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The Great Asian Breakfast Dilemma

I'm an unashamed breakfast guy. For me, it's easily the best meal of the day*; such variety, such flavor, and oh so much comfort. In my travels in Asia, however, a satisfactory breakfast is hard to come by.

Sure I get by. I'll do fruit from a street stand, from a convenience store, or even the occasional McDonald's breakfast sandwich*. If I'm lucky enough to be staying with a friend, I'll whip up a scramble with whatever recognizable veggies I can find and some proto-cheese or rejoice in a bowl of cereal.

More often than not, however, I do as the locals [presumably] do. Often that means or really white white bread with non-jam jam. At the occasional hotel, a breakfast buffet is included which stateside would make me wake up early like a kid on Christmas morning. Here, however, I trudge downstairs with at least the promise of a comfortable chair to do my crossword in if little else.

Lunches and dinners, give me what you got; mayonnaise and corn pizza, seaweed noodle soup, cabbage pancakes, etc. I'll at least try it and walk away feeling my horizons have been expanded. As for breakfast, a nice Denver omelet would really hit the spot right about now. Heavy on the cheese, please.

Sunday March 29 2009

File under: travel, Japan

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on Mon 30th Mar, 2009 06:04 am PDT bob said:
taiwan has some truly great breakfast foods - i dropped the ball on that one! i failed as your local gringo-guide if you didn't eat at least one bacon breakfast burrito. my bad.
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on Mon 30th Mar, 2009 07:42 am PDT Saxtor said:

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on Mon 30th Mar, 2009 07:43 am PDT Saxtor said:
I really did have something to say...
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on Tue 31st Mar, 2009 11:17 pm PDT steve said:
Wren,Have I got a noodle recipe for you!When you back I will e-mail it to you.
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