Breakfast and its Types

Breakfast is the first meal of the day hence to break the fast. Breakfast menus vary with the country, location and occupation. Breakfast begins the first meal, it should be light and easily digestable. The dishes of breakfast depend upon the custom, habit and season.

Types of Breakfast:

• Continental Breakfast:

The traditional continental breakfast, originated in France consists simply of hot croissant, brioche or toast, butter or any preverses and coffee as a hot beverages. The current trend in the continental breakfast menu is towards offering a wide varities of choice. Continental breakfast menu can be divided into two parts

Cafe' Simple: It is very simple version of breakfast which consists the service of tea or coffee only

Cafe' Complete: It is more elaborated than a cafe' simple and consists the service of Choices of juice, bread basket containing bread items like- Toast, Rolls, Danish, Sticks etc with tea and coffee.

• American Breakfast (Continental Breakfast + Cereals + 2 Nos of Eggs).

American breakfast is almost as same as English Breakfast but the difference is that in American Breakfast, Meat items, Fish items and Cheese items are not served. The courses of American Breakfast are: Choices of juice, Cereals, Eggs (2 Nos), Preservatives (Jam, Butter, Honey etc), Fresh Fruits, Bread, Beverages (Tea, Coffee, Hot Chocolate, Milk etc)

In a traditional type of American breakfast cereals items were not included where as in a modern American breakfast consists the cereals items to make it more elaborated, complete and heavy.

• Indian Breakfast.

The breakfast is originated from India and used in all over the world where the majority of Indians lives. The indian breakfast consists some amount of fats and carbohydrate. The common used food items are: Tea simple/Masala/Coffee, Puree Bhajee, Choice of Juice, Samosa etc

• English Breakfast.

A full English Breakfast menu may consists more elaborated and eleven-courses of meal. The extent and variety of the menu will depend on the type of establishment in which it is being served. The items in English Breakfast consists: Choice of juices, Cereals, Eggs (2 Nos), Fish, Hot meat, Bread, Fresh Fruits, Cheese, Beverages (Tea, Coffee, Hot Chocolate, Milk etc)