the cafe is decorated in the rustic, vintage, shabby chic style which i adore, & is associated with the initial fashion brand which stocks a gorgeous collection of men & womenswear that is reminiscent of the classic style of yesteryear... think robert downey jnr & jude law style in sherlock holmes. a slight sidetrack here, but its definitely worth mentioning that their 2011 winter menswear collection is worth checking out if you love vintage style. they had a beautiful range of classic woollen & tweed jackets, vests & boots. visiting their fashion stores in an experience in itself... the retail assistants model the gorgeous fashion & are a group of very chic men & women..... need i say anymore? oh, "how do i find their stores?" did i hear you ask.... well, here is their website. when you visit the cafe make sure you wander through the back section behind the cafe, they have their fashion retail in the same location behind the cafe.... its worth a visit. if you need an excuse, just use their toilet facilities, you need to pass through all the ladieswear if you're heading to the toilet!
back on the topic of my visit to the cafe.... i took mister & sister along to visit the cafe. unfortunately, because i couldn't remember the exact location of the cafe, the three of us walked up & down cameron & granville roads for about half an hour before we found it... of course the other two had no idea what to even look out for so it took a bit of encouragement to keep them following me. when we finally found it we realised we'd walked past it in the first 5 mins of our search (but we were on the other side of the road)... suffice to say, they weren't disappointed when we found it, here are a few pics of the decor in the cafe... there are some good pics on open rice that other patrons have taken.
:: menu ::
their menu is a selection of modern fusion food... with a selection of salads, pasta, noodle, steaks, dessert & drinks. they have a tofu salad with sesame & lotus root (sounds so good); pumpkin, potato, egg & japanese fried white bait with mashed potato; tomato soup with beef chuck & japanese noodle; grilled ireland rib eye steak with mashed pumpkin & mushroom cream.... their menu is here
we ordered two lunch sets (which comes with soup/salad, pasta & coffee/tea) & dessert...
:: entree & drinks ::
pumpkin soup
garden salad with japanese salad sauce
green tea
iced coffee
strawberry smoothie (very yummy)
:: main ::
linguine with sea clams & white wine
black ink spaghetti & seafood with mushroom cream sauce
whilst both dishes were nice, the linguine gets a special mention because it was great. the sea clams were very fresh & the subtle flavour of the white wine was wonderfully infused into the dish... i'd highly recommend trying this pasta.
:: dessert ::
to top it off, we had banana waffles with ice-cream, this was delicious.
the waffles tasted freshly made
so, next time you're passing through tsim sha tsui... make sure you visit!
*hint: the cafe is at 48 cameron road which is just a short walk to the hong kong museum of history 香港歷史博物館 which has free admission on wednesdays so you can add both to your itinerary if you are visiting hong kong. you can check out my post of my visit to the museum here if you are interested.
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