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2010-01-02
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Both the café and the coffee were much better than I expect… However,…Yu E served local roaster Glory Coffee’s Parisian blend. Somehow, the blend reminded me of Coco Espresso which shares the same Sydney root. Its espresso was quite good, beginning with a nice acidity and end with a syrupy consistency but I couldn’t detect its licorice finish per Glory’s tasting note. Blame it on me then.Also, I didn’t feel any hint of Robusta in the blend. The body was like any other all arabica blend, ie n
Yu E served local roaster Glory Coffee’s Parisian blend. Somehow, the blend reminded me of Coco Espresso which shares the same Sydney root. Its espresso was quite good, beginning with a nice acidity and end with a syrupy consistency but I couldn’t detect its licorice finish per Glory’s tasting note. Blame it on me then.
Also, I didn’t feel any hint of Robusta in the blend. The body was like any other all arabica blend, ie no so big, in-your-face things like most Robusta (Zambra and Segafredo came to my mind for the Robusta kick/monster). However, the lingering effect of caffeine cast some doubt on me all day which, at first, I thought I didn’t have enough rest. Until I looked up on Glory’s website.
In fact, it is a very nice job and I prefer this blend to what was served at Zambra. However, if I have a choice, I would avoid any blend with robusta at all costs due to its lingering high caffeine effects (I believe the amount is about double of that in arabica) as I don’t drink coffee for its caffeine.
Cappuccino has cocoa powder in there and I cannot order another one without the powder as I’m in a rush. So, I could only tell about texture and temp. The texture was similar to that at Fuel, ie better than Coco but nowhere as velvety as Crema, the best in Hong Kong, IMHO. The temp was just within the high end of the acceptable range but I did tell the barista I like my Capp warm. So, I guess the modus operandi of this café is similar to others in term of highest possible temp for hot drinks to fit local taste. To be on the safe side, order your drink warm here.
The chocolate mousse cake was good but nothing’s fantastic. All cakes were saliently boast of homemade/inhouse. It went well with its coffee though but that’s about as far as I will go with its chocolate mousse. Mind you I’m not a cake expert and, in general, I don’t like almost all cake in Hong Kong.
With all above, I though to myself I could recommend this café. However, I was totally flabbergasted by the bill. My tiny piece of cake cost me HK$32 and the whole bill came in at HK$116 with 10% service charge. This means that each coffee costs me about HK$30-40, extremely steep for the location. I could have about the same level of coffee and cake at Fuel or a much friendlier café like Coco or much better coffee overall at Crema, the latter two at much lower prices. I really wonder who will come across town for this place and pay IFC’s price with the similar product so it amazed me who the café thought of as a target customer.
So drop by if you’re in the area and don’t mind to pay $$$. Its set lunch was around HK$200+ and its dinner set even goes higher.
张贴
