Australia Dairy Company

Okay so first up is Australian Dairy Company located at Parkes Street. Nearest MTR exit is Jordan C2. So familiar with it now that I can walk to ADC without referring to the map. I'm quite sure of that. It's mandatory for me to visit ADC whenever I'm in Hong Kong, really. Actually I would love to have it twice on a trip but I figure that it wouldn't be too good for my health. So it's once a trip for me then! 

Most of the time there will always be a queue but the queue moves really fast so no worries about having to wait for a long time, and for me, I will queue for their eggs! And many say that their service is bad, but personally they haven't been rude to me or my family and friends when I was there so I can't speak about that. And sharing of tables is almost always a given unless you're in a group of 4 and above. 

This was from my first trip in May 2013 with Amanda and my Mum! I don't really care much about the macaroni because I'm not a fan. So being our first time there, we did what the locals did and ordered the breakfast set, which comprises of macaroni, toasted bread with eggs and a cup of coffee or tea for about HKD$ 35 if I recall correctly? So the three of us shared 2 breakfast sets. I don't know how one person can finish everything. It's so much! 

First time trying their scrambled eggs and I was sold. It was really really the best eggs that I have ever had. No other egg can compare. I don't know how they fry it, but it's so layered, and one can literally see all the many layers of eggy goodness. Best eggs ever. My Mum says that the secret to the eggs is lots of oil. Haha well. Tasty food is almost always unhealthy so I accept that. And I think the macaroni is worth a skip if you're saving your stomach for better food elsewhere. It's Hong Kong we're talking about.

And this was what I wanted to try. Almond steamed egg. I think we ordered the hot version because we like our desserts hot. Perhaps we were in a rush and it was too hot for me to enjoy it. I think I burnt my tongue. It costs about HKD$ 24. The egg taste was so strong. And I think it was sweet too but again the heat overpowered the sweetness. Still worth a try if you like eggs and almond like me! But maybe order it cold and it might taste better.

Second trip in January 2014 with my Mum and Grandma. Oops I've only got photos of my own order. So you see I've found my favourite and will only order what I want to eat. Leaving out the unnecessary ones. This was the 炒蛋文治 if I'm not wrong. If you don't know what to order, always go with the 炒蛋 every time they ask you how you want your eggs to be done and you will never go wrong.

So full of eggy goodness can you see it? And so many layers too! I thoroughly enjoyed it so much. The toasted bread gives the sandwich a little crunch as opposed to the usual soft white bread that I eat in sandwiches from Four Leaves. But anyhow, I like bread in any form, toasted or not, I still like it.

This is another dessert item that they serve. Steamed milk with egg whites. This was hot as well given the winter weather at that time. Burnt my tongue as usual and couldn't taste the sweetness. But it was good comfort food in the cold weather.

And my third and most recent trip about two weeks ago! We stayed near ADC this time so no need for us to come to Jordan specially for this. But the nearer we stay, the later we arrive, which means queuing up to enter. I don't think we had to queue the previous two visits. New experience every time. Wasted no time and took photos of what they have to offer.

They only have two types of desserts, both of which I've tried. I will always prefer the egg white version because I will definitely be having egg (yolks) in my breakfast. And too much cholesterol is no-no. Even on a holiday trip.

Finally got a photo of their menu! They've got milk from Kowloon Dairy too, which I never tried until this trip. I don't think ADC has skimmed milk. I saw the same bottle at the convenience stores, with many different options like chocolate flavoured, full fat and skimmed. I think ADC only has the standard one which is full fat. Worth a try and I brought the bottle back because it's so cute and I collect bottles.

#iwillalwaysreturn #eggswaitforme

Forever busy I think. There're crowds even at night. Saw it while on the way back to our apartment.

And my order this time! Actually I wanted to order what I had the previous trip, but I don't know what it's called. So I settled for 炒蛋多士, which came as an open faced sandwich. Haha well, even better for me since it's one less slice of bread. Took my own time to savour the eggs. Still tasted good as always but I think it tastes better in the 文治 form.

And here's the steamed milk and egg whites again, but cold this time round. Tasted so sweet but yummy. No more burning my tongue while eating it.

And the amazing thing about the waiters(?), or workers there, is that they can calculate your bill on the spot. I don't know how they do it, since only one person takes our order, but the one who calculates our bill is not the same person. And also given that we have already finished our food, there is no way that they can tell what we ate from our plates. Something to figure out on my next trip!

So there you have it! One of my favourite-est cha chaan teng to go to in Hong Kong! I think everyone who likes what they see in the photos should visit at least once. Not too expensive meals but I would say that the desserts are rather pricey since they cost HKD$ 26 which translates to about SGD$ 4 plus, which is even more than my yummy sandwich or toast. But I believe it's worth it for the taste so I will always be returning!

