Milk Cafe is a great breakfast and lunch spot with all your classic Hong Kong favorites. They have…read morea grab and go section where you can get your baked goods (ie. pineapple bun) or sit down and order. Think of this place like a more modern Cha Chaan Teng The ordering is quick and occurs on your phone, and the food comes out pretty quick. You will pay upon leaving at the front. Pineapple bun (2/5) - a bit dry and the crust is not super flaky Pineapple bun with cheese (5/5) - lots of cheese in the center! very shareable Condensed milk toast (3/5) - It is good, but would be better with a thick toast option instead of 3 flat toasts together

A great addition to the food scene in the quaint residential area of Happy Valley!…read more Food is Hong Kong Style "Cha Chaan Teng" with a twist ... a bit updated but still have your all time favs! You will still find Pineapple Buns, Egg Tarts with HK Style Milk Tea & Coffee, savoury items worth trying: Curried Beef Brisket, rich & spicy curry served with Japanese rice!! Parking may be a challenge, but there is always the famous "DingDing" HK Electric Tram!

Love love love this place! There are many locations all across Hong Kong but you can be sure that…read morethe food is fresh and that you'll get your money's worth! I think it's less than a $1USD and the custard is awesome and the bun is airy! I've looked high and low in HK for custard buns and if you don't want to have to sit down for a traditional dim sum meal this is the best option around. There are many more dim sum and 小食 (snack) items for sale as well, but I recommend the custard buns to anyone who asks

A long time neighbourhood HK Style Cafe, recently renovated to be more modern and tidy, alas, the…read moreBakery Department is gone! They still serve Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner with a combination of HK Style Fusion food, for lunch we had a lunch special at HK$50.00 comes with Soup, Main, Drink (cold drink add HK$5.00). The Fujian Style Fried Rice was a above average, actually pretty good quality considering its at this price range and at a cafe, for myself, I ordered the Beef with Vegetable on Rice, an old standby, at any restaurants, they also did a good job here as all the ingredients are freshly made to order, I particularly like the oyster sauce which goes nicely with the steamed rice! Since I will be renovating my apartment in HK, I may add this cafe to my list as I will be eating out most of the time before the renovation is completed!

This is your standard no congee or dumpling 茶餐廳 Macaroni, instant noodles, spam (like) eggs, etc…read more it's been renovated since I've been here so it's clean and comfortable. It's next to a bus stop and I think that's why this place does okay. Plus there are a limited number of business that HV can support.

One of my go-to breakfast spots whenever I'm in HK. I don't know what it is about scrambled eggs…read morein Asia but they are so darn light and fluffy, I can easily have multiple servings and still crave for more. Hokkaido Dairy Farm serves up a great variety of HK breakfast from macaroni in soup to sandwiches to waffles. Simply prepared but all so delicious. The easiest way to order is to just get a breakfast set but if you do order a la carte, don't forget to give their milk tea a try. Like most other milkteas in HK, it is not yet sweetened, but bursting with strong tea flavors the moment each cup is brought to the table. The best part...they have menus in English which is not always the case at your more traditional HK cafes.

This Silvercord Mall outpost of Hokkaido Dairy Farm is one of the only casual eateries on an…read moreotherwise restaurant dominated floor. I'm not sure if the HDF menu is completely available here, but what they do have is simple array of sandwiches and soups, making this spot a reliable lunch option. Most of the people I've seen here are mall employees. It may be just my funny timing as I'm here during non-peak hours, but my guess is the price (60HKD and under) and mellow atmosphere is fitting a quick lunch getaway. As a result there are a lot of solo diners here and open seating for all. They do accept Octopus card for payment, but no credit cards. Put in your order at the front and take a number. Find a seat inside, as there is better WiFI signal and actual ventilation. People watching is a given, but the traffic here is limited. There are utensils, napkins, and water, all available for self-service. The wait staff does a lot of standing around, which is sadly expected. Glad to report the food is pretty decent overall. I have had good results with the breakfast, particularly the Hokkaido Breakfast ($32HKD), which allows for a combination of the sandwich and macaroni set. I personally think the Jumbo Mix Tomato Set ($50HKD) is a great deal. It comes with toast, ham, eggs, and a nice bowl of noodles with minced meat and sausage. One can certainly shoot for the Japanese combinations, but I've had mixed results with the rice bowls, udon, and curry. And if there is any opportunity to rock a waffle, this would be recommended. I'm not a fan of the infamous Hokkaido milk ($8HKD), but their lemon teas ($5HKD) are definitely the bomb. This is not a destination HDF, but a convenient one if HDF cravings come about while shopping at Silvercord.

