Hi everyone
It's Hong Kong Breakfast
The place we're going today
Always shows up on
The "must-try" restaurant lists
Right, right
Hong Kong breakfast
It seems to always be
-on the top 10 -Yeah
And coincidentally
-It's close to where we live -Yes
So, we thought it'd be worth checking out
It's not the main branch, actually
but let's try it and
see how it compares to the original
The main branch is a bit far
[Almost there]
It's just
next to a shopping complex
-It's crowded -It's really crowded
What do we do?
The menu seems
similar to what we see
at regular cha chaan tengs
-No, it's not similar at all -Really?
They have (pork, chicken wings, beef)...
What cha chaan teng
serves (pork, chicken wings, beef) for breakfast?
They even have soup bases like
tom yum kung
-and Laksa too -Century egg
Oh, century egg with cilantro
So the noodles are the same
But the bases are a bit different
That's what makes this place unique
[Fully packed restaurant]
Let's order
She'll have the laksa base...
with rice noodles
And add chicken wings, please
[Checking the order]
Okay
What I need is...
Fried pork with macaroni soup, please
Um... can I get that with a tomato base?
Sure, you can
And with that...
I'll have a glass of iced milk tea with crushed ice
[Double-checking]
-Can I get that with less sugar? -Of course
-Yes, I’ll have it with less sugar -Less sugar
Yes, and we..
Can I have a representative pineapple bun!
-Thanks -Thank you
[Relief]
I was actually really nervous
Why are they so kind?
I'm really flabbergasted
Cha Chaan Taengs are usually
not very kind
That's why
I asked if I can do less sugar
He says, of course
I know it's almost impossible
So I was a little surprised
Wow, on Laksa
Jiyi
-They added chicken wings -Yes
It's a lot
-And it's like a lunch menu -It's a lunch menu
I can't believe they're selling this in the morning
Wow, this is no joke
Wow, what's this?
This is tomato
Tomatoes
With fried pork
It's macaroni inside
I found something a little unusual here
If you go somewhere else, in the morning
Fork, knife, spoon
We have to eat with something made of iron
We're eating with chopsticks here?
What's this? You said this person is not from Hong Kong
[Surprised]
It's chopsticks
Wow, mine is really thick
[Soup evaluation]
Wow, Laksa is really strong, too
I thought it was puree
Not soup
It's so nice to have
Such a luxurious breakfast in Hong Kong
I think it's almost the first time?
How is it?
The Laksa base
It's really deep
As soon as I eat it
Wow, this is real Laksa
[Deep taste]
And more than I thought
It seems like the main feature is
the abundance of ingredients
There's a lot of fried tofu
And the chicken wings
We ordered
Plus bean sprouts
and a touch of cilantro
It makes it feel really hearty
The tomato in mine has
a really strong flavor
But it's not salty
-Did you want it saltier? -Yeah
You must be stressed
Want to try mine?
I don't even know if I can finish this
There's so much
[Trying the tomato broth]
It's not very salty at all
This tastes like healthy tomatoes
Right?
[Healthy food]
-Healthy tomatoes -It's like they just
juiced tomatoes
It's like they used fresh tomatoes
without any sauce
-How's the laksa? It's good, right? -Yeah
This feels like
A lunch dish
[Strong agreement]
The portion size too, yeah
Actually, the price is
a bit higher than other places
[Premium]
But it's 9 AM
and having such a
heavy meal feels a bit
It's almost too much
It’s almost too much
This is iced milk tea.
It's a bit different from regular milk tea.
What's different?
It's like coffee milk tea
-Ah, the coffee is iced -They
added coffee
Yeah, you can see something
Floating on top
It tastes richer
[Finished tasting]
But with milk tea, some places
are really good at it, and others
There are restaurants that don't meet my expectations
But this place definitely feels
like a good restaurant
But we've been to a few restaurants
on the way to this restaurant
There were always few people
-on Saturday morning -That's right
This place is especially
crowded right now
We have to share a small table
with another person
But looking at the taste
I think people have no choice but to come here
Its head shop
originally located in Wynlong
That was a decade ago
I was a middle school student
My friend lived in Wynlong
-So I went there -Oh, really?
It takes about an hour and a half
by public transportation
to get there
-Did you go to eat this? -I went there
I spent the whole day in Wynlong
and ate this
But the waiting time was
2 or 3 hours at that time
[Shocked]
It's been popular
for a decade
[Hesitating]
You know this tomato soup base
The one with macaroni
[Amazing combination]
It's my first time eating it in Hong Kong
Yes, how is it?
I'm a little afraid of this
It doesn't look good
Macaroni and other soups
would be okay
Tomato base is
really hard to try
-But it's my first time eating it today -Yeah
It tastes better than I thought
[First experience]
You haven't tried it?
I haven't tried it, I was scared
If you're new to tomatoes
I think it'll be perfect to eat here
It tastes good, but it's still worth it
I’m surprised by the size of the meat too
Look at the fish tofu inside this
-I know right -There’s a lot
I ate one already by the way
Is there someone out there eating all this?
In the morning?
I guess so
[Big eaters]
First of all
From what I see
Koreans don’t really eat
macaroni as a soup
[Strong denial]
-No way*2 -Why are you so
repelled by this idea?
Because I never had one before
I told you about the soup already
Macaroni should only go on salads
Well, occasionally
There’s no use of it besides that
Honestly, macaronis are
Nothing except for salad?
No, I’ve never seen such a thing too
We put it in salads
but that’s usually made
for birthday parties when you’re young
Except that
You don’t really have them
[Calculating]
If we were to visit this place
knowing all this
we would’ve ordered
one noodle and one bread
We just didn’t expect to get this much noodle
I expected
an average portion of Cha chaan teng
They say this is the best one here
Right
In this pineapple bun
there’s egg, tomato
Huh? There’s no spam?
I guess not
And there’s butter
Yeah
About ten years ago
I visited Winlong and dined there
I had this kind of pineapple bun for the first time
It was very fresh to me
Then this originated from this place I assume
Absolutely
I'm not sure if they did
But at that time
It was really famous
because of this
But this is actually simple
There's pineapple bun
with butter and egg
-and tomato inside -Right
But that was really popular
This is actually that taste we know
just mixed together
-Isn't it? -Yes it is
Well, the egg inside
or the bun, they are warm
So it tastes much better
That guy infront of us
just ordered the noodles
and the bun later
But we couldn't do that
We ordered all of them together
Right
Since these are
ready as soon as you order
So that guy was very clever
It's still good though
- I think the bun is really good - You're right
I actually
love spam
So I thought this tastes much better
with spam inside
It does have some
I actually thought
this had spam inside
But now that I've tried it
this is quite good as well
It's good even without the spam
It tastes much, how should I put it
It's much lighter
without the spam
And spams can make it taste saltier
because of its intense taste
But this doesn't have that taste
so I can
- taste the ingredients better - And
this feels like a dessert
This place is
as expected from a restaurant that's been popular for over ten years
has good noodles
good buns
and good drinks to be honest
It's a little bit more expensive
But here
I think it's attractive to come here
I think I have no choice but to come
I think there are enough conditions for that
Yes
The price is $ 137 (23,000 KRW) for us
-We ordered 3 dishes -Yes
-We ordered servings for 2.5 people -That's right
But it's not bad
for that, actually
-It's about $40 or $50 each -Yeah
So next time
We'll find a better place
and continue our trip
Bye
Hong Lunch's three-line review 〈Waso Cafe (Kwun Tong)〉
1. Premium breakfast
2. Strongly recommend the Pineapple buns
3. Local restaurant that doesn't appear in the tour guide
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