by Paula McInerney | Jun 14, 2014 | AUSTRALIA, DESTINATIONS, FOOD AND DRINK | 18 comments
An Australian Breakfast
An Aussie breakfast can take many forms but the most common is the big fry up!
Nothing beats a plate of beautifully cooked farm fresh eggs, smokey bacon, grilled tomato and mushrooms.
Sausages, hash browns or beans can be optional extras!
City or country alike, it has long been a favourite of dinky di Aussies…a nod to days of old!
An Aussie breakfast
Modern interpretations of an Aussie breakfast now appear on many menus. Corn fritters with avocado salsa is being served from Sydney to London, Tokyo and soon Seoul courtesy of Bill Granger the owner of Bills in Sydney Ricotta hotcakes with honeycomb butter is another of his famous breakfast dishes. One of my favourites is smashed avocado on sourdough with a poached egg on top. I found an Australian version of this on a menu in London had vegemite smeared on the toast before the avocado was added!
Smashed avocado on toast with poached eggs
Australia bush tucker doesn’t often get a mention but at a little cafe in Melbourne you can order ‘Brekkie in a skillet’….another name for the big fry up though you may have an emu sausage added to your eggs and smokey bacon. Home made granola made of oat clusters, wattle seed, macadamias and bush berries is another whilst other dishes feature bush tomato chutney, smoked paperbark oil and saltbush chèvre. You can even order bush tea or a blue tongued lizard…a fresh juice made from blueberries, apple juice and mint.
Brekkie in a skillet
Of course no Aussie breakfast is complete without vegemite…that ubiquitous yeast mix that the rest of the world loves to hate. It is ours and ours alone. Spread onto a slice of hot toast, it is Australian all the way!
Vegemite on toast
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Gaylaon 24 June, 2014 at 9:42 am
These all look so delicious! I find it fascinating to see the shared food cultures from region to region and country to country. The traditional Aussie breakfast is like a British breakfast (no surprise, really) and similar in concept to an American breakfast of eggs, bacon, hashbrowns, etc…(again, no surprise). I do like seeing the ‘modern’ takes on this culinary combination; the avocado adorned dish sounds divine, though I’m not sure about vegemite, since I’ve no clue what it tastes like. I may just pick up a jar from the British imports store and give it a try 🙂
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Paula McInerneyon 25 June, 2014 at 8:34 am
Love you to try vegemite. It is made from brewers yeast if that helps, and is something that I miss when travelling. Just don’t put it on thickly.
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Corinneon 17 June, 2014 at 2:06 pm
I love figuring out all the different breakfast traditions around the world. I love breakfast!
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Paula McInerneyon 18 June, 2014 at 3:28 am
I also like different breakfasts around the world and we will be featuring more. Love you to contribute a typical breakfast in Germany 🙂
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Michela of Rocky Travel Blogon 16 June, 2014 at 7:06 pm
oh my fave is a personalized version of smashed avocado on toast with home made granola 🙂
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Chrison 16 June, 2014 at 5:31 am
Oh boy, after reading this I am really missing a good Aussie breakfast. Coming from Melbourne, the breakfast options and cafe scene is amazing, and I long for these at time. I’ll be back one day to enjoy a delicious corn fritter and salsa brekky again one day soon!
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Paula McInerneyon 16 June, 2014 at 8:46 am
I think Melbourne is amazing also and now I want a corn fritter and salsa breakfast as well.
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Samanthaon 15 June, 2014 at 4:59 pm
I think I need to move to Australia, that looks amazing!
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Paula McInerneyon 16 June, 2014 at 3:17 am
Come on down. Our favourite term is ‘all day breakfast’.
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Kym Hameron 15 June, 2014 at 1:18 pm
Vegemite and toast is the jetlag/hangover breakfast I love. Like a cuppa for the Brits, it just makes everything better.
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Paula McInerneyon 16 June, 2014 at 3:18 am
Vegemite on toast and a cuppa – we are all on a winner
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NZ Museon 15 June, 2014 at 9:46 am
That looks like a pretty good brekky!
I prefer sweets at breakfast (pancakes, etc) but sometimes a big breakfast with bacon is what hits the spot.
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Paula McInerneyon 16 June, 2014 at 3:19 am
I like savoury breakfasts and cannot go past eggs benedict myself tho I have been known to have both sweet and savoury when travelling at breakfast time.
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Christine Osborneon 14 June, 2014 at 11:09 pm
What delicious breakfasts you have chosen.
I recently stayed at a BB in Ulmarra, a charming village on the Clarence river near Grafton
where I was served a truly memorable, if not typically Aussie breakfast:Fresh orange juice, fresh strawberries and blueberries with muesli, a courgette and asparagus omelette with feta cheese and pickle, toast and homemade passionfruit and pineapple jam.
I found the Rooftops Bed and Breakfast just by chance and highly recommend to anyone driving north or south of Ulmarra.in northern New South Wales.
Thank you.
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Paula McInerneyon 15 June, 2014 at 7:27 am
Thank you and your breakfast sounds wonderful, especially the omelette and the home made jam.
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N J Magason 14 June, 2014 at 3:15 pm
It’s 12:14am here. I’m about to go to bed, but all I can think of is breakfast. Everything up there looks delicious. Even the Vegemite looks delicious, though I suspect it’s piggie-backing on the egg dishes. Especially the ones with avocado. Yum yum!
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Paula McInerneyon 15 June, 2014 at 7:28 am
No, Vegemite is good and is even better with a soft boiled egg on it. I love food posts, it inspire to cook and .. to eat.
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Jeffon 4 December, 2018 at 6:04 am
Waffles is yummy in my tummy
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