Readers know that I am not partial to the English breakfast. It relies too much on warm inedible components. Occasionally, however, you run into an exception that overcomes this initial handicap. This is one of them. Yes, the black pudding and baked beans etc are of course there. But a…
A good example of why the Israeli hotel breakfast is one of the best. Excellent choice of bread, cheese and condiments. Also nice spread of juices, vegetables, fruit and cereal. Nor so much on cold cuts, but a few fish dishes. Everything fresh and tasty. In addition, you can order…
This was an excellent, nay, superlative breakfast. Very good choice of bread, including dark bread, many different kinds of cold cuts, both fish and meat, hot dishes, cheeses, vegetables and fruit. The tea was only bags, but a good selection of high quality bags, at least. Also pastries, yoghurts, and…
Another nice Middle Eastern breakfast. In other words, plenty of cheese, bread, honey and salads. Less strong on the warm dishes, which were a bit unimaginative, and only one type of fruit (apples). As against that, the amazing view of Istanbul from the terrace, with Hagia Sofia and the Blue…
Having arrived at dawn after a 24-hour flight from London, breakfast was certainly welcome. This was a nice buffet with a good selection of everything – cold cuts, cheeses, condiments, breads, warm dishes etc. Everything was good, but, and if sounds silly perhaps, nothing was ‘extra good’. So I’d rate…
Another example of the excellent Swedish hotel breakfast. The hotel is nothing special, nice enough but not fancy. Yet the breakfast has a large buffet of various breads, fruits, cereals, cold cuts, warm dishes, tea (leaf and bags) and so on. Very nicely presented, and easily worth 7/10.
I don’t quite know to begin with this one. It certainly was an ample, even sumptuous buffet. Excellent choice of bread, tea in both bags and loose-leaf varieties and plenty of both. Western food, a Middle Eastern breakfast section (although, to be fair, the hummus was pretty sub-par!), and a…
A very pleasant American hotel breakfast. The buffet was small, but with a decent selection on the whole. bread somewhat unimaginative, but very nice on the fruit and on the spreads for the bread. An extra bonus on the weekend is the omelette bar. Easily 6/10.
A quantum leap from earlier breakfasts on this journey. Here we truly have quantity combined with quality. I barely know where to begin. A huge selection of Chinese dishes, of course. But, equally, a very ample spread of Western food: cold cuts, fruit – fresh and canned – many different…
Another substantial buffet breakfast. This one was much more heavily slanted towards Chinese breakfast than others I have seen, but there was ample choice for those, like me, who prefer western-style morning food. The choice is primarily in fruit, cereal and vegetables. One type of (bland) cheese, no cold cuts,…
