A fairly limited breakfast, although there was also a menu from which you could choose cooked dishes. On the negative side, the dishwasher had not managed to clean up the cups available. More positive, the toasters were both fast and good. The food was fine, but nothing special (bag tea…
Another phở breakfast with some of ‘thee bike gang’. They told me that they hoped that today’s version (beef) would taste better than last week’s (chicken) 4/10. I thought it was fine, but the others, with palates honed by decades of eating phở, said that it wasn’t so great and…
Another bike ride with the bike-and-breakfast gang in Hanoi. The routine is always the same: meet at 6.30, bike around Tây Hồ (West Lake) and stop somewhere for breakfast, which invariably is phở, the Vietnamese noodle soup. (There is also a coffee break later on.) With plenty of places serving…
I often say that, when it comes to breakfast buffets, size does not really matter. This is usually to rate a small buffet highly. In this case, however, it is for the opposite reason. This is a very large and very varied buffet. There is Vietnamese (of course!), Japanese, Indian,…
As is the case with the Royal Automobile Club in London, this is, of course, a private members club. But you, dear reader, may be a member, or member of a correspondence club with the right to visit. So, here goes: breakfast is a menu. The menu is divided into…
We have had our eye on this hotel for quite some time. A boutique luxury hotel with an amazing view of two of Stockholm’s harbours. Its only drawback is that given what we usually do in Stockholm, the location is not ideal. Things did not start out well: having checked…
It was a decent start to the day, the Farmhouse breakfast with fried eggs over medium. Going clockwise from 12 o’clock, the bacon was nearly the pick of the bunch with nice crispy edges but sadly lacking the crunch you expect from streaky bacon. The bread was nice and toasted…
The Royal Automobile Club is (of course) a private members club. However, in the first place, a breakfast is a breakfast; and in the second place, you may be a member or member a correspondent club. So you may still be able to try the breakfast. So: previously, the Brooklands…
This is of course one of Washington’s classical hotels, visited by every president since Franklin Pierce. The breakfast was menu only, i.e., no buffet, and the tea was (of course!) bags only. Somewhat disappointingly the menu did not offer ‘simple; options, like just toast. However, this is the United States,…
This seems to be the trip where I return to old reviews. I wrote about the Madera almost three years ago, giving it 7/10; but when we checked in this time, we were told that they have substantially changed the breakfast, necessitating a new review. So, here goes: The change…