Breakfast around the world

[angelgabriel]

I was wondering what people ate for breakfast around the world. In our house it is a quick bowl of cereal or porridge, juice and if time coffee and toast.

I spent a year in Malaysia where it was common to eat 'Roti chanai' a flaky pancake like bread served with a daal or curry sauce dip or 'Nasi Lemak' coconut rice with thick chilli and dried shrimp sauce, tiny fried fish, peanuts and fried egg often served wrapped up in a leaf (great for a hangover).

I remember years ago going on a school trip to france and it was lovely in the mornings having pain au chocolat and croissants with big bowls of hot choc to dunk them into

here i dont usually have anything although this morn i got a couple of hash browns from mcdonalds on the way to work yum

Italians do a terrible breakfast (coffee and something sweet - brioche etc) the Malaysian breakfast sounds great actually.

I always struggle with breakfast - too many carbs - I absolutely loathe porrige and find if I eat only toast/cereal I'm really hungry by 11.50am.

i have ricicles, when i went to germany we had prune flan, huge cream cakes or meat.

Ooh I live Roti Chanai, have you ever found anywhere here that does it (if you are in the UK)?

Roti Chanai

3 cups plain flour
? Pinch of salt
? Pinch of sugar

• Mix in a big bowl ? 1/2 cup milk ? 1/4 cup water ?1/5 cup extra water

? Add the liquids (milk and initial portion of water) gradually to flour, working mixture with your hands.
? Kneed until the dough is smooth and elastic (like play dough or "soft like a baby's bottom" - if that helps).
? You probably have to add extra water during the kneading. Flours differ so you won't know exactly how much water you need until you get the texture you're aiming for.
? Form the dough into a roll
?Pinch the the roll into six pieces
?Wet your hands with peanut oil.
?Form each piece of dough into a ball, ensuring the surface is covered with oil.
?Put the oiled balls back in the bowl.
?Cover the bowl with cling film.
?Place the bowl in a warm place and leave for 5 hours.
And finally ...
?Tip a little oil on a clean working surface and wet your hands with some more.
?Place a dough ball on the surface and flatten as much as possible with your hands (should be roughly dinner plate sized).
?Add a little oil and oil a rolling pin.
?Roll out pastry until very thin (1-2 mm). It might break but that is ok.
?When thin enough fold the sides in to form a rectangle.
?Fry each side on in an oiled pan until pastry puffs up and becomes golden (don't take long).
?Repeat with other dough balls.

Serve with chicken curry

Thanks for the recipe Corinna - have you ever made it? When I used to watch the (mostly) men making it it looked really difficult stretching the dough out nice and thin - they spun it around in the air.

Someone once told me there was a canteen type restaurant on the Edgware Road in London where all the Malaysian students went to which served authentic food such as roti chanai. Never been there though.

I tend to have toast or cereal but I used to live in Hong Kong where a breakfast staple was congee, a glutenous rice porridge topped with shredded pork or fish.

When I spent a few weeks in Turkey we were given the same breakfast every morning:
a very dry bread (bit like sliced French stick)
feta cheese
tomatoes
olives
rose petal jam

At the time I thought it was really odd, especially the weird jam and savoury mix. Certainly not my choice of breakfast.

In Bolivia we had a cream cracker with jam. Hmmm...

And in Mexico we had refritos with fried egg

Had smoked cheese & salami-type meat in Russia for breakfast - quite nice actually...

Crispy bread rolls with slices of cheese and ham, wahsed down with a cup of black coffee is the norm here in Brazil

I visited a friend in Kuala Lumpar 2 years ago -I absolutely loved Roti Chanai - beats weetabix any day!
Thanks for recipe corinna28

Singapore - it was congee for the Chinese, nasi lemak (malaysian) rice cooked in coconut milk and served with tiny crisp fried anchovies in hot chilli paste)
Roti prata (Indians fav) like a thin pancake/fried bread with curry sauce.
Dim sum.. my idea of heaven, like brunch.. chinese titbits to share/pick at.

Sweden - common to have some crispbread, hams, cheeses, boiled egg, caviar, sweet pastry, yogurt that sort of thing.

that reminds me - weirdest thing I've seen is an algae type drink in Sweden at the Breakfast buffet. It was like a green slime - apparently tasted as bad as it looked!!

laudaud, sounds like spirulina - you can get in NZ too, but not a standard item, more of a health option!

when I was in amsterdam it was bread with meats and cheese

here in france it is often french bread and croissants with hot choc, or coffee to dip it in

personally I like porridge

In Israel it's often salad, bread, cultured buttermilk, and skim-milk cheese or a fried egg.

Australia is same as UK. Breakfast cereal or toast with juice, coffee or tea. Weekends would be bacon and eggs with grilled tomatos or mushrooms. yummm

Germans usually have bread with cheese, meat or jam, or muesli. Maybe some scrambled egg and toast at weekends.

Just remembered when I was in Iceland they served pickled herrings for breakfast alongside bread, ham, cheese and a type of soured yoghourt and fresh fruit. Yum.

Angelgabriel, don't know if you are still around but the place you mean is the Nahar Cafe(teria) in Sussex Gardens. I don't remember them serving roti chanai tbh, but I can recommend a visit!

Was searching for a Malaysian chicken curry recipe and came across this thread - and very interesting it is too

Any more

my gambian friend made us breakfast one time of sardines, mashed up with boiled eggs and chopped raw onion - eaten using hunks of bread to scoop it up. Surprisingly tasty, though when I've written it down, doesn't sound so good!

In Pakistan we had paratha bread with omlette - there were little chopped green chilis and coriander leaves in the omlette. In Bangladesh we had chapati bread with a fried potato and onion dish also with chilli and coriander on top. They brought us toast and mango jam for the dc too.

Russia - rye bread, butter and meat of various types - and sometimes a shot of vodka.

Gor I bloody love roti chanai for breakfast
I forsook my all inclusive buffet breakfast at the posh hotel in Singapore for a roti stall round the corner. Yum.