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PHUKET TRAVEL DIARIES: Breakfast, Sala-style

September 17, 2010

Breakfast at Sala Restaurant

Day 2: We woke up to another amazing, sunny day (despite the forecast of clouds and rainshowers..Yay!) and headed off to breakfast at Sala Restaurant. We weren’t expecting much because it was not buffet, but  were we in for a surprise! Breakfast, Sala-style, was a yummy feast! Check out the drool-worthy food pics after the jump!

We were served fresh orange juice & sweet sugar powder-dusted treats with strawberry jam while we were deciding on what to order. (They remind me of bigger donut holes)

"donut hole" type of sweets served at Sala Phuket at the beginning of breakfast

Breakfast Menu

Sala breakfast menu - Phuket Thailand

The scroll

See that scroll behind the treats? I love that they have this on our tables every morning. It has new Thai words for the day, the different fabulous activities for the day, and some interesting info on Thailand and it’s culture. That day there was cocktail-making classes among other things. Check out the contents of the scroll (right).

I had the CHARCUTERIE PLATTER (sliced salami, cured ham, air-dried beef, local vegetables, Edam, Camembert, and herb cream cheese with whole grain bread) Excellent cold cuts, proper streaky bacon, and yummy sausages (that aren’t very expensive) are not very common in Jakarta. What a treat for us!

CHARCUTERI PLATTER Sala breakfast - Phuket Thailand

Hubby had the SALA BREAKFAST (Two eggs/omelet any style served with house-made pork sausage, bacon, grilled herb tomato, daily potato, and your choice of wheat or white toast…

Sala breakfast

…choice of Belgium crispy waffle or feather light, rested overnight pancakes topped with Vanilla whipped cream and local mango)

Sala breakfast

I helped the hubby with his pancakes. Perfect dessert!

Sala breakfast pancakes - Phuket Thailand

French press coffee

DID YOU KNOW? French press coffee should only steep for 2-4 mins (depending on how many cups you are mking) then should be poured immediately. Coffee that stays in the press for 20 mins is considered spoiled & can be bitter.

French press coffee Sala breakfast - Phuket Thailand

We realized belatedly that we forgot to check out the cereals (no store-bought cereals here, mind you) and the fruit buffet. Fruits, cereals, fresh milk and sour cream

Complimentary Fruits, Cereals, Fresh Milk and sour cream

Complimentary Fruits for Sala breakfast - Phuket Thailand

BREAKFAST DAY 3

We decided to order smaller portioned dishes (relative to yesterday’s breakfast bonanza!)  so we could try the cereals and fruits.

NEW ORLEANS (Local blue swimmer crab meat on toasted croissant topped with poached egg, Hollandaise and house blend Cajun spice) Where’s the sauce?

NEW ORLEANS for Sala breakfast - Phuket Thailand

 STEAK & EGGS (Char-grilled Australian Angus beef sirloin topped with a fried egg, sautéed mushrooms served with grilled herb tomato, daily potato…

STEAK & EGGS Sala breakfast - Phuket Thailand

… and your choice of wheat or white toast) We got wheat, of course, and that butter was divine! (whipped if I’m not mistaken?)

Wheat bread and whipped butter

I got my Hollandaise sauce on the side because I wasn’t sure I would like it. From the picture though, you can tell I liked it, can you? =D

New Orleans with Hollandaise Sala breakfast - Phuket Thailand

ALMOND VANILLA GRANOLA. This was really good, but hubby didn’t realize he got a jar of sour cream instead of fresh milk, so that sorta spoiled it for us. So make sure you pick up the right jar when you visit Sala! ;D

Almond vanilla granolla Sala breakfast-Phuket Thailand

MAPLE PEANUT RAISIN GRANOLA. Yes much better!

Maple peanut raisin granola Sala breakfast-Phuket Thailand

Super sweet fruits!

Fresh fruits for breakfast at Sala - Phuket Thailand

BRAVE LITTLE BIRD

During breakfast we heard this little bird chirping and twittering all over the place. How lovely! Then it finally approached our table and started begging for food! My, this was one brave..AND loud little bird!  it would ruffle up its feathers and puff up until you threw a piece of bread! Then it would come back for more and do the same thing. Once the bird got it’s fill, it would get one last piece of bread and bring it to her nest. The bird would go very near the different tables every morning. How cute is that? It reminded us of our Diplo-dog. LOL.

I have a video of the brave lil bird in action, but I’m still figuring out how to upload it in a smaller file format on YouTube. It’s in HD you see.

Brave little bird Sala breakfast - Phuket Thailand

Check back tomorrow for my post on Sala’s world-class spa! (It was recently nominated for the World Luxury Hotel Awards – Spa Awards 2011.)

Sala Phuket Boutique Resort and Spa

info@salaphuket.com
Tel. +66 (0) 76 338 888 • Fax. +66 (0) 76 338 889
No. 333 Moo 3 Mai Khao Beach, Thalang District, Phuket, Thailand 83110
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