(Camera: Samsung NX100; "Retro" style applied )
If croissants are French, bacon and eggs British, what represents a traditional Hong Kong breakfast?
For the answer, look no further beyond the local chachangtans, or literally "Tea Meals Bistros". The best ones are in the older public housing. With some luck, you can come across a chachangtan which illegally takes up the shop-front area for business. The alfresco area, unlike in France, does not charge higher for the same meals as you sit farther away.
(Camera: NX100)
So what is the best "traditional" sumptuous Hong Kong breakfast you can have in a chachangtan? My suggestion is take the set breakfasts, usually categorised in Sets A, B and C. Sometimes the varieties extend to even G, if the chachangtan is really popular. The most ordered is the one as shown above: a dish of instant noodle with Satay beef, an omelette with ham shreds inside, a mediocre bread-n-butter, as well as a cup of hot drink. For drink, do order the Si Mut milk tea (search this blog for Si Mut, if you have not read about it here). Bon appétit!
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