This was an excellent, nay, superlative breakfast. Very good choice of bread, including dark bread, many different kinds of cold cuts, both fish and meat, hot dishes, cheeses, vegetables and fruit. The tea was only bags, but a good selection of high quality bags, at least. Also pastries, yoghurts, and…
Another nice Middle Eastern breakfast. In other words, plenty of cheese, bread, honey and salads. Less strong on the warm dishes, which were a bit unimaginative, and only one type of fruit (apples). As against that, the amazing view of Istanbul from the terrace, with Hagia Sofia and the Blue…
Having arrived at dawn after a 24-hour flight from London, breakfast was certainly welcome. This was a nice buffet with a good selection of everything – cold cuts, cheeses, condiments, breads, warm dishes etc. Everything was good, but, and if sounds silly perhaps, nothing was ‘extra good’. So I’d rate…
Another example of the excellent Swedish hotel breakfast. The hotel is nothing special, nice enough but not fancy. Yet the breakfast has a large buffet of various breads, fruits, cereals, cold cuts, warm dishes, tea (leaf and bags) and so on. Very nicely presented, and easily worth 7/10.
I don’t quite know to begin with this one. It certainly was an ample, even sumptuous buffet. Excellent choice of bread, tea in both bags and loose-leaf varieties and plenty of both. Western food, a Middle Eastern breakfast section (although, to be fair, the hummus was pretty sub-par!), and a…
A very pleasant American hotel breakfast. The buffet was small, but with a decent selection on the whole. bread somewhat unimaginative, but very nice on the fruit and on the spreads for the bread. An extra bonus on the weekend is the omelette bar. Easily 6/10.
A quantum leap from earlier breakfasts on this journey. Here we truly have quantity combined with quality. I barely know where to begin. A huge selection of Chinese dishes, of course. But, equally, a very ample spread of Western food: cold cuts, fruit – fresh and canned – many different…
Another substantial buffet breakfast. This one was much more heavily slanted towards Chinese breakfast than others I have seen, but there was ample choice for those, like me, who prefer western-style morning food. The choice is primarily in fruit, cereal and vegetables. One type of (bland) cheese, no cold cuts,…
At first, my impression was of an absolutely amazing buffet. However, once I started to look more closely, I again realised that quantity does not necessarily mean the same as quality. So, a large buffet, particularly strong on the Asian (Chinese and Japanese) side. Plenty of different bread, very good fruit…
This one was a bit of a conundrum. The first impression is of a very nice, very varied buffet. There is a Chinese section, as well as a large Western selection. Different kinds of bread, pastries, lots of vegetables, a few cold cuts and some fruit. Also a hot dishes…