Hotel breakfasts

[spike]

I've always found european breakfast sausages look funny and taste much different

Yeah they are definitely more "bratwursty" and less "breakfast sausagey"

Blood sausage or gtfo

[Jorge]

I love blood sausage but not for breakfast

[doug rr]

I've always found european breakfast sausages look funny and taste much different

Yeah they are definitely more "bratwursty" and less "breakfast sausagey"

Blood sausage or gtfo

so good...my wife won't go near it

[spike]

It’s part of a traditional English/Irish breakfast/heart attack.

[doug rr]

i always dip the blood sausage in the beans

[Jorge]

It’s part of a traditional English/Irish breakfast/heart attack.

Yeah I couldn't do it

[spike]

so much meat

[Jorge]

It reminds me of Bandeja Paisa, which is a very traditional lunch in Colombia

[doug rr]

whats that crusty stuff on the bottom right of the plate?

[Jorge]

Chicharrón, though that particular one is weirdly pale

[doug rr]

ah, yeah, doesn't look like a pork rind

[tragabigzanda]

from the ashes of tonkotsu

[spike]

Those beans look delicious. What’s their story?

[Ello Sailor]

Blood sausage? That's black pudding, you rubes.

[spike]

It’s the same thing, silly goose.

[Jorge]

i'm more curious about the bar of soap-looking thing to the north of the rice?

That's called an arepa, gringo

[tragabigzanda]

from the ashes of tonkotsu

[Jorge]

Day one of rating my hotel breakfasts. This is the first of two hotels I'm staying at in Colombia. The less nice one. I was surprised by how hearty the breakfast was. They had chicharrones, patacon, bollo, all kinds of fried meats. Too much. I grabbed myself a portion of the calentao (this messy but delicious mix of rice, eggs, beans, ground beef and chorizo) and some slices of platano dulce (sweet fried plantain). I put some hot sauce in the calentao and it was fantastic.

As for drinks, they had a wide selection of juices. I couldn't resist the pull of nostalgia and served myself a glass of agua panela, which I hadn't had since I was a kid. After tasting it again, I remembered why. I don't really like it. I'm gonna go for the passion fruit juice tomorrow. Skipped the coffee. Even in Colombia, not really a coffee guy.

Overall this breakfast was excellent. I was tempted by the chicharrones and various fried pastries but I can't stand a lot of fried stuff in the morning. The agua panela was bad, but that's on me. 8/10, a good start, and I expect very different from my hotel breakfasts in the states in a few days.

[doug rr]

nice review..i'll give my hotel breakfast review tomorrow

[Jorge]

Yessss