The word Breakfast could be broken into Break - Fast meaning the first meal for the day after a nights sleep. Hence a proper balance meal with adequate nourishment is a must for the day ahead. Breakfast was a very substantial meal consisting of six to seven courses including such items such as chops, steak, liver, fish etc. But trends of breakfast have changed to a nutritive smaller breakfast termed as continental breakfast.
There are three types of breakfast served in most hotels.
- Continental Breakfast
- English Breakfast
- American Breakfast
In many Sri Lankan hotels, in addition to these a Sri Lankan Breakfast comprising of Sri Lankan Breakfast items also is generally served. This could be termed as National breakfast, which would vary from country to country.
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
This is rather a light breakfast, which consists of
Breakfast Bread with Butter, Marmalade or Preserves
Hot Beverage
Sometimes a slight variation occurs in certain countries such as Germany and Austria, where a soft boil eggs are served and in Switzerland 7 Holland Cheese may be served with continental breakfast. On the European continental it is a usual practice to serve salt-free with continental breakfast.
English breakfast
The English breakfast is a substantial meal, which consists of a number of courses, with 3” choice of dishes from within each course. The extent and variety of an Eng\ish breakfast menu will obviously depend on the type of establishment in which it is served. A full English breakfast menu may sometimes consist up to eight courses however, today most hotels offer an English breakfast comprising of the following items,
Cereals with warm/cold milk, sugar
A Fish Preparation (Salmon, Trout, Kippers, Haddock)
Egg made to order with ham, Bacon or Sausage
Breakfast bread with butter, Marmalade or preserves
Hot Beverage
American Breakfast
American Breakfast is even heavier than the English breakfast. The reason being after an American breakfast a very light lunch is to be served.
Cereals with warm/cold milk and sugar
Waffles,pancakes with melted butter and syrup or honey
A Fish Preparation
A small portion of steak/meat/hamburger with accomplishments
Egg made to order with ham, Bacon or Sausage
Breakfast bread with Butter, Marmalade or Preserves
Hot Beverage
This type of breakfast is seldom served in hotels. Due to the length of the breakfast chilled water should be served throughout the meal.