Breakfast

Guangzhou.

Some breakfast is simply better than others. Others, are simply 100.

Morning snack near the Sinnonhyeon bus station

Food stall next to the Sinnonhyeon bus station
Seoul, South Korea

Freshly scrambled eggs, melted cheese and ketchup, between two slices of warm, fluffy toast. What more can one ask for in a rainy morning at 8am?

La Kaffa

La Kaffa
G/F, Olympian City 3
1 Hoi Wan Road, Tai Kok Tsui
Hong Kong

HKD98 worth of potential cardiac arrest: 5 links, hash, not one but
two eggs benedict, strips of thick-cut bacon, and some veggies so that
one can pretend that this is not entirely a hazard to decent health.

KFC (Guangzhou)

KFC
Guangzhou, China.

Congee with pork and thousand-year egg, fried dough, and hot soy milk.
This is localization at its finest!

Liberty Exchange

Liberty Exchange
G/F, Block 2, The Forum
8 Connaught Road, Central.
Eggs Benedict with a butter croissant, grilled pork loin and chorizo
hollandaise. The theory was sound, but the execution was disastrous.
The hollandaise broke before it even arrived at the table, and the
waiter didn't find it objectionable after the obvious was pointed out.

Brunch Club & Supper

Brunch Club & Supper
13 Leighton Road
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
The meat platter.

Element Fresh (Shanghai)

Location: Element Fresh. Shanghai.

Fuel for the weekend: 4 farm eggs, home fries, links, 4 strips of
bacon, French toasts, and a fruit bowl. Oh, and bottomless coffee (not
pictured).

Murraya koenigalle

Place: Amaya Hills. Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Murraya koenigalle, a comfort dish in Sri Lanka, is a red-rice
porridge with curry leaves. The dish has a refreshing taste and a mild
finish.

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Sri Lankan egg hoppers

Place: Heritance Kandalama. Kandalama/Dambulla, Sri Lanka.

My favorite Sri Lankan breakfast: hoppers two-ways and the sambol
trifecta (pol sambol, seeni sambol, katta sambol).

Pastries at the Pagoda Tea Room

Place: Pagoda Tea Room. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Dish: assorted pastries.

Nothing beats starting the day with a sumptuous breakfast of fried and
baked food. Pagoda Tea Room, a well-regarded institution among Colombo
residents, serves up some of the finest, freshest pastries in town.
For my breakfast, I ordered (clockwise from right): fish cutlets, fish
and egg pastry, and fish roll.

Getting to the Pagoda Tea Room is not easy: due to its close proximity
to the presidential compound, the road leading to the restaurant is
completely road-blocked and under severe military surveillance. I am
able to sneak in only after showing my passport and ensuring that all
the destruction I could muster while visiting Pagoda is, by way of
their food's oily excesses, to my health. Humor does help.

Breakfast near Sri Pada

Place: Yellow House. Near the entrance to Sri Pada, Sri Lanka.

After an exhausting overnight hike to the peak of Sri Pada, a
sumptuous breakfast is on offer: guava juice, guava fruits, papaya,
mango, sour bananas, toasts, two eggs, and coffee.