Well, my friend saw this on Openrice when we were in England and we’ve been wanting to go there ever since, seeing that Matcha is their specialty and god the desserts look awesome. So we head to the cafe after we had our lunch- we arrived around 4 o’clock. We waited a while before we get to go in- it was an agonizing half an hour because it is summer in Hong Kong, yet we have to wait in a semi-closed area with no air-conditioner or fan whatsoever along with a bunch of other patrons. So when we finally get to be seated I literally let out a long sigh.
The cafe’s small yet quaint. There are different kinds of chairs make up of the cafe seating such as sofas and wooden chairs. The most eye grabbing thing would be the archway like cupboard right smack in the middle of the cafe that is decorated with different china. Overall, the decoration looks very Japanese to me despite the more westernized cafe setting. (there’s a large window to let in natural lighting but all you can see are buildings and a barren balcony...and the menu looks so worn out like you would find in cha chan tengs) it is a place you want to stay and while the day away but seeing the queue outside you just
don’t.
okay let’s get to the point shall we? below are the things we ordered:
Matcha Snow White
(my drink. Contains matcha tea, milk and vanilla icecream)Matcha Mojito (my friend’s drink, contains matcha tea, lemonade, mint etc)Matcha Sizzling Brownie
Matcha Chocolate Fondant______________________________Quite sad that i didn’t choose the other drinks because the
two drink we tried are kind of horrible.
Matcha Snow White - (my drink, as shown in the photo. Contains matcha tea, milk and vanilla
icecream)
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Matcha Snow White - (my drink, as shown in the photo. Contains matcha tea, milk and vanilla
icecream)
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it was hot outside so I chose Matcha Snow White, yet it is bland in taste, it’s not the vanilla-y matcha I was looking for; my friend’s drink taste more like mere washed-down mojito. As matcha fanatics, we are very disappointed.
As for the
Matcha Sizzling Brownie,
Matcha Sizzling Brownie - not overly sweet as expected, matcha heaven basically
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Matcha Sizzling Brownie - not overly sweet as expected, matcha heaven basically
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it sure does look amazing, it’s also kinda fun to pour the matcha sauce down the dessert and here the sizzling sound haha~ I love the contrast of the cold ice cream and the brownie and love that the brownie is not overly sweet as I have expected. The brownie taste good but would have love it with a stronger flavor of matcha and butter. The strongest matcha taste comes from the sauce so the matcha flavor in the brownie seems lacking. (oh and I keep getting ice in my icecream, wth- is this homemade? better fix the icecream machine)
The Matcha Chocolate Fondant is the one dessert me and my friend loves a lot. It’s like the perfect mix of Matcha and molten cake, with the matcha chocolate filling tastes so good, yet not overpowering the taste you will find in the cake outside. Again, a perfect combination with the icecream but god I keep having ice cubes in my mouth (fix the icecream machine please!)
Overall: I find the restaurant over-hyped, it’s kinda expensive yet I feel like I didn’t get what I paid for, for the drinks mostly aaaand the queuing, but I would still come back for more because the Brownie and Chocolate Fondant are lovely.
Both of them are expensive though- so if you want recommendation, I would say go for the chocolate Fondant, it does worth the price I guarantee.
