Australia Dairy Company    澳洲牛奶公司  

HAHA
How this restaurant get such a high rating is beyond me.
Perhaps most users here love to queue, eat shoulder to shoulder with complete strangers, and then get chased out of a restaurant by waiters after 5 minutes because you're just taking too much space and time.
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So a local friend brought me here for tea claiming that it's teh best in town or whatever. We reached the place to find a long f'ing queue, but oh, it's so worth the wait he said. And so we waited. I peeked into the restaurant and DAMN the place was JAM PACKED. Everyone was literally like sardines in a tin HAVING A GOOD TIME (not). Whatever.
After about half an hour we were ORDERED to get the hell into the restaurant by one of the 30 HK-triad-mafia-looking-waiters. Then he shouted at us to sit the hell down in a space that's fitted for one, but oh there are 2 chairs so we sat with our shoulders touching. I was a little intimidated to ask for the menu but who needs it when the waiter commanded us to say our orders (or he might punch our faces in) the moment we sat down. My friend was able to instantly know what he wanted, so I whimpled "make it two, thanks?"
You gonna give it to them the service was fast. Our food came like within 3 minutes. But fast doesn't mean good. Anyway. The food was decent, I guess? I had what, fried egg? Ham? Bread? Milk Tea? Wow. Can I get those from else where? You bet your ass I can. Can I get those from else where without getting barked at? YOU BET YOUR ASS I CAN.
There was no conversation between me and my friend, just like there was no smile on my face. We had to eat as fast as we could as scary waiters were stinkeyeing down at us and giving us the eat-your-crap-and-gtfo look. So we did. We paid a ridiculous amount (for eggs, ham and bread) to an as moody cashier and gtfo within 5 minutes.
Verdict-
Taste: 3/5. Normal stuff, nothing to get excited about. OOOHH but the fried egg!!11! Please, it's a piece of egg, fried.
Atmosphere: Did not like the prison theme.
Service: Did NOT like the prison theme.
Cleanliness: Typical.
Value: ZERO. NO POINT.

So if you like queuing up to get bullied into eating overpriced average food with over 9000 people cramping beside you, you'll love Australia Dairy Company!

Have n't been to this cafe for at least over 20 years, I'm surprise it is still doing so well. The scramble egg with toast were excellent, I ordered the steamed eggwhite with milk and steamed almond with egg pudding both are good except it were on the sweet side. I cannot imagine how many eggs they purchase everyday, it is such a busy place , asa there is seat became available it 'll be repleced by another customer.

I've prepared myself for quening up outside the restaurant as the scramble egg there is delicious . Again, the attitude of waiters there really upset people. First, they, if not shout at loud, used impolite manner to "ask" you quening up inside their restaurant. In fact, there was no room therein as it was so crowded. Why don't they give tickets to ppl waiting outside the restaurant? Second, the waiter would remind customers of no rush while they were eating. In fact, they were giving pressures to ppl. This is really annoying and unethicial. My wife was pissed off by the unpleasant experience. I will not patronize for awhile as I deserve to have better service despite how good is the food quality. The boss of 澳洲牛奶公司 may not understand and treasure.

1 word: wow! I have never been to a restaurant that has so many waiter! At first glance there are probably at least 15 who are dashing across the restaurant.

There were three of us going for post lunch just to experience the atmosphere. We waited for about 5 mins and the waiter came up to us, told us to stand next to the table and said "They'll be leaving soon!". The 3 people of the table were so pressurised it was so funny. definately not a place for 飲o野傾計! lol

We ordered an afternoon tea set and a "dun lai". Everything arrive IN JUST 3 MINS!!!! We were laughing the whole way through as everything in there was so intense and rushed. One surprising thing is that the food is actually really good.

From what I have learnt about the restaurant, the workers are pressured to perform coz there's a CCTV i nthe restaurant and the boss basiaclly is sitting in front of the Tv overlooking the restaurant. The turnover is so quick that every1 will not stay for more than 15 mins!!! It's a clever business and good management skills.

This is the best fried egg that i have ever tried...

well, they were full house, but the Q was not too long...

