Kelsey, Henry and I were treated to a breakfast spread during our stay in Budva Montenegro that was out of this world.  It was the greatest, most elaborate, full offering of breakfast options that we have ever seen.  We were staying at the five star Splendid Hotel, admittedly a very nice, very upscale hotel.

We don’t normally stay in hotels this nice, but we chose to do so because it had a variety of “options for kids.”  So, we decided to stay there for Henry’s benefit.  We wanted to  make sure that we had different pool, beach, jungle gym, and activity options available for Henry.  It was all about Henry!

But, back to the breakfast buffet that the hotel offered to its guests.

We are still talking about it.  so I thought I would share with you what a phenomenal breakfast spread looks like.  Just in case any of you want to copy or imitate it.

Everything was buffet style.  Different “stations” for different options.  Let’s just go down the list of different stations that this hotel provided.

• Coffee, tea and hot chocolate

• Juices of all kinds – orange and apple being the primary choices

• Bread – croissants, baguettes, bagels, different breads, etc.

• Cereals – seven different kinds to choose from

• Yogurts – all different kinds

• Salad makings – cucumbers, onions, tomatoes, pickles, different types of lettuce, peppers, etc.
• Vegetables grilled

• Eggs prepared any way you want them – fried, scrambled, etc.

• Omelets prepared to order with whatever ingredients you wanted, including a specially made truffle omelet

• French toast and waffles – premade as well as made to order

• Cheeses – five different types

• Fruits of all kinds – grapefruits, oranges, apples, bananas…

• including bananas roiled in chocolate sauce

• Pates of different types, including fish pate.

• Miscellaneous nuts, dried cranberries, dates, almonds, hazelnuts, apricots

• Cold meats – salami, prosciutto, to name a few.
• Hot meats — bacon, sausages, etc.

Some 15 different stations to choose from, and then multiple choices at each station.

What can you say?  You cannot top this.

This kind of a breakfast spread has several implications.  First, you spend more time eating breakfast than one would normally.  This is a spread that invites you to dilly dally.  Invites you to relax and consume slowly.

Second, this kind of a breakfast spread destroys the need and desire to have a huge lunch.  This runs totally contrary to the way the French eat.  They focus on lunch as their big meal of the day, and breakfast is just a croissant and coffee.

Finally, this kind of a breakfast spread wrecks havoc with my intermittent fasting diet strategy – i.e., eat all your meals in a six hour period between 1pm and 7 pm, and then do not eat anything for the next 18 hours, from 7pm to 1pm.  In other words, skip breakfast.

This experience has caused one other problem.  Since Kelsey and I have experienced this breakfast bonanza every other breakfast buffet that we have gone to looks so pathetic in comparison.  We are spoiled.  We have seen the ultimate breakfast buffet, and no other hotel has a chance of coming close to outdoing the Splendid Hotel’s spread.

As you can tell, it was all about Henry.