A China Tale

Breakfast fit for a King

My first buffet breakfast back in the states was nothing short of awesome. Fresh whole & sliced fruit including, apples, oranges, cantalope, honeydue melon, watermelon, pineapple, and blueberries. Granola and dried fruits and nuts. Raisins, dried cranberries, almonds, dried apricots, sunflower seeds, and peanuts. Boxed Cereal – such a pain to find in China – Fruitloops, Corn Flakes, Frosted Flakes. Scrambled eggs, breakfast sausages, a mountain of bacon, skin-on homefries, thick french toast with powdered sugar and cinnamon. Bagles, sliced bread, muffins, croissants, and danishes galore. Maple syrup, butter, philly cream cheese, tabasco sauce, ketchup, and whole milk on ice. Orange Juice and coffee were at the table waiting.

Order of the feast

I started off with a plate of eggs and a couple breakfast sausages – just had to give them a try, it’s been so long! – a handful of blueberries and 3 slices of thick french toast dosed gleefully with syrup – I’m not kidding about the gleeful part. After that I went for a bagel, o how I have missed thee good sir bagel! They had a handy bagel splitter that I used before toasting it to a golden crisp and smothering it in cream cheese. I savored every bite of the cruchy outside chewy inside creamy covered goodness. At this point I also opted for a 2nd glass of orange juice. I gave myself a moment because my next move was going to be for the granola and dried fruits and nuts – healthy cereal – that meant milk – milk doesn’t go so well with orange juice in my tummy. I gathered the granola, each variety of dried fruit and the nut trail mix in my bowl and added some more of the fresh blueberries at the fruit bar before drowning it all in fresh milk. It only lasted a few moments at the table before I devowered it.

Recovery

I didn’t gorge myself – which took some will power – but I was pretty full when I left. Felt pretty good to hit so many of these foods that I’ve missed while being abroad. Made me eager to catch up on the rest of the edible goodies I’ve been without in China. Just wait till I get my hands on a T.C. Lando’s Philly Cheese Steak – sure the juices from the meat can be so plentiful at times that it reduces the bread to little more than a thin sheet of white paper around an forarm thick cylinder of meat in the center – but the pallet wants what the pallet wants. Moving is of secondary importance when I encounter that bad boy. I guess I should be more greatful for the plentifulness which we receive here in the states – sometimes I forget about it. Then again maybe that’s just the endorphines talking .