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Sweet or savoury breakfast?

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9/10/2010 Kat "don't get me started!" F. says:

Do you crave a sweet (french toast, pancakes, oatmeal, brioche) breakfast or more savoury items (eggs, home fries, sausages)?

I can never decide; I love it when restaurants have an all-inclusive option that gives you a little bit of each item so you don't have to choose. Lately I've been making my own breakfast and I try to do both. Like two eggs and then some sweetened oatmeal or something. What are your favourite breakfast items?

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    9/10/2010 Payam "Gene splicer, Leucine unzipper" Z. says:

    mmmmmm sweet and savory for me!!!
    Pumpkin Pancake with cinnamon Yogurt Sauce, followed by a side of Merguez Sausage and bacon! All with a blood orange juice!
    yesssss!

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    9/10/2010 from Yelp for iPhone Richie "Food Slut™" S. says:

    It varies, depending on the severity of the hangover. The greater the headache, the greater the need for savoury treats. An it commonly known that hollandaise goes on everything.

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    9/10/2010 Cameron "I need all the YELP I can get" O. says:

    waffles with fruit/cream/syrup + bacon & sausages on the side.

    Why choose when you can have both?

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    9/10/2010 Aaron B. says:

    Favorite breakfast: Grilled aji, rice, miso soup, marinated mini shrimp, spinach with crushed black sesame.  So I guess that's savory.  Though most days I just have some fresh fruit so that's sweet.  But right now I think I'll order what Payam said because that sounds amazing!

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    9/10/2010 Nate G. says:

    Funny you should mention this. This weekend my stomach was acting up but we went for brunch anyway. I ended up ordering Whole Wheat Blueberry Pancakes. They were delicious.

    This is the first time I have had a sweet breakfast/brunch in about 10 years. I'm a pure salt/grease/carb kinda guy for breakfast. So it was totally out of character but.. yeah. Weird. It was yum though.

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    9/10/2010 Tong "The Other One" J. says:

    I like them both equally!  http://media3.px.yelpc... and http://media1.px.yelpc...

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    9/11/2010 Vivek "When I wake up imma be yelping" S. says:

    I'm into both sweet and savoury, and will pursue unorthodox means to get it.  Ask Shari M. and I about French toast and ketchup.  Delicious!

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    9/11/2010 Val "neutered's cuter" G. says:

    Sweet with maybe some savoury on the side (roasted rosemary potatoes, toast... are baked beans sweet or savoury?) I'm still dreaming of my Bongo Room pancake breakfast in July.

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    9/11/2010 Renata "nyanyanyan" R. says:

    Sweet. I can't have savoury items in my breakfast, and it's supposed to be very light, or it'll make me sleepy.

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    9/11/2010 Lisa K. says:

    Savoury most of the time, but it depends on my mood and where I'm having breakfast. I love a big breakfast, when I have the time. At home, I might have leftovers or have a diner-style breakfast (egg dish, veggie dish, homefries, bacon). At a greasy spoon diner, I like to have a mix of sweet and savoury (e.g. french toast + sausage/bacon, homefries). If I'm on the run, I might grab a sweet something (e.g. danish, croissant) but that's not my preference. But on occasion, fresh fruit with tea alone does the trick.

    For the most part, I can't survive very long with a sweet breakfast (I get hungry way too soon afterwards) - with the exception of a fruit breakfast. Savoury meals tend to tide me over for a longer period.

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    9/11/2010 Giuliana "dreaming of the ocean" B. says:

    Both sweet and savoury. If I'm at home I will always eat  some sort of fruit salad and oatmeal or a smoothie and fruit salad, or an egg and fruit salad. ( I love fruit!) If I'm out I usually want something savoury and somewhat fatty, but  I have to get a side of fruit with it or I just don't feel satisfied. However, I'm really not big on pancakes or waffles with for breakfast.

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    11/3/2010 Vivek "When I wake up imma be yelping" S. says:

    Just walked by Karine's and was almost lured in by their French Toast. http://www.yelp.ca/biz...  I've heard it's amazing. Any other places you guys know about that do french toast right?

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    11/3/2010 Brian "Blancito the Gentlema" N. says:

    maple sausage, cheesy eggs and grits!

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    11/3/2010 from Yelp for iPhone Eliah "on the run from Thinkpol" H. says:

    Mostly savory, I really go for the classic breakfast. Every once in awhile though I'll opt for pancakes or French toast. For light breakfast a coffee n croissant or bagel.

    Oh poo, now I got a craving for woo kak at Yung Sing and they are no longer in business.

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    11/3/2010 susan "My hat is not filled with marzipan" c. says:

    I like what TJ W's mama has to say on the matter:
    "My mom always taught me that sweet breakfast cereals were for trailer trash, and Pop-Tarts™ were like Kool-Aid mustaches and government-subsidized school lunches..."

    --from his review of What Crepe? http://www.yelp.com/bi...

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    11/3/2010 Cameron "I need all the YELP I can get" O. says:

    Why decide?  That's what side dishes are for!

    Pancakes with fresh fruit + side of bacon AND sausage AND ham AND AND AND AND...  Yes I'm a glutton.

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    11/3/2010 Kat "Kitty" T. says:

    That's why i love the Bar One Brunch- potatoes, eggs, pancakes, green salad and sliced fruit. Fair and balanced, unlike Fox.

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    11/3/2010 maria "plum plum" m. says:

    OMG, why choose...BOTH!  heheheheeeee

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    11/3/2010 maria "plum plum" m. says:

    @Cameron - I second that!!!  I totally agree....just order sides!!

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    11/4/2010 Melanie C. says:

    I heard Hot Stacks (in Cookstown) has banana bread french toast.  Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm....

    http://www.yelp.ca/biz...

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    11/6/2010 Gideon F. says:

    lucky charms with eggs on toast

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    11/9/2010 Min min "Not Just Anypony" T. says:

    Ying Ying's smoked tofu stripes!

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    11/9/2010 Danielle F. says:

    Savory for sure! I don't like to pretend desserts are meals; I just don`t. Maybe I'll snag a bite off someone else's plate, but that's enough for me. Keep away from my omlette!

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    11/9/2010 Eliah "on the run from Thinkpol" H. says:

    I've yet to try an egg 'n a basket (Toad in a Hole?) but I have tried the vegetarian Ethiopian breakfast which is quite good: http://quarter-revolut....

    I have to say I make awesome breakfast. Banana pancakes...Brie 'n apple omelette...Eggs Bombay...

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