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…
A fairly typical Nordic hotel buffet breakfast. In other words, a good choice across the board. Loose-leaf tea, always a plus. The pancakes were good as was the ‘normal’ bread, although the croissants were sub-par. This is one of those breakfasts that are difficult to judge. The choice was certainly…
This one was a difficult judgement. A very varied spread, although as is generally the case in Europe, no concession to non-western breakfast styles. I was particularly impressed by the Healthy Corner (the pickled Camembert was nice), and there were also gluten-free dishes on offer. My pictures don’t cover everything,…
I have said it before, and I will no doubt repeat it again. Even a small Nordic hotel will provide you with an excellent breakfast. This is an unpretentious, fairly small (40 rooms) hotel, yet the breakfast is very good indeed. Excellent choice of fresh bread, vegetables and cheeses, cold…