A recent survey by Hotels.com has revealed that Hong Kong travellers consider Japan as the top destination for breakfast while on holiday.

The city's top choice to have breakfast is in Japan (41 per cent); while Singapore and Germany share the second place (12 per cent) on the list of Hong Kong travellers preferred ‘most important meal of the day' destinations. 

The study looked at the breakfast needs and habits of travellers around the globe, and revealed that Hong Kong travellers prefer to have cooked breakfast; such as porridge, toast and bacon even when abroad. Almost over half of Hong Kong travellers say that they consume cooked breakfast items while at home and on holiday. Furthermore, well over half of Hong Kong travellers (54 per cent) confess to place every type of food they see onto their plate when staying at a hotel; experiencing all food items being offered on table.

Interestingly, most Hong Kong travellers (66 per cent) do not consider breakfast as a ‘must- have' meal while on holiday; whereas Korean take breakfast most seriously among Asian counterparts with 89 per cent insist on having breakfast everyday even on holiday. 

While the survey shows that a cooked breakfast is still the top choice of Hong Kong travellers while on holiday, they are more willing to try local food items with a significant 20% increase in optioning for a continental breakfast of cold meats and parties.

Despite the uncouth breakfast buffet behaviour, travellers around the world believe that Aussies remember to pack their table manners with them when they travel. Australians were considered the best mannered nationality along with the Irish, Mexicans, Dutch, Brazilians, Singaporeans, Swedish, and the Finnish. However, the same can't be said about US travellers, with one in four respondents (21 per cent) around the globe agreeing that American travellers have the worst table manners, followed closely by the Chinese (17 per cent).

It's no surprise then, when it comes to hotel breakfast buffets offering a hot breakfast smorgasbord, one in four Hong Kong travellers (25 per cent) admit to always going back for seconds, and even thirds. However, over half of Hong Kong travellers (51 per cent) say they only go after what they really want.