UK: What's for breakfast?
#21
Guest
Posts: n/a
You would be served laverbread at breakfast at home by my father in Wales, for sure. He has always eaten it. I grew up on bubble and squeak, porridge with golden syrup, black pudding and the like. But all I ever really wanted was a bowl of Lucky Charms.
#22
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 314
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
When I lived in the UK, it was difficult to find a place to go out to brekkie. I ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS go out to breakfast on Saturday and Sunday. It's an integral part of the weekend... to see & be seen. When I lived in Cardiff, the only place I could find for brekkie was a local builder's cafe or the Waitrose in the nearby town. And, on Sunday, the Tesco with the good croissants didn't even open until 9:30 or 10:00 a.m.
All said, I did love the bacon!
All said, I did love the bacon!
#23
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 6,282
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
This has been to me a BIG plus point of the ban on smoking in indoors public spaces in Scotland. We celebrated the day it came in by going to the pub for Sunday breakfast ! With a nice Bloody Mary
Fairfax, I'm guessing Cardiff may have changed quite a bit since you lived there ? Nowadays I'm sure there are lots of trendy cafe-bars offering eggs benedict etc (my favourite !). And Weatherspoons is sure to do the standard fry-up.
Fairfax, I'm guessing Cardiff may have changed quite a bit since you lived there ? Nowadays I'm sure there are lots of trendy cafe-bars offering eggs benedict etc (my favourite !). And Weatherspoons is sure to do the standard fry-up.
#26
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 558
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Oddly, the Australian habit of lamb chops for breakfast hasn't spread.
Digressing slightly from the topic but... I've never had a lamb chop or seen it offered in Australia. Maybe a hundred years ago on an isolated farm when everything else had run out...
Digressing slightly from the topic but... I've never had a lamb chop or seen it offered in Australia. Maybe a hundred years ago on an isolated farm when everything else had run out...
#30
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,970
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Nona, I thought the whole point of sausages was to use up the bits that wouldn't otherwise be eaten - 'everything but the squeal' in the case of pork sausages. I suppose you could make your own, though.
#32
Maybe in another lifetime Aussies ate steak and eggs for breakfast but nowadays most people eat cereal or toast. The choice of breakfasts in cafes in Australia is wonderful compared to the (lack of) choices in the UK.
Kay
Kay
#33
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 6,282
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I thought steak for breakfast was a US thing ? That's the only place I've ever seen it. Though I haven't been to Oz.
Fairfax, I'd have thought all the trendy cafe-bars around Mill Lane and Mermaid Quay would do breakfast/brunch, at least at the weekend - no ?
Fairfax, I'd have thought all the trendy cafe-bars around Mill Lane and Mermaid Quay would do breakfast/brunch, at least at the weekend - no ?
#34
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 314
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Mermaid Quay, yes... but was more looking for a hang-out kind of place for breakfast. Not a trendy, touristy place.
I have a place in the states that is sort of a "diner" in the real sense. We kid and say it's where the elite meet to eat, because it's most certainly not.
It's the "Cheers" bar of breakfast places. You always know someone there, you can read the papers, stay for hours, drink gallons of coffee and at the end, the bill is about $5.00. Good cheap filling food.
I think that steak for breakfast is not too common... or else it's a Texas/Western states sort of thing. When I was in New Mexico, everyone at green chile with their eggs and biscuits.
I have a place in the states that is sort of a "diner" in the real sense. We kid and say it's where the elite meet to eat, because it's most certainly not.
It's the "Cheers" bar of breakfast places. You always know someone there, you can read the papers, stay for hours, drink gallons of coffee and at the end, the bill is about $5.00. Good cheap filling food.
I think that steak for breakfast is not too common... or else it's a Texas/Western states sort of thing. When I was in New Mexico, everyone at green chile with their eggs and biscuits.
#35
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 3,397
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Haggis is rarely served in a Scottish breakfast outside of hotels. The main difference between Scottish and English breakfast as served in most homes or cafes is the addition of potato scones, lorne(square)sausage and frequently black pudding. Most butchers and supermarkets in Scotland will also sell fruit pudding which is sliced and then fried. Basically a good Scottish breakfast means you shouldn't have to do lunch and will probably only want a light supper lol!
It also goes some way to explaining our shocking rates of heart disease.
It also goes some way to explaining our shocking rates of heart disease.
#36
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 3,085
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Seome places will provide a Welsh Breakfast. The main difference being the welsh ingredients plus the addition of laverbread, which for your information Flanner is seaweed. I have it quite frequently, delicious with fried bacon. It is readily available from supermarkets and Cardiff Central Market too.
Places that serve breakfast such as cafe's probably won't serve laverbread as it is outside the price they can reasonably charge.
However I suspect hotels will serve it.
Anyway try it it is delicious.
Muck
Places that serve breakfast such as cafe's probably won't serve laverbread as it is outside the price they can reasonably charge.
However I suspect hotels will serve it.
Anyway try it it is delicious.
Muck
#37
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 14
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Thanks for your responses.
This will be quite a challenge for me as I am used to a typical New York breakfast of bagels with cream cheese and lox (smoked salmon). If I get homesick, any chance this is available in Edinburgh or York?
This will be quite a challenge for me as I am used to a typical New York breakfast of bagels with cream cheese and lox (smoked salmon). If I get homesick, any chance this is available in Edinburgh or York?
#38
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 1,099
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I'll probably get roasted for this, but I guess being from Seattle, people will just have to deal.
When we were in London, we discovered a Starbucks not 3 blocks from our hotel. We bought lattes, a pastry of some kind, and walked up to Buckingham Palace to start our day, where we enjoyed our breakfast.
Oddly enough, I'd never do that in Paris, where I think it's the law that you sit down with your cafe au lait & an omelette or croissant.
Jules
When we were in London, we discovered a Starbucks not 3 blocks from our hotel. We bought lattes, a pastry of some kind, and walked up to Buckingham Palace to start our day, where we enjoyed our breakfast.
Oddly enough, I'd never do that in Paris, where I think it's the law that you sit down with your cafe au lait & an omelette or croissant.
Jules
#39
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 1,708
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
<<I am used to a typical New York breakfast of bagels with cream cheese and lox (smoked salmon).>>
For breakfast, Smoked Salmon and Scrambled Eggs are fairly common in upmarket cafes', but your best bet for bagels with Smoked Salmon & cream cheese in the morning, is probably Marks & Spencer which are dotted around most cities.
Incidently, Scotland is often considered to be the finest producer of smoked salmon.
Geordie
For breakfast, Smoked Salmon and Scrambled Eggs are fairly common in upmarket cafes', but your best bet for bagels with Smoked Salmon & cream cheese in the morning, is probably Marks & Spencer which are dotted around most cities.
Incidently, Scotland is often considered to be the finest producer of smoked salmon.
Geordie
#40
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 5,805
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
chiming in here.
Purely because we have a Irish bar here who provides an 'Irish' breakfast.
We must spend too much time in this bar since when I ordered the breakfast the waitesss looked at me and said "no pudding?'
They use Walls sausages, real irish bacon and heinz baked beans.
I would love a breakfast that provided kippers. Although I would have to eat them with brown bread and buttter
Purely because we have a Irish bar here who provides an 'Irish' breakfast.
We must spend too much time in this bar since when I ordered the breakfast the waitesss looked at me and said "no pudding?'
They use Walls sausages, real irish bacon and heinz baked beans.
I would love a breakfast that provided kippers. Although I would have to eat them with brown bread and buttter