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Whilst @JDB risks becoming a parody of himself, I have to agree that hotel breakfasts are usually dismal and that it’s often better to prepare your own if you have the facilities.
A cooked breakfast isn’t exactly a healthy option, so when I do have a fry-up, I want to make the most of it. Most hotel buffets offer congealed luke-warm eggs, second-rate soggy bacon and third-rate shrivelled ultra processed sausages washed down with poorly mixed reconstituted orange juice. It’s the kind of food that threatens your health with no compensating sensory pleasure.
Similarly, the pastries are factory-produced, the bread is best buddies with the Chorleywood process, the ‘Greek’ yogurt is actually Greek-style with thickeners and emulsifiers, the muesli is bereft of fruit and nuts, the ham is reformed, the bircher is over-sweet, and the fruit is rock-hard and underripe. Omelettes and scrambled eggs are made with processed eggs, and the pancake mix comes from a packet.
It’s foul.
How much healthier and tastier to go to the supermarket and buy some real Greek yogurt and some ripe fruit? Effort? None. Cost? Negligible. Pleasure? Immeasurable.
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