Why breakfast is the heart of 21grams
In the Balkans, breakfast is not a quick coffee on the way out. It is bread still warm from the oven, cheese, eggs cooked in a pan of slow-roasted peppers, a spoon of kajmak and a table that nobody is in a hurry to leave. That is the breakfast we cook in Umm Suqeim.
Our komplet egg — a sunny-side-up egg baked into homemade bread with cheese, butter, sour cream and beef jus — and our pindjur eggs, poached in a spicy relish of roasted pepper and tomato with creamy yogurt and chili oil, are the two dishes most guests order first.
Burek and phyllo pies, baked every morning
Our phyllo pastry is stretched by hand and baked straight out of the oven. Choose a phyllo pie with goat cheese, honey and thyme, with creamy spinach, or with blueberry and brown butter cream cheese.
A slice of cheese burek is served until 12pm. If you are with friends, order a whole tray: it is baked fresh to order in about 40 minutes and available all day.
For two, until noon
The big Balkan breakfast for two brings four eggs your way, cheese burek, beef sausages or beef bacon, a selection of house mezze, butter, homemade jam and somun bread, with tea or black coffee — served until 12pm daily.
