Epoch Coffee Bar and Desserterie (已結業)

Epoch可算是香港第一代主打做咖啡的咖啡店。还记得住在星街的时候，我可是每天也会去永丰街的店铺喝咖啡。现在搬了到九龙，已很小回湾仔更惶论品味他们的咖啡。今日机缘巧合下去到他们侧鱼涌的分店，一于回味一下我昔日喜爱的咖啡店看看他们的进境。横掂未食lunch,一于嚟一客鸡肉panini和我的至爱---latte。印象中这店是用上illy的咖啡豆。对于一众咖啡友来说illy咖啡豆可说是咖啡界的lafite。可是随着香港咖啡友的知识提升，知道咖啡豆新鲜的重要性，大部份的咖啡店已转用本地炒家提供的咖啡豆，提供给本地咖啡迷外国进口的roast bean以外另一选择。于我而言，咖啡豆新鲜固然重要，但香港烘焙师是否追得上意大利水平我还是有保留，毕竟意大利人在炒豆方面行先我们数百年。打个比喻，正如我们在后花园种的芒果，永远及不上菲律宾种的鲜甜。好了，说完我对咖啡的独步见解，也是时候给说店一个品评。这店的装修尚可，可以给我优优闲闲过一个懒懒洋洋的下午。menu board方面装上了LCD display board,很有时代感。:)我叫的Latte有消一会便送上。latte用上透明玻璃杯，奶泡层次分明，管理层的决策抵赞！:)可是要控诉的是奶泡打得不什漂亮，从柸顶上可清楚地看到很多粗糙的奶泡。要知道对于milk based coffee来说，奶泡打得不够香滑，任你用何种顶级咖啡豆，你的咖啡已被判了死刑。有时真的不明白一间如此well established的coffee shop 为何不放多点effort落陪瞓barista?虽然咖啡的粗糙奶泡已大大减低我喝咖啡的意欲，但大拿拿三十多元的咖啡还是要喝的。大件事！这杯咖啡入口的第一个感觉是酸和极苦的。酸我猜想是本身illy豆的风味和特性，而苦我则猜想是荟萃过度（over 35seconds)而度至咖啡唔好的本质也extract了出来。咖啡我喝了两口已喝不下去了。正好这时waiter送上了我的chicken panini，可援冲我口中的苦涩味。 panini配上了火箭菜，味道出奇的好，只是略严鸡肉的味道不够浓，完全给菜的味道盖过。总括而言，若本身不是对咖啡要求太高的话，这店不失为一间可以hea一日的店子。只是，数年前此店给我的印象是走优质咖啡路线的精品咖啡店，今日给我的印象是已转了走一众大型连镇式咖啡店路线，不在乎咖啡质数，只在乎能提供一个舒适环境给人hea一个下午。…查看更多

I was so disappointed with the service of Epoch's staff when making coffee. This afternoon, i went to epoch to buy a cup of skimmed milk caffe latte to take away and realise their service was in a mess especially during lunch time hour. I was standing in front of the cake cabinet and waiting for my latte, actually the barista already made my caffe latte, it is just they made a mistake to overlook the order is for takeaway. They left the coffee near the cashier for 10 mins then later on they realise it is my order,so they jumped in front of me and ask me once again if i want it take away...and i say yes. I was standing there for more than 15 mins and saw the whole thing! Then they pour the latte from the cup into a paper cup and trying to pour more hot milk and pass to me. I was totally shocked!I said to the lady '' Isnt it the right way to serve coffee in such a way?!'' Then she saw my unhappy face, she asked the barista to make a new one for me. Honestly, if i can accept such a quality of coffee, i dun really need to pay $ 30 for a regular size coffee. I can get something cheaper from local fast food shop for half price. The idea to have a cup of coffee with such a price is expecting, it is freshly brew and also serve it when it still hot. They made a mistake, then they should make a new one for their customer and never pour a luke warm coffee from a cup into a paper cup, then add more hot milk and send to the customer......! When i was waiting for my order , i saw the barista is not very professional. He made excess milk foam on a caffe latte, then he use a plastic spoon to scope it away, then drop the plastic spoon into the basin and pour more hot milk. Then he seems not happy about the layer of milk foam, he grabbed the same plastic spoon from the basin again and scope away more milk foam. They see dun have a sense of hygiene!It is totally unacceptable and disappointed to me and sure i will not visit again. …查看更多

