What Breakfast Is Like Around the World

Typically eat eggs, or a bowl of cereal for breakfast? There are so many other tasty options. In this episode of “Around the World,” Great Big Story senior producer Beryl Shereshewsky makes wake-up calls to seven people in seven countries to find out what they eat to start the day. Among the dishes featured: Vietnam’s súp lu'o'n, a spicy eel soup; mandazi, an airy deep-fried dough from Kenya; and a plate of scrumptious catfish and grits made to perfection in the United States.

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[WilliamAndrea]

If anyone else is wondering what the Burmese ladies are wearing on their faces, it's a cream called "thanaka". It's a natural sunscreen and beauty cream.

[Ethnic_A]

I wish foreigns could hear Thuy's passion and sincerity when she talked about the eel soup, she knew that the dish didn't look appetizing to everyone but genuinely hoped that people will give it a try by suggesting different ways it can be consumed. Waking up at 3am everyday smh I'd kill myself if I worked a job like that

[sophiakrishnan]

I love that eel lady’s face when she’s talking about her soup. The pride, the passion. And also, her place was surprisingly clean and organised.

[ceren]

I just realized that I read all of the subtitles for the Turkey part even though I'm turkish I-

[tomadevil]

I live in Hungary, we snort 2 lines of paprika for breakfast.

[loliprotectionteam]

asian : all food is considered snacking if you don't eat rice

[husband-of-chinggis]

You can see the pride in all their faces as they talk about their food :') i love humanity

[shamaperveen]

In india, every state has its own special breakfast ( or just everything 😂)

[noonooshK]

I love that when they say “around the world” they truly mean it and don’t suddenly forget that Africa exists like so many others tend to do in such situations.

[juniormint]

i’m burmese (from myanmar), and myanmar gets very little recognition in terms of culture in the media so thank you so much for including us! it makes me feel so happy and represented!

[Rebelartist]

I'm native American and from the south so grits are a staple and my breakfast is usually the previous nights leftovers nobody said it had to be sugary or nauseatingly sweet ..but if your not allergic to nuts and like a hearty porridge here's a recipe for a breakfast that encompasses alot of tribes cuisine I'm Cherokee and we eat alot of hickory nuts
So it's called all nations porridge
1 cup ground up hickory nuts
2 cups ground grits ( corn)
3. 1 cup acorn flour
4. 4 qts hot boiling water
5. 1 cups pecan flour
1/2 cup flour
You throw everything in a pot get it nice and creamy try not to burn it so where you had your fire at medium hi to boil it you place it on low as to not scorch it..three tbsp of butter a pinch of salt and 4 tbsp of vanilla 2 tbsp of maple syrup..about three tsp of clove and nutmeg and one can of sweetened condensed milk.or you can do like the 1800s and half a cup of buttermilk and half a tablespoon of molasses..feel free to stir in apples nuts or choke cherries or blue berries or eat it as is if your a fan of bacon like me feel free to stir in bacon crumbs and eat it with some fry bread and cream cheese sounds weird but a good combo and bon appetit as my french kin would say and as usual love your stuff Beryl

[elisemichel]

In Vietnam, breakfast is different in each region.

In Northern Vietnamese the most famous one was Pho Ha Noi, banh cuon Thanh Tri (rice flour rolls).

In Middle Vietnam, we have bun bo Hue, eel soup and eel porridge in Vinh city. There's also banh mi Hoi An, banh canh ghẹ (crab soup cake) and Quang noddles.

In Southern Vietnam, we have com tam, hu tieu, bun rieu

Sometimes we have Banh Mi, fried rice, porridge, sticky rice...
You can find a lot of restaurant that serve these dishes in the country.

[cookinsoups]

As a mexican my mom only serves me leftover food from last night for breakfest

[IshaDoodler]

That indian woman : Making a dhokla with lots of hard work
me also an indian : *bread and jam*

[jujukhaddaj]

Me being Lebanese, happy because they recognized that we had good food because we are the second or the third smallest country in Asia

[mariajesna]

I am from south India and our breakfast involves:-
- From Tamil Nadu:- idlies, doses, pongal with Sambhar and chutney;
- From Kerala:- Puttu Kadala curry, Kapa boiled(tapioca/casava), Appam with veg/ egg/ fish/ beef curry.
These are my favourite. 😋😋😋

[vivekmandal]

In the Southern part of India, We eat,
Dosa: Sour dough thin pancakes with a lentil soup.

In the Northern part of India we eat,
Paratha (its a kind of bread (very popular in India). and this bread is generally stuffed with Potato, Onion, Cottage cheese)

[keisha.dechaca]

Filipino breakfast:
*bread with coffee first then you move on to the actual breakfast meal*

[isaopq]

I love how you represent Kenya with respect and realness ♡ and I love that man smile, is heartwarming

[victoriac]

seeing them proudly holding their food at the end of their segments is very cute (: