Mrs Tang's Cafe serves traditional Hong Kong style breakfast in a modern environment and is famous for its unique take on a local favorite, the pineapple bun.
I'm going to save you a surprise or Wikipedia search here and say there's no pineapple in the bun. It gets it's name from the golden sweet crust that's fashioned into a cross cross shape on the top of the bun, and is typically served with a slab of cold butter.
If you don't speak Cantonese, this place might be a little daunting since the menus and service are all in Chinese. I brought a Chinese friend to help me out but I think I could have mostly managed on my own since the part of the menu that matters, has pictures on it.
At the very least, the lack of English means it's a place for locals. And boy is it, the pineapple bun I had here ranks right up there with my top breakfasts of all time!
I stopped by on a Wednesday morning and the place was pretty full. They have you share tables with other people and there's a stand to register your party out front. I bet this place gets really busy during the weekends, especially judging from the reviews of other branches.
Service was fast and I ended up with a pineapple bun and some nissin noodles with spam.
The noodles were decent if not memorable but the pineapple bun was outstanding. Their take on it here includes sliced tomato and a fried egg in addition to the cold butter.
The fried egg was still runny and that provided a great contrast in texture with the tomato and butter, making it the perfect combination of savory and sweet.
I would fly out to eat the pineapple bun here. You should too! read more