny lentil and vegetable curry, with fluffy steamed rice cakes and the very cool freshly grated coconut chutney. Perfect combination.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Had a deep fried mars bar for breakfast in Nepal. Was banging. Probably a lot of Nepalese just eat Daahl Baht for brekkie though.

Yup. Typicaly room temp from the night before.

 

[Spymaster]

The thread illustrates quite well that the full English/Irish breakfast is pretty much peerless in terms of morning feasts.

 

[The39thStep]

The thread illustrates quite well that the full English/Irish breakfast is pretty much peerless in terms of morning feasts.

also illustrates that lunch is on the decline in the UK ?

 

[Elpenor]

In From Russia With Love, on his first morning in Turkey, Bond orders a breakfast of yogurt and green figs with Turkish coffee from room service.

So maybe they eat that in Turkey

 

[ash]

Looks lush. I used to like bread omelette when there. I still make it here 30 plus years on:

Bread omelette sandwich - Swasthi's Recipes

Bread omelette recipe - bread omelette sandwich recipe - One of the quickest & delicious egg bread breakfast sandwich recipes

www.indianhealthyrecipes.com

I could have Indian food for breakfast any day

 

[bmd]

Cornettos in Italy. Seems Cornetto is Italian for croissant.

Other than that they had madeira cake and marble cake on the breakfast buffet table when I was on holiday in Positano.

Just one?

 

[rubbershoes]

Foot long birthday spliff

Glastonbury 1992

 

[Yossarian]

Lots of excellent breakfast options in Hong Kong, including congee and fried noodles, though I don't understand the enduring popularity of macaroni soup with ham

 

[dessiato]

I really like the Spanish tostada con tomate y aceite

I love that. Where I lived it was common to add jamon, or jamon York. I always had it with Colacao. Occasionally I do it here but the bread is different.

 

[Riklet]

Had amazing dumplings for breakfast in Hong Kong. so good. still remember them.

Why not much mention of omlette so far? In Spain tortilla de patata de is a popular breakfast option (pincho de tortilla).. with a chunk of bread and some mayo. Also various heavy porky meaty pates in interior Spain from a massive tub with tons of fat mmmmm.

 

[what]

When I lived in France the few times I had to meet someone in the local cafe at around 7am I was one of the few people who's breakfast did not involve a half pint of either pastis or brandy.

 

[Voley]

I was a fan of the full French breakfast once:

 

[Mogden]

In Thailand sis-in-law used to whip up leftover dinner curry things for breakfast. I was happy to get that down my neck. Bit weird to start with but I loved it. When staying in a hotel there I went for the oriental stuff more than the Western choices. My favourite is jook, savoury rice porridge. Very savoury with little mince meat balls in it. There's always celery to garnish it with and plenty of chili. I make a terrible western version of it sometimes and load it with garlic and ginger. Kicks the morning cobwebs away. And then because if you're gonna do rice, do rice, steamed sweet sticky rice parcel, wrapped in banana leaves I think, might be pandan leaves, with red bean filling in some. Bugger me they're good.

I also love the croissant dipped in the hot chocolate we got on a teen weekend visit to France and I enjoy that morning baguette slice slathered with proper butter and some Bonne Maman.

 

[A380]

Forget Concord; proper fresh french bread from a local baker with butter and Marmite is the true spirit of the entente cordial.

 

[petee]

full italian breakfast

 

[Serge Forward]

What do other countries eat for breakfast?

I was in Albania a few years ago and there was a Greek cafe there, and I asked the fella what they normally eat for breakfast. He was serving pastries, like flat pasties, filled with spinach or cheese or whatever. They were tasty, but don't fit my pre-conceived idea of what Greeks eat for brekkie.

Spanakopita! I fucking love that stuff. I virtually lived off spanakopita and tirikopita when I was living there.

 

[clicker]

Spanakopita! I fucking love that stuff. I virtually lived off spanakopita and tirikopita when I was living there.

Hot and fresh from the bakers ❤ . Plus obligatory bowl of huge hard boiled eggs from the hens in the garden and lots of good coffee.

 

[Spymaster]

Hot and fresh from the bakers ❤ . Plus obligatory bowl of huge hard boiled eggs from the hens in the garden and lots of good coffee.

Do they come out of the hens already boiled?

 

[clicker]

Do they come out of the hens already boiled?

Yes everything Greek is hot.

 

[souljacker]

full italian breakfast

Missing a cigarette

 

[RubyToogood]

My local Greek deli sells koulouri in the mornings - delicious slightly sweet sesame coated bread rings. They are portable and the perfect size for a breakfast and the Internet tells me people do commonly grab one on the way to work.

 

[twistedAM]

American breakfast buffets. All of the FEB ingredients, but with a through the looking glass spin (except for the browns ) plus pancakes and maple syrup.

That and the moon landings show that they were and can be a great culture.

I always enjoyed breakfasts in the south best: sausage egg and grits or biscuits with heart attack white gravy.

 

[Sue]

I always enjoyed breakfasts in the south best: sausage egg and grits or biscuits with heart attack white gravy.

Are you familiar with Biscuitville? Sounds like it might be right up your street.

 

[Ming]

I’m into savoury. SE Asian breakfasts I’m not into but pretty much anything else (FEB is still the favourite).

Surprised this one hasn’t been mentioned. It’s really good (haven’t had it in Mexico though).

Huevos rancheros - Wikipedia

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[JimW]

...And then because if you're gonna do rice, do rice, steamed sweet sticky rice parcel, wrapped in banana leaves I think, might be pandan leaves, with red bean filling in some. Bugger me they're good.

I also love the croissant dipped in the hot chocolate we got on a teen weekend visit to France and I enjoy that morning baguette slice slathered with proper butter and some Bonne Maman.

They sound like what get called zongzi here, sticky rice with a filling, can be sweet or savoury. Not necessarily a breakfast thing in China AFAICT but who knows across such a big place. More a southern thing which is mostly beyond my ken, Ken.

Kids had another standard I'd forgot at a breakfast place the other day, egg drop soup.