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2023-12-26
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Walking down from the Tin Hau Temple Road seeing this classy simplistic themed coffee shop, we decided to stop by for a coffee break.Menu serves variety of breakfast, brunch, mains and dessert. They also serves a wide options of drinks, not just coffee base. What caught my eyes was their cauliflower rice mains which wasn't a common option found at a cafe. We asked for a chicken kimchi cauliflower rice and a soft shell crab cauliflower rice. For drinks, we got the orange black and coast lemonade.
Menu serves variety of breakfast, brunch, mains and dessert. They also serves a wide options of drinks, not just coffee base. What caught my eyes was their cauliflower rice mains which wasn't a common option found at a cafe. We asked for a chicken kimchi cauliflower rice and a soft shell crab cauliflower rice. For drinks, we got the orange black and coast lemonade.
Both cauliflower rice were unexpectedly big portion. Even it wasn't a grain base main, it was definitely filling after finishing the whole plate. The chicken from the kimchi chicken cauliflower rice was moist but personally prefer chicken breast instead of thigh cut because some bites were with chewy skin and soft bone. Chicken itself was moist, love the shredded seaweed was topped for a hint of fishiness. Generous amount of diced kimchi, hard tofu and mushrooms gave so much texture which whole dish definitely wouldn't be boring. Not bad.
Soft shell crab cauliflower rice was personally found it tastier. Well balance of crab meat, crab paste and egg which seems light but tasted indulgent. Love the amount of garlic which even full of crab richness, still able to taste the garlic flavour. The flying fish roe gave an extra crunch. Soft shell crab was quite big. Crunchy and meaty. Sadly the center of the cauliflower rice was pretty wet and a bit salty. Not sure if not well stir fried or the crab juice leaked down. Maybe a slice of lemon for drizzling may help. Overall, pretty good.
Seeing the table beside eating their christmas dessert, pistachio raspberry tart. We decided to give it a go too. It was absolutely a happy dessert. Genuinely seeing the smily white chocolate star already made me joyful. Appreciated the friendly staff reminded that the star was made of white chocolate, otherwise many may think it was made from fondant. Tart crust was on a thick hard type. It might not be the perfect tart crust thickness but personally I pretty like thick shortbread crust for the buttery biscuit taste despite every fork bite was hard. Pistachio nibbles were covered a third of the tart which gave extra pistachio flavour. Pistachio crème was creamy and light. Wasn't strong at all. Was expecting raspberry jam or paste stuffed or filled the bottom, but only few dried rasberries. I wasn't a big fan of the garnish silvery balls which was hard and sticking my teeth. Not really a necessary. Maybe white chocolate balls may do the work. Anyway, not bad.
My orange black was pretty smooth to drink. Visually served in two layers with the orange juice at the bottom. Once stirred, it looked like a coffee with milk. Even with the use of orange juice, coffee was still the main character. Not sweet at all. Just a good hint of orange flavour.
Coast lemonade was kind of a yuzu drink instead. Even with a spoon for stirring, it's hard to well stirred. No lemon flavour. A bit disappointed.
Overall, I may come back to try their signature caramalised apple cheesecake which almost all the tables ordered. Not the best convenient location but love the quietness and away of hassle.
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