I recently had the best, yes the BEST eggs benedict while in London at the Breakfast Club and captured the deliciously egg oozing hollandaise goodness on instagram, facebook and urbanspoon.

It seemed like the food that I ate really defined the places I visited and my hips don't lie about it either. So what was for breakfast while I was away on holidays?

The British and Irish love their traditional full breakfast aka fry up or full monty with each country adding it's own little touch, black pudding or hashbrowns (English), white pudding or soda bread (Irish) or haggis (Scottish).

The Europeans weren't so fussed about the big hearty meals instead keeping it simple, light and easy - think fresh pastries and breads.

Here's a snippet of where I disappeared to and ate :)

FRANCE

Croque monsieur

Paris

Croissant

BELGIUM

Brussels

Frites and mayo

Moules, frites and beer

NETHERLANDS

Traditional Dutch snacks

Crossaint and eggs

Amsterdam

ENGLAND

Stonehenge

English full breakfast

Eggs royale

Recommend: Breakfast Club, London


IRELAND

Irish full breakfast

Irish coffee

Ulster fry

Recommend: Gourmet Food Parlour, Dun Laoghaire

SCOTLAND

Scottish full breakfast

Eilean Dolan Castle

Haggis, neets and tatties

Recommend: Loudons Cafe & Bakery, Edinburgh