Food in the morning

  • Created 18 March 2009 by vivekw
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    foood

    Hotel and Restaurant in Delhi

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    onejubb

    when in South India, more specifically Chennai, dont miss Pongal-vadai or idli-vadai.
    delicious!!!....Followed by a cup of south indian filter coffee.

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    lizabetz

    Potato porridge?

    I recall having a steaming hot potato soup/porridge in Yogyakarta Indonesia for breakfast - anyone recall this? I would love to recreate it!

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    italianinmadrid

    Mediterranean simplicity

    As many of you who have visited Italy already know, breakfast is widely neglected by Italians. Many just gulp an espresso down, maybe accompanied by a croissant or another type of small pastry. At home, they will probably stick to a cup of milk with a few biscuits or a couple of "fette biscottate", a kind of small slices of very crispy and toasted bread, spread with butter and jam. Me, as an Italian, would stick to that as well.
    Then, when I started travelling and living abroad I realised breakfast can be much more than that. Actually, nowadays, I believe it SHOULD be more than that. Even though an Italian, along with most Southern Europeans, won't ever switch to a sausage, egg and bacon meal, I have learned that breakfast CAN be savoury as well! In Spain, where I currently live, I have fallen in love with "tosta con tomate", simply one or two pieces of toasted bread cut in two halves (usually a baguette or similar) served with fresh tomato pulp and extra ...
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      vivekw [i]Tosta con tomate[/i] sounds excellent! Have to try that tomorrow.

      I fell in love with Turkish breakfasts. Such abundance and variety of flavors! I'd have skipped lunch if the Turkish lunches weren't so excellent as well. Turkey: not good for the waistline.

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    delinthirdlife

    gallo pinto rules!

    Gallo pinto is beans and rice (sounds bland tastes fantastic) and you can have it con tocino if you like a bit of bacon or not con tocino you don't. The best place I ever had this was in the central markets in San Jose in Costa Rica, but it's good all around Central America.

    Beats my usual of weetbix and soy milk....maybe if I booked the flight now I could be eating it maybe by Tuesday?

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      vivekw Now that's what I'm talking about! Can eat it any time of day, but great in the morning. And can be a daily thing.

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      janeyo Have you had a good serve of them anywhere outside of Central America? Sounds like a good wintry breakfast.

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      humbucker I just got back from Costa Rica and I'm with you delinthirdlife. But my vote is still with Congee. That does raise the question of why I can't get rice for breakfast in my favourite Melbourne cafes.

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    janeyo

    anyone tried breakfast cous cous?

    Had it at this tiny cafe in Chippendale in Sydney. You cook the cous cous in apple juice and lemon zest then add yogurt and fruit. Drizzle of maple syrup on top's good with it too. Try it! It's kinda awesome.

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    janeyo

    Coffee - the only reason to get up in the morning

    - and therefore the only reasonable place to go for the morning brew is Batch on Carlisle St in East St Kilda. Eye-wateringly strong, majestic black coffee. So good it even got a mention in a New York Times article researching why coffee was so good here in Australia.

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    frugalfranc

    Greetings all

    I like the idea of eating pho in the morning. (I bet it helps release the stored toxins that accumulate in the pancreas when one is laid up most of the night. )

    Even more I like breakfast. And brunch.

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      wbasil2002 Hi, surprisingly, the version of Vietnamese phover can be found in Singapore, Malaysia where it is known as beef noodles or vermicelli. Easily available in Kuching too but the garnishing could be a bit different. Taste wise is quite similar.

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    nthorpe

    HOLD the PRESS, New Best Breakfast in the entire world.

    Mojo Muesli.http://www.mojomuesli.com.au/page_1.html

    This is what most muesli just dreams of becoming. Homemade, with giant bits, bigger than you knuckles, all kinds of nuts, wild figs, enormous puffed oats. Cashews, even.

    Honestly. Look no further. This is the duck's nuts.

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      katmar33 mmmm I am not usually a fan of 'puffed' anything in my muesli... but the list of ingredients sounds delicious so i'll take your word for it!

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    katmar33

    Best breakfast view in the world?

    Best breakfast view in the world? My current vote is the Qeysarieh Tea Shop in Esfahan, Iran. Drink hot sweet tea and nibble on buttery pastries as you soak in 'half of the world' in one view.

