# The best breakfasts around the world

Traditional breakfasts from every continent that travel and food writers rave about, chosen from the ones that repeat across 'breakfast around the world' guides.

- 2028 votes · 20 items
- Sep 8, 2021 · Amber Watson
- https://even.best/en/l/83/the-best-breakfasts-around-the-world

## Top 20

1. **Turkish breakfast (kahvaltı)** (191 · ▲209 ▼18) — A spread of cheeses, olives, tomatoes, cucumbers, honey and kaymak, jams, sucuk, menemen and simit with endless tea.
2. **Chilaquiles (Mexico)** (122 · ▲141 ▼19) — Fried tortilla pieces in red or green salsa with cream, cheese, onion and often a fried egg.
3. **Dim sum (Hong Kong)** (122 · ▲137 ▼15) — Yum cha mornings of har gow, siu mai, char siu bao and tea.
4. **Full English breakfast** (109 · ▲148 ▼39) — Eggs, bacon, sausages, baked beans, grilled tomato, mushrooms, black pudding and toast.
5. **Japanese breakfast** (102 · ▲118 ▼16) — Grilled fish, steamed rice, miso soup, pickles, natto or tamagoyaki.
6. **Shakshuka (Maghreb/Israel)** (90 · ▲97 ▼7) — Eggs poached in a spiced tomato and pepper sauce, eaten with bread.
7. **Pan con tomate (Spain)** (63 · ▲74 ▼11) — Toasted bread rubbed with tomato and olive oil, sometimes with ham, and a café con leche.
8. **Kaya toast (Singapore)** (62 · ▲76 ▼14) — Charcoal-toasted bread with coconut jam and butter, soft-boiled eggs and kopi.
9. **Arepas (Venezuela/Colombia)** (61 · ▲72 ▼11) — Corn cakes with cheese, butter, eggs or perico (scrambled eggs with tomato and onion).
10. **Ful medames (Egypt)** (56 · ▲73 ▼17) — Slow-cooked fava beans with cumin, olive oil, lemon and garlic, scooped up with bread.
11. **Croissant and café au lait (France)** (53 · ▲68 ▼15) — The classic Parisian petit-déjeuner, with tartine and jam.
12. **Gallo pinto (Costa Rica/Nicaragua)** (53 · ▲65 ▼12) — Rice and black beans fried with onion, pepper and Salsa Lizano, with eggs and plantain.
13. **Waakye (Ghana)** (43 · ▲64 ▼21) — Rice and beans cooked with sorghum leaves, with shito sauce, eggs, spaghetti and fried plantain.
14. **Masala dosa (South India)** (39 · ▲57 ▼18) — Crisp fermented rice and lentil crêpe with spiced potato, sambar and chutney.
15. **Congee (China)** (39 · ▲51 ▼12) — Rice porridge with toppings like century egg, pork floss or youtiao.
16. **Pho (Vietnam)** (37 · ▲56 ▼19) — Beef or chicken rice noodle soup, eaten at street stalls from dawn.
17. **Açaí bowl (Brazil)** (35 · ▲46 ▼11) — Frozen açaí pulp blended thick and topped with banana, granola and honey.
18. **Mohinga (Myanmar)** (33 · ▲56 ▼23) — Fish and lemongrass broth with rice noodles, the national breakfast.
19. **American pancakes** (30 · ▲45 ▼15) — Fluffy buttermilk pancakes stacked with butter and maple syrup, often with bacon.
20. **Granita con brioche (Sicily)** (26 · ▲44 ▼18) — Almond, coffee or mulberry granita with a soft brioche col tuppo for dunking.

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