The flavors of the Eggettes are quite unique here and there are always a few people waiting for…read moretheir orders. Along with Eggettes, they also sell street snacks such as fishball, beef balls, cuttlefish balls, and instant noodles mixed with some of the meatballs and sides. I've tried a few flavors of the Eggettes from here and most recently tried the Black Sesame. It was very crispy which I liked, and a soft inside. The flavor of the sesame was quite pronounced, and cooking the sesame helped to bring out the nice strong sesame flavor. I also had the cuttlefish balls ($8/3 or $10/4). You have the option to add 5 different sauces to them including sesame oil, hot sauce, curry sauce. I found the cuttlefish balls to be a bit softer than I prefer, but found them to be unique as there was also a few pieces of something crunchy inside, almost like water chestnut, but I'm not sure. A good place to check out if you are in the area.

I love that they have unique flavors of eggettes! We had the hazelnut chocolate ones ($18) and the…read morepeanut and condensed milk ones ($16). The flavor of both were really good. I loved that the peanut and condensed milk ones actually had little bits of peanuts in it! The hazelnut chocolate ones had chocolate chips which were nicely melted. My only complaint is that the nice guy making my eggettes fanned them for too long afterwards and they were already a little bit cool by the time I started eating them.

My last visit was about 10 years ago - before they got more commercialized partnering with various…read moreorganizations and supplying vouchers. I dropped by mid afternoon on a weekday and there was only 1 person ahead of me. Service was not great - they didn't seem that interested in taking orders and I had to wait a bit until they were settled and ready. To their credit, the bubble waffle came out quickly and hot - the first few bites were crispy on the outside but almost a bit too hard. I only ate about 1/3 of it. It was nothing special. Too bad because it is a local joint and my go-to when I visit Hong Kong as I generally stay in the same area.

雞蛋仔 has always been my comfort snack food when I was a child. Especially during the colder months,…read morenothing beat holding and snacking on an order of freshly made 雞蛋仔. Back then most of the ones I had was just some random places on the street. I don't recalled that 雞蛋仔 from北角being the best? But seems like now it is a franchise all around Hong Kong. After eating 永華麵家, we ended up coming here to continue our Wanchai food crawl. There was no lines so it only took around 10 minute or less for my order to be ready. I love that freshly prepared smell. Crispy on the outside and soft/chewy on the inside with just a hint of sweetness.... and of course the aroma of egg! Just the way I like mine!

Good foods! I had…read morethree of their afternoon tea selections--Soup Instant Noodles with Pork Chop and Toast Bun, Mini Spaghetti Bolognese and Mini Fried Flat Noodles with Beef. With the exception of the spaghetti noodles that were baked, so it was dried and hard everything else was good. I will try more of their afternoon tea items. This place is a keeper. Ray out!

Stopped into this random cha chaan teng in Mong Kok for a little snack and pick me up in the form…read moreof their HK egg tarts and HK coffee milk tea. The egg tarts were perfectly flakey and crunchy with a silky soft, slightly sweet and eggy interior. The HK Coffee Milk Tea was definitely on the stronger side with a heavier coffee kick. They had small two person-only tables so no need to share if those are available. This cafe is located near some popular shopping streets and markets but deep enough in Kowloon where nothing is in English, however it helps to have someone who speaks Canto. :) I love these cafes for their fast, no nonsense service and they certainly live up to it.

Some people claim that Cheung Hing Coffee Shop has some of the best pineapple buns in the city. As…read moreour very last meal in Hong Kong, this cha chaan teng did not disappoint! Several staff speak English but we weren't given any English menus so we relied on Google Translate. Like the majority of cha chaan tengs, service here is quick! We didn't particularly feel rushed when deciding what to order but the restaurant wasn't ever full so maybe it's different during peak hours. When you're done eating, pay at the front. You can also grab some of the baked goods to-go at the front. We ordered the classics to share. The Pineapple Bun was so good that i ordered another one to go. The crust is crunchy and sweet, with a fluffy inside...this definitely could be in the top running for best buns in the city. The scrambled eggs were buttery and silky, very different from regular American scrambled eggs. And finally, the macaroni soup had a very simple, clean broth but was very flavorful. If you need something to warm you up, this is perfect. Overall, delicious meal and I left so satisfied. This was the perfect end to our Hong Kong trip and I can't wait to be back!

I went in early and couldn't get the french toast, but I got what they were known for, their Boh…read moreLoh Yau (菠蘿油). The bread was soft with top crispy,, maybe cause of the butter but it wasn't warm when it came out. I also ordered one with bbq pork and was given a regular pineapple bun instead. It was a great mistake because it came fresh out of the oven and it was AMAZING! The one with the bbq pork was good, but it wasn't hot otherwise it would have been better. With my love for bread, I bet I could eat 5-10 pineapple buns in one sitting if they all came out fresh from the oven!