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      vivekw Impressive. I bet there are a lot of five-star high-flyers that could boast impressive metropolitan views, though. And there are some backpacker cafes in Agra that overlook the Taj Mahal (can't vouch for the quality of their pedestrian fare, though).

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      katmar33 Very true. though my view cost about $2.... I did not ask for "best and cheapest" in my criteria but I do think "good value" helps one value the experience even more ;)

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    nthorpe

    Vegemite on toast.

    Come on, you know it's the best way to start the day! Soomething that looks so disgusting has GOT to be good for you. PLUS, it is a byproduct of beer manufacture.

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      diskodolly dont you mean marmite...

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      nthorpe I may be wading into world war three here, but Promite is way up the ladder from Marmite.

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      mgoldberg For what it's worth, it's well known that Vegemite has plenty of Vitamin B, which promotes energy, stimulates the nervous system, and generally enhances childhood development. Count me in!

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      vivekw Vegemite is all right with a few conditions:
      * it must be spread molecule-thin
      * it must be accompanied by LOTS of butter
      * it must be taken with eight to twelve gallons of water

      The problem is that many non-Australians smear it on their toast like peanut butter and then get the rude shock.

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      nthorpe I have heard tell of folks who spread vegemite on their toast soldiers which are used to scoop out the insides of boiled eggs. It's madness, I tell you. That aint right.

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      katie_f Actually, nthorpe, I'm with the vegemite and egg brigade. It's the vegemite and cheese brigade that I don't get, they've now even introduced a cream cheese spread mixed with vegemite, eurgh. However, the combination of avocado and vegemite on toast is surprising and delicious.

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      vivekw @katie_f: I don't believe it. You can't be Australian...? Vegemite without cheese is like Abbott without Costello. So to speak.

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      nog_boinb as bleedin' usual, katie_f is correct: vegemite and avocado is a breakfast match made in heaven, which can only be improved upon by the addition of soft-boiled eggs with lovely runny middles (take that, nthorpe!)

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    diskodolly

    Churros

    Churros The breakfast of Barcelona

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      diskodolly For me nothing bets me going on a morning better than a double dose of caffine and suger - or a cafe cortado and fried churros in Barcelona

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      vivekw I hardly think of churros con chocolate (in Madrid) as breakfast - it's what you eat at 6am on the way home from the nightclub! :)

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      diskodolly For me, before or after the club is good, in fact anytime is a good time for Churros, dipped in chocolate, filled with creamm, breakfast noon or night...ahhh fly to me Spain right now!

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    katie_f

    My breakfast of choice in Canada

    My breakfast of choice in Canada I love that since the packaging is also in French I feel like it's practically the same as having brioche and black coffee

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    vivekw

    Typical Western breakfast

    Typical Western breakfast This is the sort of thing you'd never see in the East. :-)

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      djebru This is Jon Stewart's favourite breakfast.

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      humbucker Or is John Stewart's favourite breakfast baconnaise on toast? http://www.baconnaise.com/

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      nog_boinb and i thought nothing could shock me anymore. how wrong i was.

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      janeyo I love Jon Stewart,what kind of schizophrenic 'breakfast' is this?! It's like it's trying to be the popular breakfast kid or something... do you wash it down with a Bud?

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      delinthirdlife this is so wrong that I have to have it. Does anyone know of a supplier in Australia???

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      vivekw Your best option is probably USA Foods in Moorabbin, Melbourne. http://www.usafoods.com.au/

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    vivekw

    East v West

    For my money, the Asian content beats Europe and North America hands down when it comes to morning food. A beautiful cup of congee or a steaming bowl of pho are much more appealing than a traditional English fry-up or dry toast smeared with sugar. Can anyone here defend starting your day with grease and empty carbs?

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      djebru i'm torn - i love Asian breakfast (especially roti with curry sauce!) but i couldn't replace buttermilk pancakes with crispy bacon, or French toast, or home-made baked beans. And kedgeree is a fine addition to the breakfast pantheon. I guess i just like breakfast.

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      humbucker Scandinavian for me. Slices of cured meat, cucumber, cheese, and curious little fishies all served with bread that is dense and firm. Yum.

