russian kasha is perhaps the best hangover breakfast (a lesson i learned from drinking far too much vodka in russia).

vietnamese pho has its own very active thread here. i've never actually eaten it for breakfast, though.

Favorite breakfast would be the table-crushing Middle Eastern morning spreads. Shakshuka is delicious (the Levantine kind, not the Gulf kind), as is bread with ful medames (extra herbs + spices, no onions), chickpeas, and labnah, along with picked vegetables, fatayer, manakish, and fresh fruit. Then ending sweetly with some halwa with tahini. Mmmmm, now I'm hungry. :D

This, but really also anything the early morning vendors have out. I'd say jianbing is more a crepe with egg on top, than the other way around, plus a couple smears of soybean paste and spicy sauce, a sprinkle of herbs, and (the best part) crunchy fried dough in the middle. An abomination of a crepe compared to its delicate French cousin, but it's surprisingly delicious and so comforting on those cold Beijing mornings.

I applaud whoever mentioned a Hawaiian Loco Moco - you must share your strategy for not falling asleep immediately afterwards.

I also like those, but I'm perfectly happy with some fried pork buns (not steamed) and a few cups of coffee. I used to live near Chicago's Chinatown and would go to one of the coffee shops for breakfast. It was mostly older Chinese men and me, a kid in his early 20's. I still miss that experience.

Hi Willie
It was good to see you Too Many Books and others at the cheese warehouse market. Good stuff. Picked up some habanero chhedar.

RE INDIAN B FAST
As I said there aren't places that serve these dishes. We all buy the items individually, prepare them from scratc....some every morning !

For the "rice crepes" ( Dosa)I mentioned, you can get many varieties with different stuffings and accompanyments there are a couple of places on Devon and in the suburbs.

TO try out various combinations without blowing a hole in your wallet I highly recommend a restaurant called SANKALP near you on Golf & 83. Go on Thursday night when you can have as many dosas as you want for $ 10.:D A real deal....look at the varieties, ask questions. See if you can get a waiter named Neeraj.

For other nights you should check Restaurant.com for derts.

When I get back, I will investigate other locations and let you know.

Be carefull there may be two locations of Sankalp...go to the one in the strip mall on Golf and 63.

Questions ?

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Scrambled eggs
pancakes or waffles
sausage or bacon or ham
orange juice
toast or biscuit with butter, jelly and or jam

I choked down an extremely salty bowl
of kasha prepared by a Russian grandmother every day while I was there - I had repressed that memory until now! On the plus side, by around the eighth day, she accepted that ham was meat, and being veggie, I wasn't going to accept her kind offer if a fried slab of it in the morning!

Bullseye-albeit for lunch/dinner only (they aren't open for breakfast; too busy playing majong), I go to an Egyptian restaurant in Shenzhen, China for ful and my fill of greens for the day.

Also, would you mind explaining the differences in the two shakshuka recipes?

Mainly a difference in the ratio of egg to tomato sauce. Levantine (though with roots in North Africa) is as described in the first post, with eggs cracked on top of the tomatoes, and extremely comforting served warm and with bread to mop it all up. What we call shakshuka in the GCC is really just scrambled eggs flavored with tomato/sauce, nothing special.

You can see the difference if you image search "shakshuka" then "شكشوكة‎"

A breakfast burrito with good chorizo, hot sauce and eggs from a place in Phoenix or Tucson with a prominently displayed "CASH ONLY" sign :D

Taiwanese "chicken rice" (http://www.wikipedia123.com/Wikipedi...cken-Rice.html)

Who doesn't love meat + rice + drizzle of chicken fat first thing in the morning?! :p

And I also love any European bakery's version of an almond croissant. That's always my weak spot...head outside -> follow nose to local bakery -> grab an almond croissant -> slowly walk around to enjoy the sites while dropping massive amounts of crumbs all over my shirt.

In a similar manner, Thai sticky rice & grilled pork...Kao Niew Moo Ping.
My go-to breakfast when in Thailand.

Little bit of crispy pork fat at the end of the skewer of pork....yummy.

http://www.123rf.com/photo_10762373_...breakfast.html

Not ethnic to most of you I'd imagine but I couldn't get enough of the pancakes & French toast in New York, especially at Norma's, the brunch restaurant in Le Parker Meridian.

Churros con chocolate. ^

shakshuka is divine but more of a brunch dish imo.

I would go for congee or soy milk with you tiao. I have also had seolleongtang (ox bone soup), which made for a very hearty breakfast.

Times, they are achanging...
IHOP now is ethnic ?:D