Bit of a bleak start today. In London one thing that would make me feel better as I walked from Westminster tube to where I worked was a pret latte and croissant. And while Starbucks and other chains seem to be confined to the more central and western districts of Mitte and Charlottenburg, Germans do go in for breakfast in a big way and here are tons of cafés and stalls selling all essential ingredients for a breakfast on the run. You can either pick up a pretty good value breakfast for 2.90
€ or separately at stalls like these at Ostbahnhof station.
Main difference between here and England is that fruit makes a much more significant appearance in breakfasts than in our greasy spoons (if a tomato counts as fruit in your book). Particularly when you've got a bit more time on breakfast like on Sundays when loads of people go out for brunch. Favourite ones near me so far are
Café Intimes (Boxhanger Str. 107 - review from brilliant blog on Berlin cafés) and
Casero (Gabriel-Max Str. 18). Thought I had better throw in a photo by way of example! So impressed with breakfasts when we were here in 2004, "Frühstück" became our word for great, much to the bewilderment of Germans on the S-Bahn as we called it out every time we saw something cool.
Main difference between here and England is that fruit makes a much more significant appearance in breakfasts than in our greasy spoons (if a tomato counts as fruit in your book). Particularly when you've got a bit more time on breakfast like on Sundays when loads of people go out for brunch. Favourite ones near me so far are Café Intimes (Boxhanger Str. 107 - review from brilliant blog on Berlin cafés) and Casero (Gabriel-Max Str. 18). Thought I had better throw in a photo by way of example! So impressed with breakfasts when we were here in 2004, "Frühstück" became our word for great, much to the bewilderment of Germans on the S-Bahn as we called it out every time we saw something cool.
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