Breakfast

Breakfast in this part of the world can be quite different from what we normally eat back home in North America. Usually I just eat yogurt, some fruit, or an oatmeal bar at my desk at work. Here, it is not uncommon to eat things like fried noodles with curry vegetables first thing in the morning. People often go to kopitiam or "coffee shops" for a quick bite before heading off to work. These coffee shops are unlike the Tim Hortons back home, as you will find all manner of things to eat: noodles, meat and rice claypot dishes, a nice bowl of chicken feet and mushrooms in a noodle soup...just the thing to start off your day right!

Each vendor at a kopitiam or hawker centre displays a menu with helpful pictures and descriptions like this one:




Yesterday for brekkie I went the fried noodle route: won ton mee (flat rice noodles) topped with char siew (barbecued pork), veg and oyster sauce, accompanied by won ton soup and chilis on the side. Yummy! I have to admit that eating such a heavy breakfast meant that I had very little appetite come lunch time, despite having walked all over the Central Business District (CBD) with Aunty Winnie that morning.

Cereal is generally for children, but if you don't want to eat such a lot in the mornings, many people just eat bread or buns or one of the many kinds of fruit found in this climate, which I will get getting to shortly....

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  1. DaveJuly 03, 2006 4:59 PM

    Nice looking dish, although I don't think I'm man enough for jalapenos first thing in the morning.

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