the view from the balcony at Spicers on Balfour - a great breakfast venue
My favourite Australian breakfast is vegemite on toast and a cup of tea. It is the first thing I want when I return to Brisbane.
I think you have to be brought up on vegemite from birth to appreciate it. I don’t know very many people from the rest of the world who like it. They don’t know what they are missing. It is a salty yeast extract spread, the Australian equivalent of Marmite.
vegemite on toast
In Australia we have also adopted an English breakfast of bacon and eggs as our own. A very good example of this is on offer at Buzz, an excellent cafe at Emporium in Anne St, Fortitude Valley.
poached eggs, bacon and tomatoes at Buzz
In fact, just about anything goes for breakfast in Australia, baked beans on toast, porridge, cereal, boiled egg with toast soldiers – the list goes on. It is now a very popular thing to do to eat breakfast at a cafe or restaurant, something unheard of when I was growing up. In the next post will be a couple more breakfast suggestions at a popular new spot.