We ordered two sets of breakfast which inclusive of 炒蛋, 牛油厚多士, 叉燒意粉, one
almond 燉蛋 and one 熱燉蛋白牛奶

My godness, the 炒蛋 was so smooth, you can see 炒蛋 is layer by layer, wondered how to do that. Plus this 牛油厚多士 with such good smell of butter, such a perfect match...miss them so much...i should order more...

both of almond 燉蛋 and 燉蛋白牛奶 are so great as well...gals sure like it as you can feel like it will help to improve your skin texture after taking it...but for those who dont like to drink milk may not like this 燉蛋白牛奶, as you may find the milk taste is quite strong...but I LIKE IT VERY MUCH

first time to this place for lunch becoz saw so many recommendations on OR website.
waited for about 10 min during lunch time~ quite good.
ordered a set. within 2 min everything came (except the drink). the waiters are really efficient. im hungry so that's great
1) fried egg with toast
-> fried egg was tasty and not dry nor too wet. but the plate was stained with oil after i finished == so i guess they add a lot of oil to fry it. the toast was crispy but they added too much butter on top.
2) cha siu and spaghetti
-> the portion was just right. not too much. nothing special though. spaghetti a bit too soft.
3) cold milk tea
-> great

i felt a bit unwell in the next few hours. i think that's because the egg's too oily.
good meal but not really healthy.

霄夜．

本人試吓出名的炒蛋多司：
Eggs good fluffy texture, with lots of Eggy taste and egg yolk taste especially, also butter and salt. Cooked perfectly, with still a bit of runniness. Toast was soggy though under the eggs.

燉奶：
試ｊｏｒ一羹，本人真係好唔鍾意嘅味．Ever since young, I never enjoyed this dessert, as it had a weird taste.

But I finally worked it out last night - its so simple. Milk's boiling temperature is around 72 degrees, unlike water's 100C. The milk becomes scorched and burnt above this, giving off a sulphur like burnt taste - exactly the same taste that made me dislike this dessert or boiled milk as a drink (mom and grandma used to give me this shit for breakfast). Also, at above 65-70C, the sugars from the milk has already been released so there is no milk sweetness anyway. Hence most professional coffee shops overseas or even in Hong Kong serve lukewarm coffee, not scorching hot Caffe Lattes.

To be honest, I don't even know why this dessert is made or was invented.
To me personally, as soon as milk goes over 82-83C in my experiment with thermometer, the taste becomes really unpleasant. That's already much more tolerable than the so-called 72C boiling point for milk, which already burns the milk for many people. To my tastebud and nose, the 燉奶 has that flavour profile given off from more than 82-83C milk....


炒蛋多司 = 4.5
燉奶 = Not Rated.

How can you resist the temptation of visiting this place? It has 900+ happy-faced reviews out of some 1500! It's with this in mind that I went in, as I was in the neighborhood and there wasn't a line.

I ordered a tea set. The food is alright, what's a bit special is the thick toast. I haven't seen it anywhere else. The ham looked miserable, though, and the Char Siu macaronis was not particularly good. Many reviewers praised the milk tea, but I didn't find it any special. And the scrambled egg, oh yes, lots of guys praised it. It had a pretty smooth texture, and the cook deserved some credit for it. But as I suspected that there's not much you can do with egg, I wasn't surprised that it wasn't that spectacular.

Depending on your acceptable time/quality ratio, you may nor may not want to wait in line for the food. I definitely wouldn't waste five minutes for this quality. However, if you want to experience the local flair, it might be worth the trouble. You're not likely to see the kind of efficiency of the waiters here. They quickly found an empty seat for me, and brought everything from the tea set in less than two minutes. They even had in their pockets a bunch of bills already written with the amount you pay at the cashier! I guess these are for the set meals. For locals, this is a plus. Not for me! In fact, I found it a bit sad that people didn't have time to enjoy a meal. If we bother to eat two-three times a day, why not take the time to enjoy it every time?

I finished my tea set in less than ten minutes. The restaurant was simply too noisy. But that's Hong Kong. The restaurant is a microcosm of life here. It's worth a visit, just for the experience, not for the food. You're likely to remember it for a long time.

This "Cha Chan Tan" is my breakfast supplier when I was studying in PolyU over a decade before.

That is right that the scramble egg is smooth, egg sandwiches are good and milk tea is remarkably in Hong Kong Style. And no scramble egg in other Cha Chan tan in that street is so smooth. You know why? Because they are so mean and use too little oil in frying sramble egg. But making good scramble egg is the basic entry requirement for a qualified Cha Chan Tan in Hong Kong. Any of "Chui Wa", "Sun Chiu Kee", "Tan Island", and "Kong Sik" can make these simple stuff.

But, other dishes like the the set menu which usually contains "Cha Siu italian noodle" is also in Hong Kong Style: Cha Siu is too tough-don't try it after dental appointment.

The service is also HK style. Some waiter will verbally push you to order while most of them will not but create an atmosphere which reminds you that "We are busy, don't waste our time" with their poker faces.

After graduation from PolyU, I haven't tried it again. But I note that a lot of people speaking Putonghua queuing in front of it. Maybe they have read too many "eel article" from Internet or in fact there are many hostels at or below 3 stars around Jordan Station.

