As your grandma has told you since you can recall people nagging you: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, regardless of the time you take your breakfast. So, imagine you wake up at 6 pm after a heavy night-morning of drinking, or you suddenly find yourself craving an omelet at 2 am, what do you do? Well, if you are in Hong Kong it is just a matter of moving to Wan Chai (Or Central) to The Flying Pan.
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| The Menu at the Flying Pan. |
The Flying Pan offers, in its two locations in Hong Kong, a 24 hour Breakfast Menu, so whenever the time, whatever your alcoholic state, this place can calm those cravings you know you sometimes get, those cravings that can only be satiated with some omelet or maybe some benedict eggs.
They have an excellent menu, not too big, not too small, just right. You get to pick one of their combo menu items or make your own, it is pretty straight forward. They offer a hassle free western-style breakfast experience, which after being in Asia for a while, will make you very thankful.
Choose between a broad selection of great food that includes:
- Descent bagels (a treat so rare to find around these places)
- English muffins
- Omelets
- Frittatas
- Benedict Eggs
- Other types of eggs
- Yoghurts
- Fruits
- Teas
- And Coffees.
While you are deciding what will settle your inner beast, get yourself a Bloody Mary, or a mimosa or a Bellini, hell, you can have a Gin Tonic or any cocktail you can imagine, they bar is very well stocked and has very affordable prices. By the way the service is fast and extremely nice, you know, that is always appreciated.
Enjoy your 11 pm breakfast + cocktail and thank me later.
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| Awesome eggs Benedict with fresh avocado and pico de gallo. |
The Flying Pan (Wanchai)
3F/L 81-85 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2528 9997
http://www.the-flying-pan.com
***It is a bit difficult to find, it is in the third floor of an inconspicuous building, you need to get there and go up. There is no visible sign outside, but be patient, it is worth it.
Price: Around 100 HKD
The Flying Pan (Central)
G/F 9 Old Bailey Street, Central, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2140 6333
http://www.the-flying-pan.com
Price: Around 100 HKD
While we are in topic, lets talk about a staple of Hong Konese breakfast, the Cha Chaan Teng. But what the hell are these places with the funky name and huge lines of locals in the mornings ? (to be fair, they are packed pretty much all day). If you have ever been around Hong Kong, Macao, Main land China or Taiwan, you probably have come across one of these places that offer inexpensive and often delicious food.
Back in the day, western food was a novelty only available to the rich and powerful. Eventually, the cooks started experimenting with their interpretation of western food, eventually opening small joints that would offer tea and a broad menu of 'Asian Western' food. These joints were a total success among the working class people and gained a place amongst the hearts of the locals. Nowadays western food is broadly available but people come to the Cha Chaan Teng to enjoy the 'Asian Western' food as it has gained presence and validity of its own.
Asian Spaghetti and Meat balls, omelets, toast, crepes, chicken soups and other 'Western' classics were transformed and molded into a practically indistinguishable long lost brother of their original counterparts. A visit to one of this places is surreal to say the least: it is completely fast paced and filled with locals which can be a bit intimidating for some people, then there is the menus, which are extensive and totally in Chinese, then there is the waiters who are always in a hurry and might ask you to seat in the communal tables. But hey! Relax! It is not as hard you think, just go with the flow, look the waiter in the eye and tell him how many (when in doubt use your body language), sit where they tell you, if there are locals around, say a quick hello and order (if you don’t know what you want, look around and point to what looks appealing or go for the good old point the menu in Chinese, it is very difficult to go wrong here, all food is good and is not really that bizarre), when the food comes, eat it with gusto, enjoy it, get up, say good bye, pay and leave, people come and go here and they are used to eat and leave very fast, it is not a place to stay and chat. Don't forget to observe around while you eat, this is a great experience, the atmosphere, the people, the food, it all comes together in a scenery worthy of Dali.
The food might not look that appealing and might resemble the food a college freshman would cook on a hot plate in his dorm, but trust me, this food is delicious, comforting and will make your belly happy, very happy, in fact, one of the best plate of scrambled eggs I have eaten was in The Australia Dairy CO. A cha chaan teng in Hong Kong.
The Australia Dairy CO
47 Parkes St, Hong Kong
Price: 50 HKD
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| A long queue is always a good sign. |
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| Looks plain but it will fool you. |
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| Those were seriously some of the best scrambled eggs I have ever had! |
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