Breakfast
is the most important meal of the day, unfortunately not everyone pays enough
attention to it. On working days, many people are in such a hurry that they
simply skip breakfast or grab something quick to go. It’s not the nicest way to
start a day .
Breakfasts
do not have to be a boring necessity. Living in the city, where everyone is
always in a hurry it’s nice to have a moment to slow down and enjoy some good
food. If you like discovering new foods, making friends and are a fan of
breakfasts I would strongly recommend that you visit one of the Breakfast
Markets that are held on the weekends.
In Warsaw
there are two main sites where you can join the breakfast community. In the
winter, on Saturdays it is held in Żoliborz, in Gimnazjum nr 55. On Sundays you
can make your way to Mokotów, to Jan Kochanowski’s High School. There, from
10am to 4 pm you can find a variety of products, from homemade jams to fresh
vegetables and kitchen utensils. You can have a chance and talk with the
vendors, find out everything about offered products. When you get tired, there
are of course stands with delicious food. This definitely will not be another
boring scrambled eggs breakfast. Local produce guarantee tasty dishes for
everyone – meat lovers, vegans, fans of traditional Polish cuisine or those
looking for something more exotic. It really is a nice way to start you day.
The same
organization runs weekly events in
Poznań. Here is a short video to show you how nice it looks in the summer:
Another
Breakfast Market worth visiting is the Berlin Breakfast Market in Markthalle
Neun. It is held every 3rd Sunday of the month and available food
and the atmosphere are so nice that I found it to be described in a couple of
Berlin tour guides. Similarly to the Polish events, you can both enjoy the food
and do some shopping, since some stands offer a big variety of food related
accessories.
Have you
been to any events like this? How did you like it?
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Comments
Your article convinced me to try attending breakfast market. It would be also interesting to participate in breakfast market abroad.
I've never visited the breakfast market so it's hard for me to speak about it. However i see the benefit that as it's happaning during the weekend many people can benefit from it.
During the week, few people could get such a breakfast or drink a cup of coffee for breakfast on the way to work or school. But I think this is an interesting way to spend free mornings over the weekend. You can learn about new ways of preparing food and how to eat healthy.
I think that soon I will visit one of those market and try new kind of breakfest.
I think that breakfast markets are interesting and seem to be quite enjoyable but I'm not sure it would be my thing. I'm quite a picky eater and most people in Poland eat heavier breakfasts then I do. At any markets in Warsaw I mostly see lard, ham and sausages and can't really bear those.
During the weekends there are a lot of food events to choose from. Also during normal working days there are some breakfast events, but usually they are organized by one single restaurant. For example in Aioli, if you buy a coffee you can get a nice full breakfast for 1zl :)
Also, from what I have seen so far, the offered food is not only sausages. There are a lot of lighter options, very often vegan or gluten-free if that's what you like :)
Personally I love original ideas especially at breakfast. it's very important to have a good start of the day.
I think it is great idea. I had several attempts to interesting, tasty and unusual breakfast. It was really tasty but my laziness and haste were stronger. Now I eat something fast for a breakFAST and go out.
I've never been to a breakfast market, but I heard about them - my brother visits such events from time to time. Sounds like a great idea and I hope I'll have a chance to participate someday.
So, I would like to participate in such events one-day.
I love breakfasts and I agree completely that they are the most important meal of the day. My mother has a cup of coffee for breakfast and eats something around 12 o’clock and I will never understand it. The same thing goes for eating trash food for the first meal of the day – how are you supposed to have a good start when you eat a Snickers for breakfast?!
I highly recommend the new Jamie Oliver cookbook called “Superfood”. Jamie works with a lot of doctors and nutritionists to design healthy and well balanced meal ideas. When he was creating this book he visited a lot of places with the longest life-span and consulted many people about what and how they eat and how they stay healthy. Each chapter is a different meal – breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks etc. Breakfast is my favourite chapter – it contains a lot of really cool ideas and the best thing is that the majority are for some very fast things or something that you can prepare in advance (for example a protein oatmeal mix or fruit pudding cups).
What is the best thing that you’ve had at a Breakfast Market?
I can't start my day without a good breakfast. There are two exceptions from this rule - one is when I am sick, the other is when I'm invited to my friends for a festive breakfast and this happens from time to time:) I love it, it is a far better idea than stuffing yourself late in the evening.
At breakfast Markets I usually go for fresh produce of diary with an oriental twist if I can find something like that. I can't name one thing that I liked the most.
I think it's a very positive way to start a day and generally spend your time on the weekend