Australia Dairy Company in Hong Kong

I recently visited Hong Kong, and had a number of amazing culinary experiences, dining in Michelin star restaurants and top hotels.  It's funny, though, how sometimes the simplest and most basic meals are the best. 

The Australia Dairy Company in Hong Kong's modest Jordan neighborhood, on the Kowloon side, serves British colonial breakfast food that's very popular with locals.  One of their features is the Hong Kong style egg sandwich:  two thick slices of white bread, toasted for a small fee, filled with eggs and your choice of cheese or meat.  I elected to have mine with cheese, which was white and processed similarly to American.  The eggs were scrambled and incredibly light and fluffy, perfectly balancing out with the bread and cheese.   


The sandwich could be ordered a la carte, or as part of a set breakfast with a bowl of macaroni and ham in a savory broth.  The first time I went, I had just the sandwich with a cup of Hong Kong-style milk tea.  I like my tea brewed strong, but this was by far the strongest, darkest tea I had ever tried, even cut with the evaporated milk it comes mixed with.  I followed the example of a man at my table, and added copious amounts of sugar, which made it absolutely delicious. 

The second time I visited the Australia Dairy Company I decided to splurge a bit, and I ordered both the egg and cheese sandwich and the Hong Kong-style French toast.  The French toast used the same thick white bread as the sandwich, and it was heavily sauteed in butter and served with an extra slice of butter on top.  I covered it in syrup and loved every bite.

Australia Dairy Company, 47-49 Parkes Street, Jordan, Hong Kong

A Very Royal English Breakfast

This morning, two friends and I got up at five to watch the royal wedding coverage. It was lovely, the bride was beautiful, she and the groom obviously adore each other, and it all went off without a hitch. I was happy to get up so early to watch a live, historical event, but I decided we needed to add another way to celebrate and better enjoy all of the British pageantry: A full English breakfast. The traditional meal is a fry up of tomatoes, mushrooms, bacon, sausage, eggs, toast and baked beans, but with swimsuit season coming so soon, we did a slightly healthier but equally delicious version. Vegetarian baked beans, scrambled eggs (although poached would have been a bit lighter), chicken breakfast sausage, and roasted mushrooms and tomatoes on the vine made a perfect accompaniment to watching the new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge take their vows. Of course, we had some Earl Grey tea and a bottle of pink champagne to complete the meal!