In my introduction to this Travel Breakfast Blog, I write that one of the best hotel breakfasts I have had the pleasure of trying, was at the Island Shangri-La in Hong Kong. Although I have been back to Hong Kong a number of times, I had not revisited this breakfast…
I have to declare an interest. I am a part owner of this homestay just north of Dien Bien Phu, site of the spectacular defeat inflicted on the French in the spring of 1954 by the Viet Minh, commanded by general Vo Nguyen Giap, one of the great military geniuses…
I often point out that even a small breakfast can be both varied and very good indeed. This one, is an example of the opposite, namely that bigger isn’t always better. Not that it was bad; it wasn’t. But even so. The first thing that struck me was that on…
This grill doubles as the breakfast restaurant of the hotel Somerset Hoa Bình. The buffet is small and not particularly impressive. A reasonable choice of warm dishes (and the bacon was very crispy). However, the choice of bread is uninspiring. Likewise the fruit and other offerings such as cheese or…
Quite an extensive buffet, since I needed eleven(!) pictures to capture it. And a view of Hanoi’s Tay Ho (West Lake) to die for. And yet… On the positive side, excellent choice or Western and Asian, primarily but not exclusively Korean cuisine. The croissants were very nice, as was the…
The first picture showed the packed breakfast that the hotel provided when I set out at 5 a.m. It was quite nice and I felt it deserved a picture. As for the main breakfast, two weak points. First, the tea is bags only. Second, no buffet. But, the menu is…
This was a rather unexpected experience. The tour of Angkor Wat began at 5 am. No one mentioned that there would be a breakfast break. Nevertheless, there it was, and I feel bound to review it. Not a buffet, but a very extensive menu with a rather eclectic mix of…
Another good example of the fact that ‘small’ is not necessarily ‘bad’. This is thus a relatively small buffet, but with excellent and varied choice. Because it is outside, cheeses, vegetables and cold cuts are in a fridge, which is not so great for the cheese, but otherwise fine. Decent…
This was not a bad breakfast. But I have recently become so spoiled by excellent breakfasts in Southeast Asia, that it was still somewhat of a disappointment. It is a relatively small buffet, but with decent choice: warm dishes and cold, and an egg bar. The selection of any particular…
This was a breakfast that initially promised much but ultimately delivevered less. To be fair, I was prejudiced from the start because the hotel WiFi wasn’t working. However, that aside, what did we have? Loose-leaf tea and plenty of choice of that. Excellent croissants. Good choice of cheese and cold…