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      docbrown Picking a favorite breakfast is nearly impossible - I'll gladly have roti, congee, waffles, blintzes, you name it. I do, however, want to give a shout out to Mexican breakfast: there is little in this world better and more satisfying than a well-made plate of huevos rancheros.

      The only negatives in the breakfast kingdom: beans/spaghetti on toast, Marmite/Vegemite, the Hangtown Fry (mmm, oysters and eggs), and I'm still undecided on black pudding.

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      markbroadhead Pho is the go. This probably has something to do with being able to eat it any time of the day as much as it is a wonderful dish.
      It feels odd to me to eat an English breakfast (Eggs, bacon, etc.) after noon. And watching Seinfeld eat cereal at all times of the day seemed uncouth.
      That being said, a Tex-Mex breakfast I had in Austin many moons ago lingers favourably in my memory. The refried beans do it for me. They undo all the temporal restrictions on eating fried eggs at 4pm.

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      suzywatusi With the exception of a gourmet Melbourne-style brunch, I can't do savoury breakfast. For me, nothing beats a simple Spanish breakfast, consisting of a brutally strong cafe solo and a croissant or similarly fattening pastry...Nutritional value can wait til later in the day!

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      steveomac No way! You can't beat Eggs Benedict for a decedent breakfast-brunch treat!

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      katmar33 I am a happy stalwart for the western brekky, and feel no need to justify my love of gooey soft poached eggs oozing over crispy bacon and hot buttered sourdough toast. mmmmm

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      vivekw OK - i think a lot of you are missing a key point here. Sure, a decadent brunch with French toast and poached eggs and champagne and canteloupe and smoked herring may be nice once in a while, but could you eat it EVERY DAY? Asian breakfasts are a *daily* treat. In the West, you have to wait for the weekend, unless you want to weigh thousands of kilos.

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      djebru If we're talking everyday breakfast, Asian breakfast undoubtedly wins. It especially wins over non-treat western breakfasts of the cereal and toast variety. And Vietnamese coffee (complete with condensed milk) is a match for a latte any day.

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      rooosterboy Nasi Lemak or a full english, I find it difficult to seperate. I think the location dictates the choice. Nasi Lemak from a makan stall in Penang, full English after a big night out in Manchester.

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      rooosterboy hmm...how could I forget the delightful rollmops of scandinavia?

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      vivekw It's easy to just go with whatever context dictates, but you need to take a stand. If you were in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which would you pick?

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      katie_f I'm putting in a vote for porridge with a dash of milk for the best daily 'western' breakfast. It's what I would pick in Tulsa. The Times restaurant critic Giles Coren has this to say, 'Porridge, water, a little salt. Breakfast doesn't have to be a banquet. Your palate is so clean and mellow at that time in the morning that, with a cup of tea, swollen oats taste really quite interesting.' However, I am oddly fussy about which oats I'll eat, Uncle Tobys make me want to retch, I'd have to get some non-rolled, organic ones sent over from California. ;)

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      panh291 Beef noodle for breaky is my favourite. Nothing can surpass the smell and taste of a bowl of noodle soup, especially with a little bit of Vietnamese Vodka!

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      imogenb For me european, esp east european/turkish. Yogurt, maybe honey or jam, fresh vegies, white cheese, bread, pickles and/or olives, and front and centre STRONG COFFEE. oh yes and some meat I suppose, if you like that kind of thing.

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      nog_boinb I'm with katie_f: porridge with a bit of fruit (preferably rhubarb) and some kind of sweetener (preferably golden syrup) is the finest everyday breakfast there is. But you know what? I still get excited just about every morning about toast with peanut butter. Toast! PEANUT BUTTER! Life is good.

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      anniekw I reckon you can have a western cooked breakie daily - I subscribe to the school of thought that you can eat what you like for breakie cos you'll burn it off during the day - so let's feel good about a daily fry-up!

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      vivekw @anniekw: i think that strategy stopped working for me when I turned 30. Or so. :)

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Lots of folks travel for food. But for a few of us, what gets us going on those early on-the-road mornings is the local twist on breakfast. This group explores global breakfast delights (no Southeast Asian banana pancakes allowed!).

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