Address:

47-49 Parkes Street, Hong Kong
Open: 7:30am - 11:00pm
Closed on Thursdays
Nearest MTR: Jordan exit C2

Land of Dim sum Day 2 part 2

Finally getting down to blogging about Disneyland after about 3 months. But honestly, there isn't much to say about Disneyland. In fact, I was a little tiny bit disappointed. I expected it to be more magical, not sure how to describe it but it was just so commercialized with all the shops and merchandise shops.
So we took the MTR to Disneyland resort. Travelling in Hong Kong is relatively easy because the MTR is really convenient and directions are clear as to where to change train and where to walk. It's like Singapore but on a bigger scale, similar to Korea actually!

Us on the train that takes us to Disneyland! We were already egg-cited because it was Disney yo! Although it meant squeezing with the crowds and queuing up for a loooonnnngggg time for rides, I was still really excited because it was going to be our first time entering Disneyland!

Not going to post many photos of Disneyland because many others have already done so using their professional DSLRs and taken so much better than mine. Suffice to say that I really enjoyed Disneyland, although there was intermittent rain like how it was when we went to Everland. It didn't stop us from any of the rides. Also, I've got to say that the Disneyland management has better queue control. We didn't have to queue for a very long time as compared to Everland. The longest time we had to queue was probably less than 30 minutes to an hour, so thumbs up for that! 

One of my favourite characters, Woody from Toy Story!

Took quite a few rides, since I mentioned that the queues were not ridiculously long. We took the rollercoasters. I'm not actually a fan of rollercoasters or scary rides, but my mentality when at theme parks is that since I'm already here, just take everything and not regret not taking. Like we've already paid so much for the tickets to enter, and you don't want to take? Haha not referring to those who cannot take because of existing medical conditions. What else is there to do in theme parks apart from the rides, shopping and eating?

Also, I had the misfortune (not because of having to buy, but because I didn't manage to buy it) of having to help a colleague (whom I'm not that close to) buy a souvenir. She actually wanted a tin of biscuits, and well, that got me running into every souvenir shop to check if it was available. It was sadly not available at all. I was just so stressed, like what would she think of me because I didn't manage to buy it. Perhaps she would have thought that I didn't put effort into looking for it when I actually did! I walked into every shop to look for it. That was something I was quite upset about, although to others it might have just been a small issue. 

The nicest part was probably the fireworks. I don't know why, but I just got so emotional during the fireworks that I teared, like seeing something I haven't seen in a long time. I was just very touched, and it was so beautiful and it lasted for a long time. I'm really happy that we stayed for the fireworks although Amanda was not so well that day. 

And also, I actually really expected much more from Disneyland. I didn't exactly get sucked into the consumerism born out of the love for Disneyland. I didn't get a single souvenir at all and I don't regret it at all. Watching the other tourists snapping up so many souvenirs, I just thought, 'What's the point?' Perhaps I have reached the point where I don't need souvenirs to remind me of the beautiful experiences. I keep them all in my head or heart. I will always remember the feeling I felt when I was watching the fireworks.

I've been procrastinating this entry for such a long time all because I didn't feel like posting photos of Disneyland although I took a lot of photos on that day. So here is an unexpected wordy post that I haven't blogged in a long time. I'm more interested in talking about the food haha. Disneyland food isn't really worth talking about because it was overpriced and not nice at all. We had nicer food in the next few days.

Land of Dim sum Day 2 part 1

Got up bright and early and excited! Because we were going to head to Disneyland that day! But before that, breakfast at Australian Dairy company! Since I started doing research for the trip two months before we left, it has been in my list of breakfast places to visit. Initially, we booked a guesthouse in Jordan, if I recall correctly, and Australian dairy company was within walking distance. But we cancelled and booked a hotel in the end, so we took a train there instead.

Tong Mi road, where our hotel was located. Got to love how they number their road signs, so you know whether to walk up or walk down depending on where you're headed, like 12 Tong Mi Road. At least you know you're headed in the right direction. Very useful for us tourists who don't know the landmarks.

Amanda and I in front of the hotel. Quite a small hotel but I liked it. And they had rooms for us though we booked super last minute. Wi fi was only limited to the lobby so at night many people would sit at the lobby to whatsapp and facebook/instagram.

Oriental Lander Hotel, Kowloon
206 Tong Mi Road, Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Nearest MTR station: Prince Edward

I was so excited to be going to Australian Dairy company!! I did not have high expectations of the staff working there, and I also expected to have to queue to enter because everyone mentioned that they had to queue, but surprise! Guess who didn't need to queue? It was probably because it was drizzling very slightly. Also, the staff didn't treat us as badly as I had expected, so thumbs up for that as well.

Their menu wedged under the glass piece.

Desserts.

We ordered two breakfast sets. Each set consists of eggs with bread, macaroni and a drink of your choice. Do they really expect one person to finish the entire set? Well we definitely couldn't. So three of us shared two sets. And even that was a little too much.

