Start Your Day Right at Our Bed and Breakfast in Asheville NC

When you stay at The Lion and the Rose for your Blue Ridge Mountain vacation, breakfast is sure to be a highlight of your day.  Jim Palmer, resident chef & innkeeper at The Lion & the Rose, prides himself on the fact that standard B&B food is not served here.

For example:

• French Toast is stuffed with ricotta, cream cheese, and honey; sautéed; then baked to plump and moist perfection.
• Eggs Benedict – only better. Sometimes whole grain toast is substituted for the usual muffin, or shaved honey ham is used instead of Canadian bacon. And, the herbed Hollandaise sauce is the best you have ever tasted.
• Omelets are prepared in the classic French style; whipped until light and airy and filled with a variety of succulent ingredients.

Guests with special dietary restrictions are always welcome. Jim has experience with preparing food for vegans, vegetarians, diabetics, and persons with specific food allergies.  Just let us know your needs in advance if possible, or at check in.

Sample Menus:

Fresh Fruit with Crème Fraîche or Lightly Whipped Cream
Sweet Potato Pancakes with Cinnamon Pecan Butter
Maple Cured Pork Sausage Links

Pears Poached in Sugar, Wine, Citrus, and Jim’s Special Spice Blend
Breakfast Burrito Stuffed with Egg, Cheese, Roasted Peppers, & Chilies
Three Pepper Chicken Sausage

Grapefruit Broiled with Sherry and Brown Sugar
Blueberry Blintz (homemade crepes stuffed with ricotta & cream cheese, smothered in a blueberry cassis sauce)
Hickory Smoked Bacon