Breakfast is the first meal of the day and it will help you power through the day, don't skip it.Or at least that is what is widely told and believed, and now I realize this is a very strange way to open, yet I did and I'm going to carry on with it. If I have not made myself clear yet, I have been to Italy and I tried to learn their lifestyle and this is my documentation. Spread across three years, I spent a total of 3 months there, enough time to know enough but not all, and it is worth mentioning that I spent all my time in North Italy, after all, I didn't go there for vacation; since my office is headquartered in Piedmont region I stayed there and spent above 95% time there.
Oh, I forgot about breakfast! During my first time my manager took me out for breakfast and it was a cup of coffee and brioche. What is brioche you ask, it is a croissant, sometimes bigger, sometimes flavoured, sometimes stuffed; but yeah that is what all you get in the morning, not once I saw a pizza or pasta place open in the morning! it was strange.
My usual stop for Cup of coffee and brioche is bakery downstairs from our place of stay, but there was also another spot which gathered sort of celebrity status - Canterino it is said they make the best brioche in town, I never knew, neither my taste buds got convinced. Still, I could tell the difference between department store-bought and fresh ones - be if from the bakery downstairs, Canterino, Glamour or the Glamour outlet inside our office - 1886. Most days I buy 2 cartons of milk and 1 pack of brioche Milano or Esselunga brand - costs approx 4 euros and this will last me 1 week. If I buy from bakery daily, same 1-week duration, brioche and cup of latte will cost me 3 euros daily - 21 euros for a week!
Of course, this is not the only breakfast, if someone tells you as a nation, Italy only eats bread and coffee for breakfast, don't blink, punch them in the face. During the coffee break, I asked my colleague what they consume for breakfast since this did not keep my tummy calm and so I had to buy something during 11 am break, most responses were like this - cereal, bread toast and milk, sandwich, some form of cooked eggs, brioche and coffee (stereotypical), some even confessed about eating a meal like pasta or pizza - mostly because there were leftovers or someone prepared it for them o.O
Of course, this is not the only breakfast, if someone tells you as a nation, Italy only eats bread and coffee for breakfast, don't blink, punch them in the face. During the coffee break, I asked my colleague what they consume for breakfast since this did not keep my tummy calm and so I had to buy something during 11 am break, most responses were like this - cereal, bread toast and milk, sandwich, some form of cooked eggs, brioche and coffee (stereotypical), some even confessed about eating a meal like pasta or pizza - mostly because there were leftovers or someone prepared it for them o.O
Once while touring Florence, we booked a 3-star hotel for night stay, they offered a full breakfast spread like it any western cuisine. Pastries, chocolate, cake, juice, milk, expresso, salad, even bacon strips, omelette on order, fresh-cut fruits, toast with butter, jam and Nutella for spreads. We sort of made bread omelette, by sandwiching omelette between butter slathered toast, if you are non-vegetarian who can eat bacon then can add a couple of bacon strips and make it awesome (I guess).In my experience, Italians reserved a proper meal for lunch and dinner. Workforce had their breakfast at a cafe or bakery eating brioche, toast, sandwich or some other form of bread with a cup for coffee. But most Italians do consume cereal, toast, leftovers just like any other normal people, though they might claim coffee runs in their vein.
My Time in Italy
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