Noodle Soup for Breakfast

For us in the Western Hemisphere it might be a little unusual to eat noodle soup for breakfast, but believe me in Asia it is the norm. Yes one can have the traditional American or English Breakfast, but usually one has other savory treats here.

The noodle soup today was actually a really simple one, we just took some instant noodles, nice and spicy an cooked them as per direction, but then to make it a bit different we wok fried quick some oyster mushrooms and bok choy, then a hard boiled egg and finish....and yes it was delicious.

One might say now that it is nicer to have a freshly made soup, true, but not everybody has time to cook everything from scratch and I have to admit, some of the ready products are really quite nice, then with the little extra flavor one has a lovely meal that is quickly prepared.

Try it out, have an Asian start of the day, you will see that after that you have eaten enough but you won't feel overly full which is a great feeling to start the day

My daily Breakfast Nr 8, Champorado

Today I got a special treat. It is another Filipino Breakfast called Champorado. It is sticky rice cooked with a little sugar and cocoa powder. It is not really sweet, except you add some more sugar at the end

This was really special and I love the start, my fiancee used a really good cocoa powder from Barry Callebaut and it made the Champorado nice and dark and tasty, just as it should be

Then at the end she served it with a bit of milk on top, I added still a bit more sugar, so it was actually like a soft rice porridge with chocolate. It is a great breakfast as it is nice and filling and holds me easily through to the afternoon, when I usually have my lunch

The most important item on this dish is that you have a good sticky rice, then everything else is easy. The sticky rice makes everything a bit like a porridge. If the rice is still a bit al dente...that is how I like it, just with this gentle bite to it.

My daily Breakfast nr 3

Another wonderful breakfast, something that really gives one power for nearly the whole day. It is called Lugaw and comes from Philippines. It is a rice soup that is made with chicken, garlic, onions and ginger and often a little saffron is added.

Today I had my Lugaw with a boiled egg but no saffron, so it is a bit white, but really yummy. I love eating it and scraping the meat of the chicken wing that was in it, a great start for the day....with coffee of course

In Philippines you will eat Lugaw all day long, there are many different versions but one is always the same, it is based on rice. We eat often a cup of Lugaw when we are in town, just if there is a little hunger coming