Australia Dairy Company — Restaurant in Kowloon

This is an iconic HK breakfast experience that is not defined by the food or service but by the totality of the experience: sights, sounds, flavors, smells, everything, even the toilet. ADC’s most famous dishes may be the impossibly fluffy and yellow scrambled eggs or the spaghetti in broth with limp slices of pink ham, or the eggy pudding that jiggles delicately under your curious stare.

You’ll probably share a table with other customers, and that just adds to the pleasingly chaotic experience. I was there in December before 8 AM and it was already busy, but not so busy that I could not be accommodated as a single diner at a table, accompanied by only one other customer at the time. He was already digging into his food, and we chatted about it being the first time for both of us. He was from New York, a couple of decades younger than me, and in town to visit family. He was at ADC out of pure curiosity, like me.

All told, I spent no more than 30 minutes there, the hustle and bustle of the place from time of entry propelling you quickly towards exiting, as the business profit margin depends on getting folks in and out fast. The servers take your order efficiently and return within minutes with food. I had my Hong Kong style hot milky tea, eggs on toast, and egg pudding before I could even wipe my damp forehead from the excitement of being there and the humidity of the day.

Within seconds of my food arriving, 2 young women were guided to the table to join me and my tablemate who was just getting up to depart. By the time I was done with my food yet another person had joined our table of three.

There was a constant stream of people leaving the restaurant and coming in and servers rushed from table to table, taking orders and bringing food as well as taking away empty dishes. I would’ve loved to stay seated for an hour to just soak it all in, but I knew I had to make way for other diners.

Before I left, I used the toilet because you have to do that in any big city where restrooms can be few and far between. The toilet added to the chaos and charm of the place; see accompanying video.

Would I go back to ADC? Absolutely I would. Next time I will not feel shy about staying longer to enjoy the lovely eggs and maybe their scrumptious buttery sweet toast concoction that I passed...

Eggs, chaos, and the best milk tea of my life — all under a sign for Japanese adult toys.

I’ll be honest—Australian Dairy Company felt overhyped as I stood in line under a very questionable sign that read “Japanese Adult Toys – By Appointment Only.” Not exactly the ambiance I imagined for breakfast, but hey, Hong Kong keeps it interesting.Luckily, as a solo traveler, I got VIP treatment (aka, skipped the line and got shoved inside like a dim sum dumpling). I ordered the legendary Set A: scrambled or fried eggs (scrambled, obviously), buttered toast, macaroni and ham soup, and a drink of choice. It’s like Hong Kong’s version of a diner breakfast, but turbocharged.The service? Efficient bordering on aggressive—these folks run the place like a military operation. You sit, you eat, you leave. No dilly-dallying.But let’s talk food. The scrambled eggs? Fluffy, velvety, buttery clouds of happiness. I’m running out of adjectives, but just know they were divine.

The toast? Thick-cut, golden, perfectly crisp with just the right amount of butter to question your cholesterol.

The macaroni and ham soup? My first ever. It was... fine. Like the friend you don’t invite out often but appreciate for showing up.

The iced milk tea? OH. MY. TEA-GODS. I wasn’t ready. Smooth, perfectly sweet, and somehow transcendent. It was hands-down the best milk tea I had during my entire week in Hong Kong. I still think about it. I might name my first child after it.

I was in and out in under 10 minutes, fully satisfied and ready for my next adventure. If you’re down for fast-paced chaos, legendary eggs, and a religious milk tea experience—all under the watchful gaze of adult toy signage—this...

Bad customer service!! (especially that middle-aged short hair waitress)

Worst first impressions!

A group of us came to this restaurant around 10:00 am and got a table for four. And the most disappointing moment happened when we need to order. That middle-aged waitress came to take our orders, so I order breakfast sets including scrambled eggs, toast, macaroni, and tea.

While I was ordering, the waitress interrupted me midway “After finished you cheng” with a loud voice. And we didn’t understand what she was saying, so we asked her to repeat again then she kept yelling at us for a while with the same sentence “you cheng you finished you cheng!” and never allow me finish. (she wanted to say ‘change’, we guess)

We don’t understand why she needed to shout at us. We basically know their culture but didn’t expect to have this rude service even though she didn’t explain with body language if she doesn’t know how to talk or ask for another waiter to help. So we ask her what does it mean cheng, and she finally told us “Small area!! you finished you cheng!” with her attitude.

We assumed what she wanted to tell (with her bad manners) was that the table is too small and there is no place for several dishes at one time so we need to finish the first dish then she will serve another. We are ok if she’s not good at English but the thing is she shouldn’t have shown that impolite service.

Talking to our overall breakfast is ok. The pudding is not that soft but sweet, we liked it. And macaroni soup is light, and not bland.

We however didn’t satisfy this place that much as...