Name of the Country

urope

ngland

rance

elgium

he Netherlands

candinavia

ermany

witzerland

Breakfast Items Coffee & milk or hot chocolate, sweet cakes, pastries with sweet jam, cream or chocolate filling. Also juices, sliced cold meats, yogurt or cereal. Eggs, bacon, and sausages, accompanied by tea or coffee. Other items like: - black/white pudding, baked beans, fried potatoes and mushrooms, spreads like jam, lemon curd, marmite, or peanut butter, fruit and yogurt. Cups of coffee or hot chocolate, cereals, fruit compote, cheese, yogurt Belgian waffles, breads (toasted or untoasted) with marmalades jams and nut spreads like nuttela, coffee, hot chocolate, water, or fresh juice. Numerous variations of cheese, a variety of cured meats and sliced meats, jam, syrups, or peanut butter, various chocolate toppings, tea, dripolator coffee, milk, and juices. May also include raisin bread. Boiled eggs on Sundays. Bread rolls or toast with butter and Danish skaereost (slicing cheese), a buttery creamy white cheese(Danish havarti or Danish tilsit), fruit jam, and a lot of coffee, cold cuts of meat, soft boiled eggs, muesli and sweet rolls. Other parts of Scandinavia Fish, cheese, eggs, bacon, hot & cold cereals, breads, potatoes, and fruits along with juices, coffee and tea. Whole grain porridges in Finland. Pickled fish & pancakes in Iceland Bread rolls, butter, jam, ham, soft boiled eggs, and coffee, cereals, cheese, cold cuts of meat, spreads, yogurt, granola and fruits. Swiss breakfast are often similar to those eaten in neighboring countries. A notable breakfast food of Swiss origin, now found throughout Europe, is muesli (Birchermuesli in Swiss

oland

outhern Europe

pain

ortugal

ndia

urkey

atin America

German) Cold cuts of meat, spreads, the Polish sausage Kielbasa, sardines, tomatoes, Swiss cheese, and sliced pickles. Greece Various kinds of pastry. Tyropita, spanakopita, and bougatsa (particularly in northern Greece), Greek coffee, honey, marmalade or nutella cream, spreads. Italy hot coffee with milk with bread or rolls, butter and jam, cookies. Hot chocolate with Spanish fritters, cup of coffee and toast with either olive oil & salt, or tomato, sometimes butter and jam. A cup yogurt, milk, coffee, or both and some bread with butter, cheese, or jam sufficies. May also include orange juice, croissants, and different kinds of pastry. Western region Bajaricha khichda, handwa, dal dhokla, pohe, puri bhaji, sabudana khichdi, sabudana wada, vegetable cutlet, Sindhi pakwan, Kothimbir wadi, usal pav, dal wada, bread roll, stuffed mirchi pakora, khasta kachori, thepla. Northern Region Aloo puri, chhole puri, chhole bhature, chhole patties, chhole kulcha, kachori subzi, samosa chhole, dahi wada, stuffed paratha, chicken & a roti chaat, nihari. Southern region Dal wada, idli, karam thattai, Mangalore bonda, madhur vadai, mullangi vadai, rava upma, maragh, rice upma, rice uvar upma, sago bonda, upma, croquettes, vermicelli upma, medi wada, kulche nihari. Fresh white sourdough bread, white cheese (feta), yellow cheese (kasar), fresh tomatoes, cucumber, black and/or green olives, butter, honey, preserves, soujouk, salami, pastirma, and a boiled egg with hot black tea. Southern America maize based breads like:- tortillas or arepas, Caffe,

