Wandering Fel

Morning in Hong Kong may not always be filled with sunshine of hope but I am a fan of foggy and gloomy day as long as it does not rain. After all I would not be tanned if I am not exposed to sunshine (but what about vit D? Uhm). So yeah, despite the gloomy outlook of the day from our hotel's window at Butterfly at Morrison, we are looking forward to second day of our foodie adventure in Hong Kong. The best thing about girls' trip is that you tend to chat all the way till you can't hold your eyes open anymore about the past, the present and your expectation that you and your girl friends have in life. While I heard from some people that travelling together may be a make-it-or-break-it event, I hope our friendship lasts till the last day of the trip. Hehe.

4D Hong Kong Foodie Trip: Breakfast at Tsui Wah, Causeway Bay

Saturday morning in Hong Kong is filled with bustling activity as the locals are busy shopping in the wet market. The wet market in Hong Kong is located right under a lot of run-down-buildings which seem to be residence buildings of Hong Kong people. Sometimes these buildings look run-down from outside because after all Hong Kong is one of those countries which is always visited by typhoon every year. I stayed in this kind of building before in Taiwan (another country which is also always visited by typhoon yearly) and despite the outward run-down look, the inside of my studio looks neat and clean. So I suppose these buildings should be more or less in the same situation although there are articles which I read about how small an accommodation in Hong Kong can be.

Roasted meats seem to be a way of living here because there are roasted meat stalls here and there and oh gosh, the smell of the roasted meats is so good.

But since we already had our share of roasted meat from Joy Hing's the night before, we are more interested to start the day by trying out local breakfast scene. I actually included 18 Grams as our breakfast venue and it is located right opposite this Tsui Wah Restaurant. But we ended up having breakfast at Tsui Wah first because 18 Grams was full-house at 9AM+ on Saturday. Since we were pretty much reluctant in drinking coffee while standing up, so we decided to chill and eat breakfast at Tsui Wah first while waiting for the crowd at 18 Grams to disperse.

Tsui Wah Restaurant at Causeway Bay Hong Kong

Tsui Wah has always been my favourite cha chaan teng in Hong Kong and I've at least visited this restaurant at least once everytime I visit this country. The reason of why I like Tsui Wah amongst the other cha chaan teng is because they have so many chains in Hong Kong and most of the chains have a lot of seats so I never need to queue whenever I want to dine in Tsui Wah. In addition, I find that the service staff at Tsui Wah is generally friendlier compared to let's say Lan Fong Yuen or Australia Dairy Company (not sure if I score a winning streat at Tsui Wah for never encountering bad service staff before). Last but not least, the food and drink menu from Tsui Wah is so extensive, you will need more than 5 minutes to decide what to eat and what to drink.

Since we come for breakfast, breakfast set is available and we decided to share 1 breakfast set + 2 additional drinks. We chose a cup of hot Hong Kong milk tea (left cup) and yuan yang (right cup). Hong Kong is famous for its unique taste of milk tea so you should really give it a try when you are in Hong Kong. I like the fact that Tsui Wah let you add your own sugar, if you desire to. My milk tea is nice enough as it is and I did not add anything to it. Meanwhile YY needs her yuan yang fix very bad as she will not be able to function without caffeine in her blood. Yuan yang is another popular beverage in Hong Kong and it is made with a composition of 3 parts coffee and 7 parts HK milk tea. I initially have reservation of how good a mixture of coffee and milk tea can taste but it is actually quite a working combination. YY seems to enjoy her drink pretty much.

Condensed milk tea and yuan yang from Tsui Wah

R5's drink of iced yuan yang came with the rest of the breakfast set, a bowl of macaroni soup, a plate of crispy buns with condensed milk, and a plate of buns and two fried eggs with a fried sausage. Crispy buns with condensed milk is one of the top 10 dishes which are usually ordered by its customers (oh yes, the menu did indicate which dishes are popular with the customers) and I do agree with them as I love the combination of crispiness and sweetness from the buns and the condensed milk.

Breakfast set from Tsui Wah Restaurant at Causeway Bay

I find the macaroni soup somewhat ordinary although it gives you comfort if consumed on a rainy day. The soup is actually made from chicken stock. So it is made by boiling chicken stock in the water and then, add the cooked macaroni and other ingredients such as sliced ham and mushroom. If you'd like to, you can add a bit of milk to the soup to make it richer.

Macaroni from Tsui Wah Restaurant Hong Kong

This kinda looks like a Western breakfast than Hong Kong. Nothing too special about it as everyone should know how fried eggs and fried sausage taste with Anchor butter. Hahaha.