What's a breakfast?
 

Hi out there...I'm curious. Some hotels say 'continental breakfast' and some say 'full breakfast'. My husband (who is Italian)says they must be the same thing because in Italy there are no bacon, eggs, biscuits and gravy, etc. breakfasts. If someone out there can enlighten me, they'll have my thanks!

Continental breakfast usually means bread, coffee and juice, maybe fruit. Sometimes there is cereal too. However in the UK, continental breakfast sometimes means ham and cheese too. <BR> <BR>Full breakfast is eggs, meat, in the UK beans and tomatoes are included. <BR>

Continental breakfast is a roll or toast, fruit and or juice and coffee or tea. <BR>Full breakfast is the works, bacon,sausage,eggs,cereal(hot or cold), juice or fruit, maybe kippers, tomatoes,mushrooms

Depends a bit on where. The "continental" breakfast is quite a bit different across the continent. More full to the north, less to the south ... very generally. <BR> <BR>Guessing that you're questioning the meaning in Italy, the continental is rolls, butter, jam, coffee-tea-chocolate. Occasionally juice or fruit. <BR> <BR>Some few hotels, at least in Rome, have in relatively recent years been offering a "full American" breakfast or buffet breakfast as an added feature included in the price of the room, presumably to make themselves more attractive to the North American trade. <BR> <BR>I've not seen "full" by itself, but would guess if that was the case "American" might be the implied adjective. <BR> <BR>Ed

In Italy, France and Greece continental breakfast was crusty bread, pastries, jams and coffee or tea (or in France, chocolate). <BR>In Italy and Greece (Sicily, Tuscany, Crete) full breakfast buffets included: breads, pastries, fruit preserves, honey, muesli or granola cereals, other cereals, flavored and plain yogurt, milk, various fresh whole fruits, fresh fruit salad, hard cheeses, sometimes freshly made ricotta, salami, cookies. (I don't remember whether they also included eggs, because I do not eat eggs and prefer not to look at them.)

The full breakfast described above for Italy and Greece sounds like the ones I've also had in France at breakfast buffets -- which did include eggs, by the way, but sadly not cookies.

Wendy, I'm curious .... <BR> <BR>where in the UK would you find ham and cheese for breakfast?

I've seen ham and cheese on offer in buffet breakfasts at large hotels which cater for a lot of continental tour parties, but you're right Tony, it's not very British!

Tony, I am curious, what part of the UK do you live?

fresh fruit and creamy yoghourt in a parfait glass - in a tiny seaside town in Greece

Roger, I'm curious, why would you like to know something like that?

Try the Japanese version of a 'western' breakfast:- <BR> <BR>Hard boiled eggs, bread & butter, Jam.

Tony, just generally curious after seeing post from different people from the UK. Like I know Sheila is from Scotland, I think out of Edinburgh, and if she was close on my upcoming solo trip she seems to be the kind of person I would like to say hi to in person and buy her a drink along with her husband if in fact she is married. The same would go for you. Just trying to put a face to the people I here from on this forum. Sorry if I am being too intrusive.

Roger <BR> <BR>Sheila lives in Aberdeen. I am in Edinburgh but this is my last night in the fair city which has been my home for the last 11 years. Relocating to Fife for 3 weeks then USA for 3 months. When are you up here?

Tony, I am the guy who got permission from my wife to do a solo trip to the UK as we are having problems with scheduling this year and I need my (fix). Leaving San Francisco and I might add Investment Banking on March 13. First night in London then to Carlsile,Glasgow,Oban,Glasgow, followed by two days who knows where and back to london and flight back home on March 22. <BR>I get tired just thinking about it. Hope to meet local people, have a sip of the local single malt, and forget work for a brief period. Have a good time on your trip to the USA and if you get to California let me know. Thanks for responding. <BR>

Stellarossa, <BR>All the youth hostels in Scotland served ham and cheese at breakfast.

Continental breakfasts are cold. Full breakfasts include hot food.