Middle East

caffe e latte, chocolate, and tea. Argentina espresso coffee, caf con leche, or yerba mate, also croissants, brioches, or facturas with dulce de leche, filled churros, French bread with jam and butter, grilled sandwiches of ham and cheese known as tostados, and sweet or salted cookies. Brazil Bread & butter, toasted or not, with coffee, black, or with milk. Chile Coffee or tea and toast. Costa Rica Pinto beans or black beans with rice. Columbia Changua, a milk scallion, and cheese soup. In Arab areas, pita bread dipped in rich labneh or in olive oil or zaatar. Iran Iranian flatbreads (naan), Iranian feta cheese, butter, traditional marmalades, or jams, honey and hot tea. Others such as heavy cream, walnuts, hard & soft boiled eggs, and omelets. Egypt - Slow cooked fava beans dressed in olive oil, lemon juice & garlic. Israel Coffee, orange juice, fresh vegetables salads, goat/cows cream cheese, fresh bread or toast, olives, butter, fried eggs, small cookies or slices of cake. Cold cereals, hot oatmeal porridge, grits, other hot grain porridges, eggs, bacon, ham, small sausages, pan-fried potatoes, biscuits, toast, pan cakes, waffles, French toast, cornbread, English muffins, bagels, pastries, yogurt, and fruit. Huajuan, mantou (steamed breads), shaobing (unleavened pocket-bread with sesame), baozi (steamed buns with meat or vegetables stuffing), with Dounai or doujiang, (soy milk) or tea served in Chinese style as beverages. Taiwan Mixture of Northern & Eastern Chinese in addition with

nited States & Canada

hina, Taiwan, and Hong Kong

ndonesia

apan

orea

Malaysia and Singapore

Myanmar

akistan

hilippines

traditional South eastern Chinese breakfast. Honk Kong milk tea, coffee, or yinyeung served with bread, ham, and friend eggs, and a bowl of macaroni soup with ham. Rice, nasi goreng, lontong sayur (rice cake wrapped in banana leaf with vegetables & coconut milk soup), and gado gado Rice, seafood, fermented foods, miso soup, rice with noro or other garnishes, natto, grilled fish, raw egg, and a pickled vegetable. Rice, soup, several kinds of Namul or seasoned vegetables, Kimchi (fermented, pickled vegetables), and grilled meat or fish. Nasi lemak, roto canai (known as roto prata in Singapore), kaya toast, half boiled eggs and wonton noodles. In East coast, glutinous rice. Htamin gyaw, fried rice with boiled peas, and yei nway gyan, glutinous rice or koa hnyin, nga cheik paung, si damin (sticky rice cooked in turmeric & onions in peanut oil, nan bya or naan with pe byouk or simply buttered is served with Indian tea or coffee. Also may include hseiksoup (mutton soup), e kya kway (Chinese style fried breadsticks). Fritter such as split chickpea, urad dal or ground, boiled egg and fried fish cake. Halva (sweet made from semolina), aloo cholay (spicy chick-pea & potato curry eaten with puri (small circular deep fried flat bread), tea. Eggs & toast with butter & jam are becoming popular in urban areas. Garlic fried rice, friend or scrambled eggs, and a choice of meat: beef tapa (like fried beef jerky), pork tocino (caramelized pork), longaniza (breakfast sausage), dried salty, smoked fish, tinned sardines, sauted corned beef, or crispy pork adobo with

ri Lanka

hailand

ustralia

ew Zealand

western style baked beans, sliced tomatoes and a local pickle on the side. Alternatively, a cheese topped breakfast pastry called an ensaimada is also eaten with hot chocolate, as is pan de sal with a buffalo milk white cheese, and local barako coffee. Finally, a local sweet chocolate rice porridge, champurrado with crisp fried sun dried fish. Fresh bread, rotti, pittu (rice or manipittu eaten with ostripes), string hoppers (with milky gravy), hoppers, rice or green grams. Eaten with gravy (meat or vegetable), sambol, seeni (onion fried with chili & sugar), Maldive fish or with juggery, and plantains. Noodles & cornflakes are newcomers. Congee/jook, boil-rice with fishes, pickles, dried shredded pork, dimum. During rush hours, bread, cornflakes, omelet, coffee and milk. Street eateries sandwich grilled or fried pork with sticky rice, noodles, rice & Thai curries. Light - cereals, toast, fruit, and fruit juices rather than cooked items. Heavy friend bacon, eggs, mushroom, sausage, a chop tomatoes and toast, with tea or coffee and juice. Other typical meals pancakes, waffles, yogurt, bagels and some has brown. Variations in toast, cereal, juice and fruit. In winter many prefer porridge with hot milk. Special occasions bacon & eggs, with fried tomatoes, fried mushroom and toast. Pancakes are also common.

TYPICAL BREAKFASTS BY WORLD REGIONS

KITCHEN OPERATIONS ASSIGNMENT

Submitted by: Jonic Himanshu Dass Submission date: 2 April, 2009