"Hong Kong, North Point" Hello
This is Hong Kong Breakfast
Hey, isn't this supposed to be
a place with delicious morning meals?
Yes
The breakfast here is so good
we came out especially for it
Right now..
It's 7:30 AM and we're here to eat
That's right
On a weekday
We came out at 7:30 AM
I'm so curious
[Quiet streets]
Do we have to get in line?
[Dumbfounded]
At 7:30 AM?
On a weekday at 7:30 AM..
Next door..
There's literally
not a single person
[The rich get richer]
Two people
[Checking the number of people]
I've never seen a restaurant like this
- Wow~~ - A restaurant with a line at 7:30 AM..
The fact that you have to get in line on a weekday
- is really... - Unbelievable
And even inside, there are no tourists
Locals
Just local people
It's a feature of Hong Kong's popular restaurants
First of all, the people inside aren't
very friendly..
...they aren't
- Are they tired? - Come here
They interact like this
They might be annoyed and tired
They are sensitive
The menu is really
- Simple - Indeed
- It's just a single sheet of paper - A single sheet of paper
Exactly..
The breakfast sets that many Hong Kong people read
There are the breakfast sets
eggs and
sausages
And just..
[Various combinations]
Coffee
Hong Kong..
What's really interesting about these restaurants is that
The tables are in the same space
but they're facing each other, right?
- But they're strangers - Yes, that's right
This happens a lot
So I think
Especially when you come to a popular restaurant
You need at least two people
Yes
With two people, you have a better chance
to secure a space for yourself
[Statistical approach]
Two people..
At least four people
Four people... Three people is perfect
Three or four people is just right
- Then you get a table for four - Four people... a table for four
They'll give tables for four
We'll order
Why won't they let us order?
I know, the ladies must be too busy
[Finally, ordered successfully] I'd like to order one Satay Au Min
Sausage and egg
Iced milk tea with a little sugar
And one Satay Au Tong
Toast?
Yes, toast, toast
For breakfast in Hong Kong
If you want toast
It costs an extra dollar
[Option]
If you don't choose toast..
- Bread, sliced bread - You get that soft bread - Yes*2
[Food arrival] Actually, the guy at the next table
ordered the same thing
But he let me have it
He told me to eat it first
It's good for us, we were hungry, right?
When you order breakfast in Hong Kong
even if I order noodles
these sides always come with it
One egg, one bread, one sausage
It always comes like this
Isn't this due to the influence
of the British?
Does it taste good?
Is it warm?
Does it seem freshly baked?
Ouch, it's hot
[Check by reaction]
Here it is right away
With satay sauce
The beef..
..I ordered ramen
I ordered the classic ramen
For this one, we changed the ramen noodles to
macaroni
[Utensils in hot water]
Didn't you say you don't eat with chopsticks?
[Mistake]
I always get confused
I don't eat with chopsticks but always take them out
When eating breakfast in Hong Kong
You must eat with a fork
You shouldn't use chopsticks
[Admiration]
The color is really nice
- It's really rich on top - It's rich
[Tasting]
[Satisfaction]
Delicious, delicious
What.. why?
The peanut flavor seems quite strong
And the macaroni is very tender
[Harmony]
The texture is really good
Hong Kong people tend to
put a lot of macaroni in the broth
Right?
When I first came to Hong Kong
- Isn't it strange? - Weren't you surprised?
It was very strange
The macaroni I know is
only macaroni salad
Putting macaroni in the broth was
very strange
A friend I know told me
If you begin to like
this macaroni
It means you've become a Hong Kong person
It's like his own standard
[Recognized by everyone]
The most classic
Hong Kong style is
tomato macaroni
- Oh that one.. - Macaroni in tomato soup
Is there this kind of sausage in Korea?
- Uh... no - Flour sausage
It's a fake sausage
This is delicious
It tastes cheap, actually
Why do you like that?
[Curious]
Here
I get why it's good
The sauce and
- They give a lot of meat - It's a lot, right?
But the price is
cheaper than other places
The price is cheap
Usually, in ramen places like this
they don't give much meat because it's expensive
- They just give ramen.. - Right, right
Oh, right
That peanut flavor is
really strong and rich
[Admiration]
It's just peanut flavor
Compared to the regular
Satay Au Min I had
it's so different
- It's much richer, right? - I'm surprised too
When you eat, there are real peanuts in the soup
It seems like they added some real peanuts
not just the sauce
[Complete sauce]
The meat also seems tasty
It's tender
and has a nice chewy texture
And the satay sauce is well absorbed into the meat
You can really feel the flavor
The whole time we were eating
- People kept coming and going - Right
[Crowded]
- Nonstop - Eating and leaving
and new people coming in
This spot just became empty
In 10 seconds, another person
A new person came in
The table is yet to be
cleaned up, but they just
- sat down anyway - Yeah*2
I've never seen a place this busy in the morning
It's my first time seeing this
This macaroni
broth base
I've never had it with satay before
Oh, I think it's my first time eating it today
It surprisingly goes well
Usually, what we always have is
that set A
which we generally eat in clear broth
with a bit of ham and mushrooms
But personally, I think this is much better
Hey, now there's bread and eggs
served together
The amount of eggs is enormous
I think they give two eggs here too
scrambled eggs
But if you order it with sausage
it's just one
So, you can either have only eggs
or add something like sausage
as an extra
[Customizable]
In Hong Kong
for breakfast...
It seems like many people come to eat breakfast alone
Yes*3
Right before going to work
There are many people that
eat breakfast alone
and leave
It's interesting
These kinds of restaurants, these Cha Chaan Tengs
Some parents
take their kids
to school
- and then come to eat - Right
It's not like that in Korea
There’s nothing like that
After taking kids to school, they go home
Why would they go to a restaurant?
We... we usually
go to a restaurant... We do
- Workers eat before going to work - Right*2
Even people like us
who don't have jobs come here..
[Leisure time]
Why do you say we don't have jobs?
[Employed]
We are busy people
Unemployed
Employ me anyone
- We have finished eating - We finished
I'm eating the last toast
Breakfast time
Looking at the time
from 6:30 to 11:30
5 hours is
considered as morning
Uh
The price is actually
[12,600 won] It only costed us 72 dollars
a little over 10,000 won..
Breakfast for 2 people
This is the cheapest breakfast I've ever had
Yes, the cheapest
- They give the most quantity - The most quantity
And the food is really really tasty
Truly incomparable
In a way, isn't it the only restaurant?
- For breakfast - Right
That's why there are so many people
So we will find a more delicious place next time
Let's continue our gourmet journey
Joykin
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