Breakfast around the world!
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Maybe thats why many people may be open to trying foreign food at lunch or dinner, but theyre not adventurous enough to experiment with anything new at breakfast. But what about you? Below, we look at typical breakfasts in five different countries. Would you have them or are they too spicy, too fattening or just too different?
SOUTH KOREA
The traditional breakfast is rice and soup. People then choose extra dishes to go with it such as grilled fish, vegetables and kimchi, which is pickled cabbage with chillies. Kimchi is so popular that the first Korean astronaut took some with him to the international space station! Of course, these days, many Koreans have such busy lifestyles they dont have enough time to make breakfast and just grab a quick coffee and some cereal or toast.
BULGARIA
Breakfast in Bulgaria includes tea or strong coffee, sesame bread and butter, cheese made from sheeps milk, honey, olives, boiled eggs and most importantly kiselo mlyako, a local yoghurt. Bulgaria has a lot of people aged over 100 and many believe that the secret behind this is their yoghurt, which most Bulgarians eat every day.
COSTA RICA
Many Costa Ricans start their day with the national dish, gallo pinto, which is a mixture of fried rice and black beans. Its lightly spiced and often served with fried plantain (a kind of banana used like a vegetable in a lot of Central American and Caribbean cooking), cream and fried eggs. Theres usually some strong local coffee as well or perhaps some agua dulce (sweet water), which is made from sugar cane juice.
EGYPT
Visit any town in Egypt in the morning and youll find street stalls selling foul medammes beans cooked with tomatoes and onions and eaten with a boiled egg on top and lots of flat bread. Pickled vegetables are usually served as a side dish. For many poorer Egyptians, this is their only food until dinner. They say the dish is a rock in the stomach.
IRELAND
As people become more concerned about their health, fewer Irish eat the traditional Irish breakfast, or fry, because it has too much fat. However, many still eat it if they stay in a hotel, or they cook it on a special day. It consists of bacon, black pudding (a kind of sausage made with blood), white pudding (another kind of sausage), fried eggs, fried mushrooms and toast all served with strong Irish tea!
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