Eggs for breakfast in Paris
May 2nd, 2014, 07:34 PM
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Almost anywhere you go for breakfast. Just ask! But if you really want to push it, go to Egg and Company in the 6th (www.eggsandco.fr/)
May 2nd, 2014, 07:49 PM
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I wouldn't travel to Montmartre just for breakfast but if you are otherwise planning to go there, check out http://www.coquelicot-montmartre.com...in-montmartre/.
May 3rd, 2014, 12:11 AM
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Croque madame and a demi-rouge is a wonderful way to start the day...
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There's an oeuf of two cracking in this link too...
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Bon Appétit!
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There's an oeuf of two cracking in this link too...
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Bon Appétit!
May 3rd, 2014, 06:15 AM
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If you're staying near Opéra, the Café de la Paix in the very center of things, ground floor of the InterContinental Hotel) is surely one of the most well-known (and most over-priced, but c'est la vie) places to grab a bite and watch that part of Paris pass by.
May 3rd, 2014, 08:23 AM
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Ah, eggs for breakfast, that is a complicated subject indeed and not easily answered without a LOT more information on just what you mean by 'eggs for breakfast'.
Do you want bacon with them? Canadian bacon, British bacon or American bacon?
What about toast? If you want toast, do you want white toast, whole wheat toast, sourdough toast, door stopper toast, etc. etc.?
Then there are the other acommpaniments like beans, hash browns, blood pudding, homefries, etc. etc. Do you want any of them?
Do you want your eggs over easy, sunny side up, boiled (soft or hard), poached? This can be crucial. In the UK for example, getting a fried egg that isn't like rubber is difficult indeed in some places.
No, no, BillT, you cannot simply say 'eggs' and expect that what you mean by that is going to be found in any restaurant in Paris that happens to know what an egg is.
There are 'eggs' and there are 'eggs for breakfast' if you know what I mean.
Do you want bacon with them? Canadian bacon, British bacon or American bacon?
What about toast? If you want toast, do you want white toast, whole wheat toast, sourdough toast, door stopper toast, etc. etc.?
Then there are the other acommpaniments like beans, hash browns, blood pudding, homefries, etc. etc. Do you want any of them?
Do you want your eggs over easy, sunny side up, boiled (soft or hard), poached? This can be crucial. In the UK for example, getting a fried egg that isn't like rubber is difficult indeed in some places.
No, no, BillT, you cannot simply say 'eggs' and expect that what you mean by that is going to be found in any restaurant in Paris that happens to know what an egg is.
There are 'eggs' and there are 'eggs for breakfast' if you know what I mean.
May 3rd, 2014, 08:27 AM
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Most of the big brasseries all over Paris have "complete" breakfasts with eggs available, but often not at any price that I would ever want to pay. Of course, I have absolutely no desire for eggs at breakfast, so the problem is already solved. However, across from Gare du Nord, just about all of the cafés have "English" breakfasts with eggs, sausages and beans for incredibly low prices, since they are engaged in a price war. Not too long ago, I was sitting in one of those cafés just having an espresso, but I saw some of the breakfasts and they looked like they were astounding value for the price charged.
May 3rd, 2014, 12:39 PM
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@dulcius...<<<In the UK for example, getting a fried egg that isn't like rubber is difficult indeed in some places.>>>
LOL! Nice to know there's a connoisseur of UK greasy spoon breakfast joints on the forum!
LOL! Nice to know there's a connoisseur of UK greasy spoon breakfast joints on the forum!
May 3rd, 2014, 12:41 PM
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Further to my last. Don't these images just make you lust...
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=gr...w=1024&bih=653
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=gr...w=1024&bih=653
May 3rd, 2014, 01:14 PM
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No, not really Lancaster. Having been afflicted of an English wife for a number of years those sorts of breakfasts make my gut clench. The beans, the fried tomatoes, the blood sausage, the mealy bangers, and the cold limp toast are enough to gag a maggot, IMHO.
