Every place has a breakfast eggs dish that locals love. In this Weekend Eggs series, which we kicked off when we launched Grantourismo on New Year’s Day 2010, we recreate and reinterpret the quintessential breakfast eggs dishes we loved. If you enjoy this series, look out for our Weekend Eggs book in 2022.
This authentic huevos revueltos con chorizo recipe is based on the scrambled eggs with chorizo sausage dish we ate at Cafe El Popular about 15 years ago, on our second trip to Mexico. I arrived from San Francisco to meet Lara, who was already in Mexico City and the next morning, bleary eyed, we headed … Read more
An eggs Benedict recipe. How could I do anything else for the New York City edition of our Weekend Eggs series on quintessential eggs dishes around the world? Could there be a more quintessential New York eggs dish than eggs Benedict? An eggs Bennie is to New Yorkers what smashed avocado and poached eggs is … Read more
This authentic bubur ayam recipe makes the traditional Indonesian congee with chicken and shredded omelette that is a classic local breakfast, a Balinese version of the region-wide congee or rice porridge dishes with which Asian food lovers will be familiar. This bubur ayam recipe that I learned to make from a local here in our … Read more
Why would you cook in Tokyo when you can eat out so well is something I’ve been asking myself every day. Tokyo is the first destination of our year-long grand tour where I haven’t cooked. If you’ve been to Tokyo, you can appreciate why. If you haven’t, then read on. One of the huge advantages of … Read more
This poached eggs with asparagus, pancetta and parmesan recipe makes a contemporary take on a traditional Venetian dish of poached eggs with asparagi. I couldn’t leave the classic rendition of the dish that I made for the Venice edition of my Weekend Eggs series alone. Here’s what I did to it and why. I was lamenting the fact … Read more