For whatever reason, I've never been big on breakfast (they keep telling me it's the most important meal of the day), and prefer simply coffee or 1/2 a croissant. My hotel free breakfast always goes wasted, since I mostly just have coffee (sometimes cappuccino) and stroll around to see what they offer, but hardly never partake.

When I do make an exception, it'll usually be for a Cantonese breakfast. It could be something like bird's nest chicken congee sprinkled with green onions with the fried dough, shark's fin dumpling in a soup base, or simply black egg & pork congee. When it comes to the sheer richness of cuisine, the Cantonese have no peer, in my view. Just skip the desserts, I suppose. Any cuisine that eschews dairy and chocolate is bound to be underwhelming when it comes to sweet treats.