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01 Oct 2011
Breakfast foods may just be your fast track to getting an insight into a country’s culinary culture. SUDI PIGOTT tucks into comforting breakfast foods from around the world.
USA
A typical breakfast, particularly in energetic New York, includes a bagel with lox (smoked salmon), cream cheese and capers, plus a coffee – on the run of course. On weekends, expect the works: sunny side up eggs, bacon or skirt steak, hash brown, bagels, fruit juice and coffee; A lighter option would be ricotta pancakes with fruit and nuts. See and be seen in New York City’s The Breslin Bar & Dining Room.
HONG KONG
Congee is typically eaten with a range of dishes including pork floss, pickled turnips, century egg (preserved egg) and peanuts. Other condiments and garnishings like soya sauce, chilli oil and spring onions add texture and flavour. At Sang Kee Congee Shop (26 Hillier Street, Sheung Wan, Tel: 852 2541 1099), as with most authentic eateries, staff insist that you dunk Chinese fried dough sticks into the congee.
FRANCE
Start the day with a croissant or pain au chocolat and a large coffee, preferably served in a bowl so it’s easier to dip the pastry into. If price is no object, the exquisite Hotel Plaza Athenee Paris’ dining room, with world-renowned pastry chef Christophe Michalak at the helm, has no equal. Imagine a dazzling spread of viennoiseries (French-style pastries) piled high on silver cake stands, complete with a sublime eggs Benedict with truffle.
UK
Much has changed since playwright Somerset Maugham wrote that the only way to eat well in England is to have breakfast three times a day. What hasn’t changed is the archetypal English breakfast, which at the very least, includes bacon, eggs, leek and pork sausages, black pudding, mushrooms, baked beans and fried bread. A great place to start your day is at Fox & Anchor, hidden in a side alley adjacent to London’s Smithfield Market.
JAPAN
Accompanying the okayu (rice porridge) are grilled fish, umeboshi (salty plums), tamagoyaki (rolled omelette), miso soup and strips of nori (seaweed). The latter can also be wrapped with rice and eaten with shoyu (Japanese soya sauce). Try the Zen breakfast – with a spectacular city view – at K’shiki restaurant at Mandarin Oriental Tokyo.
SINGAPORE
The decadent kaya (a spread made from eggs, coconut and sugar, and flavoured with pandan leaf) toast is a must, along with soft boiled eggs doused with soya sauce and sprinkled with pepper – you slurp this straight from the saucer. Finish with a cup of kopi or coffee sweetened with condensed milk. Have this traditional meal at Ya Kun Kaya Toast.
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