A quick post today. For future food posts, I need to take more pictures to capture the local flavor. Today I was too busy trying to keep the kids in order while stuffing my face :)
The Australia Dairy Company is a cha chaan teng
not far from our apartment. The closest American corollary that I can think of is Al's Breakfast in Minneapolis or Blimpy Burger in Ann Arbor. Great, cheap food in a rushed, cramped diner. Limited menu options. No service to speak of. A bit intimidating if you are new to the place. Here's where I would paste in a picture to show the controlled chaos of this Kowloon diner, if I had the foresight to take a picture.
There are only a few dining options at the Australia Dairy Company: toast, eggs, and soup. The toast is either deep fried French toast or a thick Texas toast. Default toast topping is a thick slab of butter but you can also do peanut butter or kaya, a coconut jam. Eggs are fried or scrambled with lots of butter. The soup is a chicken broth with macaroni and strips of meat. That's it. On the upper menu above Esme's head there are three set menu options. It's either eggs with soup and toast, eggs with soup and toast and some meat, or eggs with toast.
The accompanying drink is either coffee, milk tea or yuanyang, which is a combination of the two at ratio of roughly 1:2. Milk tea (shown below) is another Hong Kong tradition, it is black tea mixed with either evaporated or condensed milk. For somebody who never liked simple black coffee with breakfast, milk tea and yuanyang provide some really attractive alternatives.
As you can probably tell, the food was very comforting and quite delicious. The whole spread cost $15. It feels like a comforting Sunday morning breakfast at the local Greasy spoon, with a little twist. Great stuff.
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