Breakfast at leduc/Edmonton

Weeks ago, me and my buddy went to Edmonton to visit the place and to meet our friends as well. On our first night i was daunted where to stay,.Since my first step to the place, i have no idea where to go or what to do first. One of our friend offer her place but since we come in a group we refused the offer and decided to stay in an affordable hotel. We roamed to the place until we come up in a very nice and inviting hotel and they say one of the cheapest hotel in leduc- Hampton inn & suites. The hotel is small and rated as 3 star hotel with complete amenities. So after we got our room and the group were rushed with their rooms i excitedly approach to the front desk to ask if they'd serve breakfast the following morning.  Well, i'm hoping for it because i often eat breakfast as most of the time i'd rather eat breakfast then skip lunch.

 ....And yes they serve BREAKFAST. They serve wide range of western day starter from crunchy cereals to fruit compote and yogurt. Cereals are properly arranged in see-through tube jar and you could see varieties of milk just beside of it, The bread were amazingly place in a two layer warmer dish covered by the glass lid. Plain and flavored yogurt are submerged nicely in a bowl full of ice to maintain freshness,, cool

        Coffee was available during our stay. I could never start my day without firing up my cold stomach with hot coffee like this. Good things they had few to choose from. They have decaf,regular,robust and roast. My friends had their hot choco with their meals which i found very good too, but I'm not fond of chocolate drink either hot or cold. I just chose robust coffee with my meal. You can smell strong aroma of it,loved it with scoop of honey and that's it,no cream,no sugar, I adore coffee so much. Perfect with fall season like it was,,,Freshly squeeze fruit juices and bottled are also available

                                                                                                                                                                      

I had waffles with blueberry jam and orange marmalade. I've tried a lot of waffles in many restaurants and i have my own recipe of pancakes and waffles but I'd like to comment on this. waffles looks nice but,,but when i tasted it turn out like too sour, I don't know what kind of flour they used in the batter???taste bad!! The mixture were heavy and thick but when it cooked, weigh like biscuit, very crusty and light

To ease my disappointment on my waffles- omg that's one of my favorite,,I grabbed on my second plate. Its a bowl of fruit compote and natural made plain yogurt, oh this was good,taste homemade and i guess this was made just few hours ago before it served, well chilled,not too sugary and you could smell the cinnamon bark, cloves and the cardamon pods and some bits of vanilla, The fruits behind the brine mixture was firm and fresh and not over boiled. Plain yogurts combined well with the fruits and tasted so natural.


They have few hot items on display. Set in the square chaffing dish at somehow has three small food pan inside, The hot fare are sausage pate',french toasties, and scrambled eggs. I just had sausage pate'.



As many says, "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day' that is absolutely true. For me i eat a lot in my breakfast and its been part of my daily nutrition diet,, i skipped lunch most of the time so i need to energized myself as the day would start. In my overall dining experience in this hotel, i would say that it was very good. Personally satisfied with everything except for the waffles All I've had are nice and perfect to start my day, My friends had their pleasant smile after the meal.

Bagel and lox with avocado and cream cheese

I seldom to eat sandwich in the morning and bread for me is a very heavy meal at this time of the day.Sometimes, if i want to have bread i just have a couple of pandesal, peanut butter or butter and piping hot coffee. That's it, no fancy breakfast. A typical pinoy would like to have Fried rice, eggs, and or selections of highly preserved meats (e.g. beef tapa, tocino, longganisa).
When my time in Shangri-la, i always had light meal in my breakfast and always have at least bagels filled with some cheeses, smoked salmon or chicken, some fruits and lettuces.I always want my bagels to be paired with smoked salmon because of its deep smoky flavor,moist flesh and well-balanced salt


In the hotel recipe, bagel has Camembert cheese,roasted red peppers,smoked chicken and lolorosso lettuce, in my recipe, i made simple and easy to acquire ingredients, easy to prepare as well.

Makes 2 sandwiches

6 slices Smoked salmon
Half semi ripe avocado-divided and slice thinly
2 tablespoon or more cream cheese enoughed to cover four faces bagel
2 bagels-any flavor of your choice,lightly toasted

lightly toast the bagel ( i like chewy bagel rather than crispy ). Spread the cheese onto slice side. place 3 slices salmon each bagel. Lay four to five slices of avocado, Served with your favorite hot drinks,,,

French toast

This dish is made by dipping bread into egg-milk mixture, then frying it until golden brown. Usually served with syrup,jam,and powdered sugar

The French called it "pain perdu" or lost bread because it is the way of reviving french bread which becomes dry after a day or two