My comment: If you want to try Cha Chan Tan in HK, it is not my recommendation. If you want to taste good scramble egg or egg sandwiches, put more oil in the fry pan. The place is clean for you to have a hurry breakfast but not a place for you to learn Cha Chan Tan in Hong Kong.

i was in HK 2 and a half days last week
i went there 1 day for my lunch and 1 day for my breakfast.
i reallie love this CHA CHAN TAN!!!!! yumyumyum >.<

I guess the topic says it all – this place is not for the posh, stuck-up folks who crave for 'service' and 'ambience' in the middle of Jordan.

You are here for the food, the typical Hong Kong atmosphere (efficient, snappy, yet there is some sort of order amid the mess), the lovely eggs, and the pantyhose milk tea. You sit down and you have a peek at what others are ordering. You do not try and be original (if you want originality, go to your five-star hotel and ask your sous chef to cook out something original) because there is only one thing that brings people to this place.

This is a mecca for egg lovers, scrambled or sunny side up.

I came here for the food: scrambled eggs with toast, washed down with an iced Horlick. You don’t need to say please or thank you (you might get a little grunt from one of the waiters, if you’re lucky). Given this was a weekday morning, I was one of the few patrons who were not in a hurry to go to work. They gave me my meal in less than 10 minutes, and the atmosphere coerced me to wolf my meal down in the same amount of time.

I was chewing on my toothpick and smacking my lips less than half an hour into my experience here, and thought to myself, if I didn’t have to go to work the following morning, I’d definitely be back.

It is amazing that Australia Dairy Company has become a tourist attraction in Hong Kong. Here are some tips for visitors and tourists to this famous Hong Kong style tea house:

1. It doesn't accept reservations, so don't bother to make one. While there are always long lines, the wait normally is less than 15 minutes because of the quick turnover.

2. Also don't bother to bring something to read as reading is frowned upon not only by the waiters, but also by those waiting customers who stand at your table.

3. The menu is posted on the wall, and the choices are few and easy: scrambled or fried eggs, roll or toast, coffee or tea. Scrambled eggs and HK style milk tea ("pantyhose milk tea") are the most popular choices.

4. The bustle of the place would make one feel as if one were in a fast eating contest. After ordering, the food would arrive in an instant, and there is pressure for you to finish the meal as quickly as humanly possible under the staring eyes of the waiters and waiting customers who are breathing down your neck.

5. The staff are very efficient. Some would argue that the waiters are rude because they always seem to be rushing the customers.

6. There is no service charge, and one just pay at the cashier.

7. To conclude, you don't come here to enjoy a leisurely meal, but to try what many call the best scrambled eggs in town and experience the atmosphere of this one of its kind, famous eatery.

I was in HK for holiday last wk. Since there are so many fantastic comments regarding this Australia Dairy company, so we decided to give it a try. We ordered the breakfast set. In fact, macaroni is tasteless, we tried it and discarded the rest. Don't even bother abt the milk. It's not fresh milk, it's just milk powder plus hot water!! Fried egg and toast were just Ordinary, nothing special. The steamed almond egg dessert just made me nauseous. I ate a little bit, and it spoilt my appetite for the whole morning!!

All in all, I won't be bother to go there anymore!
it's not worth visiting it!

It was used to be my tea before HKCEE tutorial with my high school buddies, we wore uniforms in a group and the waiters always gave us the same table. And now I was graduated from university for 2+ years ...

It remained the same except the price. The place, set meal, cutlery, waiters, efficiency and attitude, haha, remains unchanged. The favor, luckily, is exactly the same.

I had the set, soup macaroni with ham, toast with scrambled egg, and iced milk tea. Vy good indeed, same favor. The soup macaroni is still just-about-right salty. The highlight is the toast with scrambled egg that I place the ham within my egg and ham sandwich! The thick toast is the always the best. And the milk tea is not that that sweet. Very normal meal, or say, a very normal breakfast set, it is the very Hong Kong style food. Simple and quick.

My love is the first time, even disapproving the soup macaroni (too used to eat cheese macaroni) but like the toast with eggs too.

Another praise of the efficiency of waiters, I understand they are kinda indifferent, yet how can we queue up quick for a seat if they are not that efficient under this crowded restaurant?

quick quick quick service; quick quick quick eat!

good quality of food; super efficient service (waiters like super robots); clean & tidy enviornment; reasonable price

absolutely eat under pressure in crowdy restaurant

faster than fast food

Question: How long the waiter need to be trained here? No excess talk, no useless motion.

This should be recommended to tourist to sense a fast moving HK.