Con Breakfast

[daveon]

One thing that Concussion will be remembered by me (and my middle) for a long time to come, was breakfast at the Crowne Plaza.

Wow! Like, wow! As I was up at 6am on the Friday, I assumed that I was lucky to be there before the mad rush, but no, other samplings taken at 10 and 10.30, indicated that the food remained plentiful throughout the breakfast. There were mushrooms (of course), there were fried AND scrambled eggs, there was bacon, there were sausages but then it settled down to the business; square sausags; hagis; rich, dark, fatty black puddings; frid potatoe scone; pancakes (ok so these weren't so good); waffles; cereals; fruit; cheeses; toast; different breads; fruit juices...

*sigh*

The only time I've felt happier with a Convention Breakfast was the 1996 Fantasycon in Docklands where they served kidney. Many people assumed they were funny looking mushrooms and probably were not impressed. But I know good offal when I see it!

Comments

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

I loved the availability of fresh fruit. And the way they laid out the hot breakfast so most of the veggie stuff came first, which minimised the contamination of serving spoons.

[brisingamen.livejournal.com]

I was also pleased that they kept on serving that same style of breakfast all through the weekend. I have been to conventions where, having got in a day early, I was treated to a splendid breakfast on the first morning, because the hotel was still in 'proper guest' mode, only to find, the following day, that they had shifted to 'convention bare minimum and nowhere near as good' mode. I always resent that and was pleased the CP carried on regardless. The whole breakfast provision was very well organised; I even ate the scrambled egg on a couple of days, and I almost never eat hotel scrambled egg. It just looked so good those days, and indeed was. Also, they had decent baked beans; the real McCoy rather than something watery and nasty and very generic. I was most impressed.

[major-clanger.livejournal.com]

Indeed, having eaten the CP breakfast on the Thursday morning, I can attest that the choice increased once the convention started!

[brisingamen.livejournal.com]

Well, having been pleased with the Thursday breakfast, I initially thought I was hallucinating the haggis the next day. Definitely best breakfast product ever.