Expectations of an 'English breakfast' abroad

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Hubbie had an English breakfast in France yesterday and was grumpy that the sausages and bacon weren't what you'd get at home

Would you expect what you'd get at home?

Or allow poetic licence given the frankfurter type sausages are what they see as a sausage

Croque Monsieur.

You are welcome. Hangover gone.

This has got to be a wind up🤣🤣

I was given a 'full English breakfast', at a hotel in Hiroshimanin the 1990s. I remember it still: two slices of sliced ham fried in and slathered in lard, a fried egg fried in and slathered in lard, 2 x chopsticks. Fearful of causing offence, having been stared out of a noodle bar the evening before, I ate every delicious morsel, with chopsticks.

We always get a "full English" type breakfast on our last day of holiday, and it very rarely what we would expect at home. The only time it has been was the cafe in Corfu run by English ex-pats. It's just one of those things, keep your mind open and you won't be too surprised.

I remember watching Rick Stein eat that. I enjoyed seeing him really struggle to keep up his act of finding all local delicacies to be delicious.

He should have had tartine with jam and espresso. It's the only way to go in France.

Curious where in France you found the offer of an English breakfast... They aren't know for their anglophile ways...!

Oh, I have. All over the place. Had some very good ones too, and some very “different” ones. Turkey bacon and chicken sausages spring to mind in Malaysia.

It’s interesting to see what they come up with.

Your husband is in one of the best countries in the world and orders an English Breakfast sad. And getting grumpy because the food is not exactly as he expected even more sad. Personally I would leave him at home next time.

Surely he saw the picture in the menu?

YABU for 'hubbie'.

I would expect the sausages to be like they are in France if I was in France, yes.

I bet he doesn't like the "french breakfast" they serve in the UK either.

I'd like a croque monsieur in the UK too. I love them and am not mad about the full English.

Going against the grain here but if something is advertised as "English breakfast" , then you would have a certain expectation, would you not?

You have a dh problem.

Haha. France will never serve a 'proper' English breakfast! They wouldn't lower themselves and would always add something French onto the plate. They are the country who think the English eat like pigs with hideous, bland food.

I wouldn't expect it in France at all, but perhaps would in certain other places that are very popular with Brits. Tell your DH to embrace the culture!

Tell that to Indian and Chinese people in the UK LOL.

I first tried 'a full English' abroad in Spain - and was blown away by the yumminess. Amazing tomatoes, almost purple in colour, a chorizo sausage, and I don't know what they served masquerading as bacon - but it was out of this world - narrow strips, and fat not just at one end, but in thin lines in between meat. When travelling now I love ordering dishes by 'familiar names' and be surprised when served, sometimes not pleasantly - the worst pizza I ever had was in Rome!

This bloke is 85% of why I avoid going anywhere with a lot of Brits

I’m cringing so hard

I’m shocked a restaurant in France would offer an English breakfast. I’ve been given “looks” for asking for ice in France.

I think he was silly to expect it to be exactly the same but at the same time, if it isn't an English breakfast then maybe it shouldn't be advertised as one.

Also nothing wrong with eating what you want on holiday.

I also saw Rick Stein with the andouillette master in France who cooked a load of it and then Rick ate a plateful (or perhaps just a forkful!) I could literally smell it. Beyond disgusting.😱

I had a very good one in Amsterdam at an Irish pub once

Personally I prefer French sausages as they have higher meat content (sounds like they served frankfurters).

For breakfast though I’d eat a pain au choc with a cup of hot chocolate.

Tbf, if you’ve been away a while eating foreign food (“foreign” as in, not what you’d eat all day every day for days or weeks), sometimes you just want one, familiar meal. Mostly for me this is when I’ve been far away, like India or Thailand or Japan. I just wanted one, bland, non-spicy/ spiced meal to reset. Don’t think I’d feel this way in France though!

dont bother with Italy then - I’ve yet to have anything that didn’t just resemble a bread, cake and pastry buffet!!