South Indian Breakfast - Masala Dosa, Ootappams, Vadai, Idly!

can get all of them at http://www.saravanabhavan.com/

Alas, none in ORD.

There are a few South Indian dishes in Chicago, but no one is open for b/Fast. Besides somehow all named dishes are a la carte and will run up a tab over $ 25 PP.

In ORD area, try the Dosa nite (all you can eat dosas of all varities) thursdays at Sankalp in Mount Prospect and Priya in Scaumberg.

anything asian... warm savoury soups and broths and noodles e.g. aforementioned pho and congee

im an adventurous eater but when it comes to breakfast none of the rest of the options interest me whatsoever... breads, jams, jellies, pastries, cheeses, nasty cured meats (proper salami and prosciutto are exception), pickles, yogurts, etc

in most western or continental hotels i skip the entire cold "spread" and head for the oatmeal if available. maybe a bit of sauteed mushrooms and grilled tomatoes too. failing that, then pancakes

I can't do cold or sweet breakfasts. If that's all there is, I'll have a glass of milk and wait for lunch.

and in Bavaria a weissbier as well:D

Heuvos Rancheros.

I also don't mind a REAL continental breakfast. Not a danish and a cup of coffee but a German or French style one with good rolls, real cheeses, cold cuts, etc.

I like that too..... for lunch, an afternoon snack, or a light dinner.:)

My favorite breakfast would have to be spicy chicken Johnny Cakes and fresh squeezed orange juice (12 oz) at Ruby's Cafe in San Pedro on Ambergris Caye, Belize. All for under $5US. Hurry though, they sell out by about 8:00am in the morning!

Yep, quite often when I'm traveling through Europe (as I will be next month through October :) ) I will often ask the hotel if I can take a bit extra at breakfast (IE make a couple of sandwiches or whatever) to eat as a snack or lunch while driving or at a rest stop. I'm happy to pay extra if they want or if they refuse I'll stop at a deli somewhere.

Silogs are great anytime. The hard part is choosing - tosilog, tapsilog, pusitsilog, etc.

http://sinugba.webs.com/

Sinugba is my Bay Area favorite.

In Taiwan fried eggs inside a sesame covered envelope of bread an spicy sauce. I think it's called Sau Bing?

In Shanghai a similar egg inside of crep-like thing with green onions and spicy sauce. I think called Dan Bing.

My wife loves what she calls a " whore's breakfast. "
Which is basically a cup of coffee and a cigarette.

Huevos Rancheros as made by my wild Irish bride.

Ripe or over-ripe tomatoes, fried in bacon grease. With bread or hash browns to sop up the mess. My mother-in-law invented this dish as a maid in Ireland. Her employer gave her over-ripe tomatoes they couldn't sell, and wouldn't eat themselves. It is now a family treat.

Blinis with caviar and sour cream. Only in Baku Azerbaijan.

I had no idea french toast was a sweet breakfast item until I came across it in the dining halls in undergrad.

That's because we always ate it savory at home, the way my parents knew it from the motherland (India). Onions, cilantro, and chilies are chopped and tossed in with the egg. They called it french toast and we ate it for breakfast on the weekends. Recently I went home and my mom randomly made a plate of these. As much as I'm trying to be "low-carb egg-whites only" to get skinny, I just couldn't say no and had 2 servings. Once I helped my mother-in-law make this for breakfast and I was intrigued as I wanted to try hers. I never got the chance - my husband and his cousin devoured the whole plate in 5 minutes and gave no consideration to the fact that there was a house full of people who got none.

I never order the sweet kind when out at brunch. My palate gets confused.

Papusa's in El Salvador!