I read that the egg sandwich is quite a popular choice, but I wanted it separate so it's nice that it came separately. And yes, the eggs were good! Definitely heading back whenever I travel to Hong Kong!

And this!! Almond with egg pudding! So eggy and yummy. I'm not sure if they serve it cold but I liked it hot, albeit burning my tongue because I was too anxious to try it. I was also tempted to order the egg white pudding but I had no more stomach for it. HKD$23 for this bowl of eggy goodness. About S$4, quite expensive compared to our breakfast meal but so worth it! Need to go back to try the egg white pudding!

Really got to hand it to the waiters. I have no idea how they can remember what we ordered and how much it costs. When we decided to get up to leave, one of the waiters simply wrote the amount to pay on a piece of paper for us. How did they know?

And after we finished our breakfast, the queue had already started to form. Crumbs the frozen yoghurt shop is located just beside it. Wanted to try their yoghurt but obviously not so early in the morning, and it's also not open at such a timing, so I'll have to leave it for the next trip. No idea why I'm posing with the umbrella like that. Left the cha chaan teng with happy tummies, that explains Amanda's pose right?(:

Australian Dairy company
G/F 47-49 Parkes Street, Jordan
Nearest MTR station, Jordan exit C2

At Jordan MTR station, we saw this umbrella vending machine. The umbrellas have really nice prints so I got one in houndstooth prints. I was actually hesitant to buy it but I wasn't sure if I would see the same machine again elsewhere so I just fed the machine, not literally since they only accept the octopus card. Hahaha.

I'm going to end this post here, I know I've only covered like what, the breakfast part but it already has so many photos so I'm not about to squeeze more photos of Disneyland in here. Till the next!

Land of Dim sum Day 1

Finally starting on my Hong Kong posts after much procrastination. We left Singapore on flight TR2068 in the afternoon. We took Tiger Airlines. It was my first time taking a budget flight and what I can say is that you get what you pay for. We paid about $250 for the tickets, not the cheapest since I've heard from my friends that it gets even cheaper when other airlines have sale prices. My friend booked her air tickets to Bangkok for less than $200! The aircraft was really small, and the amount of leg room left much to be desired but like I said, you get what you pay for. I like the feeling of having meals on board because it makes me happy but I refused to pay for the local fare they serve on the plane so we ate at the airport at Canele first.

We touched down at about 8 and took bus A21 from the airport to Prince Edward where our hotel was located. We actually thought of so many ways to get to from the airport to the hotel. The first we thought of was taxi, but it was costly. We also thought of taking the airport express, but it was also not worth it for the price. So luckily Amanda found a bus that would take us from the airport to the hotel, and it only cost us only HKD$33 (Approx. SGD$5), compared to S$40 or even more taking a cab. It didn't take us that long to locate the counter to buy the octopus cards and then walk to the bus terminal. We soon found ourselves on the bus, checking social media for updates using the free wifi provided. I was watching out for the stops and where to alight though, afraid that we'd miss the stop. I printed the map from Google maps to guide ourselves to the hotel. It was about 10 to 15 minutes walk.

As we walked, I felt really excited to be on a foreign land, and the dark alleys remind me of the police dramas that I watched. I got a little scared since it was already late and the streets were rather empty and quiet. But we reached our hotel in no time at all.

And yes, the hotel room was indeed very small! It's alright, by Hong Kong standards since they have a shortage of space.

The view when we entered the room.

And I was wondering where the wardrobe was, until we spotted this. I've never seen just a small compartment for clothes. Usually it's at least a cupboard with a door, right?

Sure, the clever use of mirrors made the room look bigger but the room was still small. Didn't take photos of the bathroom. The shower area was really the smallest I've seen. No area for movement at all.

So after we put our baggage in the hotel, we decided to go and look for food. It was about 11pm and we didn't have any proper dinner, unless we counted the meal we had the airport as dinner. Or maybe we just wanted an excuse to eat. Hahaha. How could we not? In the land of eating and shopping.

Night lights.

We walked quite a distance but we still couldn't find food that we wanted to eat, so we settled for the convenience stores. I realise that convenience stores are the first shops we visit when we are in a foreign land, just like we did in Korea.

I bought bread with cheese cubes interspersed in it and Vitasoy! Locally produced food yo. Haha.
Amanda had curry rice and my Mum had bread as well. I wish they have this in Singapore. Brown rice and cheese, and cut into such thick slices!

Then we walked past a shop selling dou hua with orange sugar on top. Couldn't resist and bought a portion to share. Wow the dou hua was so soft. Really awesome, I'm guessing that it was handmade.

That's all for day one, since we reached the hotel so late, there was hardly anything we could do but look for food then go to bed after that.

Day two is coming up! Okay maybe not so soon, I haven't filtered the photos yet.