Another pleasant Baltic breakfast buffet, if possibly a bit uneven. Nice waffles, but the bacon is ‘English’ rather than ‘American’ (i.e., quite fat and not crispy). Boiled and fried eggs, but no scrambled ones. Salmon and herring, but only one choice of cold cuts. Very nice bread, but the croissants…
A lovely quaint hotel in central Riga,with a pleasant buffet breakfast. Very nice choice of cold cuts, fish, vegetables, pickled cucumbers and mushrooms(!), condiments, jams etc. Pancakes and sausages in addition to the usual warm options. Different kinds of dark bread, which is good. Good choice of fresh fruit as…
One of the more frugal breakfasts I’ve encountered for some time. This was not unexpected, though, and at €5 per person (or free in the right season), I shouldn’t complain. The teabags were surprisingly classy, and while the choice of food was limited, what there was, want bad. While you…
This breakfast was a bit disappointing. At first glance, the buffet looks nice. And, to be fair, the salmon, the herring and the meatballs were all excellent. The pancakes were unusual in shape and nice. However, the fruit salad looked as if it came out of a tin and the…
One again, an excellent breakfast. Very nice spread at the buffet, good breads, different cold cuts, a lot of fruit. Also, a nice touch, local specialties like Karelian pies, and other warm stuff like pancakes. Tea was bags only, unfortunately, but that is usually the case. Also, the breakfast room…
In my previous post I mentioned that I am biased in favour of the Swedish hotel breakfast. Similarly, I have probably been biased against airport lounge breakfasts. But, as readers of this blog know, I have recently had some very pleasant experiences in Vietnam. Today I had another pleasant…
My bias in favour of Swedish hotel breakfasts also means that I judge them somewhat more harshly than perhaps I should. This airport hotel has a perfectly nice buffet breakfast, including loose leaf tea, pancakes, Swedish sausages (prinskorv), herring, salami and everything else you would normally expect. Also vegan…
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