Types of food in different hotels may differ, but in the popular tourist countries, most often the same schemes are used. Egypt and Turkey, Tunisia and Thailand, Montenegro and Croatia - everywhere you will be offered the following conditions for a choice:
- only breakfast;
- half board (breakfast and dinner at the hotel);
- full board (three meals a day);
- all-inclusive (five or even six meals plus alcoholic beverages).
In this article, we will talk about a variety of the first of these types, namely, what does the continental type of breakfast mean?
Continental breakfast - what does it mean?
Stopping at hotels, many people want to include only breakfast in the room rate. Spending a day in entertainment or going on business, they prefer to have dinner and dinner where they will be at this time, so as not to be "tied" to their hotel. It is very convenient both for those who like active rest and new impressions, and for those who go on a business trip.
The notion of "continental breakfast" began to be used to distinguish this type of food from the so-called "English breakfast". The latter suggests a more satisfying menu, which necessarily includes hot dishes (scrambled eggs or scrambled eggs with bacon, sausages, puddings, etc.), while the continental one is a lighter breakfast. This can include croissants or cereals, milk and sour-milk products, soft drinks (tea, coffee, cocoa or hot chocolate). Also, breakfast is often served with honey, jam, fruit, juices or fresh, fresh pastries with butter, boiled eggs, muesli, sausage or cheese sliced, ham.
As a rule, each restaurant makes its own menu, and in some establishments a continental breakfast can include cereal flakes with a glass of milk, and in others - coffee with rolls and cheese. In addition, the service may differ: in certain restaurants (most often in hotels of two or three stars), breakfast assumes the principle of a guest kitchen (self-service), when everyone can take the desired food on a tray, while in more expensive establishments the customers are served by waiters.
The breakfasts vary in different countries. In Germany, they often serve sausages and all kinds of slicing, the French do not think breakfast without a croissant and a cup of coffee, and the British prefer protein food to all. When you come to Italy for a rest, be ready to serve in the form of a buffet.
Type of food "continental breakfast" is chosen by people who do not like to eat dense food in the morning, or those who wake up late and have a goal to eat something light, and then wait for a hearty dinner.
What is included in the extended continental breakfast?
If you are fastidious in eating or you are not comfortable with the standard set of dishes served as a continental breakfast in
A variation of such a breakfast is a continental buffet (or buffet with a continental breakfast) - type of food, where the service assumes an analogue of a buffet. Everyone can go and treat himself to the dish that he likes.