beef and rice was both too hard to bite,but mixed vegetables was good and fresh.tuna and black truffle was not really rich in taste,better turn to japanese restaurant.but again,spinach, tomato and rocket was fresh and good.difficult to choose between black and white,waitress described white to be white chocolate and vanilla,would be sweeter,so finally i chose black.thousand miles of quality from la maison du chocolat's cake,this was top too hard,mousse too melting state,middle brownie broke too easily ( but then i knew it would be healthier, but dessert was first taste good than to be healthy right?! )then bottom was counted perfect,crispy and right of sweetness.service and hygiene not really good,would not return if not too tired under hot sun.…查看更多

曾几何时，epoch是我喜爱的一间餐厅，现在，她令我非常失望。话说以前在太古上班的时候，偶尔也会来吃lunch，也曾吃过晚饭。其实我连湾仔那间也吃过，也觉得不错。最喜欢的，就是这儿的carbonara。这次再来到，是因为miharu买了coupon。是因为coupon的关系吗？怎么变差了？首先，我们坐下是，waiter只放下pasta set的menu，我们问了，忚才给我们另一本menu。点了沙律，就这样放下，连碟也不给我们，问了两次才有。记忆中这儿的caeser salad一向偏咸，今次亦然。点了carbonara和napoleon，其实napoleon.可以不吃，实在不甚美味。而carbonara保持水准。聊了一会天，点甜品。分别点了榛子蛋糕和心太软。最大的问题就来了。menu上明明心太软是有雪糕的，怎么上来时没有？问了waiter，他才说freezer坏了，所以没有雪糕。没有雪糕，怎么我们点菜时你不说？waiter说可能点菜时同事忘了说。miharu问是否价钱一样，他说︰是。完全没有想过解决方案。虽说一球雪糕值不了多少钱，但点菜时你又不说，然后我们追问又不想办法补疚，这是什么服务态度？他说我们不满意的话，可以取回。但kenny应该想吃，所以我们就摆了。这个心太软，其实也不太好吃，因为不知道为什么，桑子和raspberry都是苦的，苦得我吐了出来，strawberry和blueberry则没事。miharu说应该是给酒浸过…这不是我第一次去epoch，但有可能是最后一次。…查看更多

团购疯系列 -- 儿子近日忙于备战周末的考试，加上每天下班后整个人累得活像虚脱似的，唉，真是打坏后生，所以连周五晚亦不愿外出用膳。醒起早前在团购网站买了 3 张华兰路 ēpöch 的意粉餐券，这晚就决定外卖回家，方便懒人可安在家中享用晚餐。由于当天中午已先至电预订，所以晚上 7:30 pm 到达店舖时，亦只是等了约 10 分钟左右，女店员已礼貌地递上食物。先看看三款意粉，这盒卡邦尼扁意粉卖相比上次堂食时还要美观，内里材料虽然唔算丰富，但烟肉咬落咸咸香香，意粉煮得亦颇烟韧，食落非常入味，加上 carbonara 尽吸了蛋汁的精华，令口感吃起来够晒 creamy， 的确做得很有诚意。同样地，肉酱意粉的外观比起上次堂食时更为诱人，而且免治肉酱份量很足。先把肉酱与意粉拌匀同吃，每条面条也尽收肉酱的香味，入口既不腻，亦不咸，味道调得刚好，加上意粉够弹口，配上浓郁的肉香，味道是不错的，只是稍嫌酱汁实在放得过少，令意粉吃起来欠了点应有的湿润感。以火腿、鸡肉、蘑菇、红椒等做成的白汁鸡肉磨菇长通粉，望落去材料非常丰富，长通粉入口滑溜而不油腻，食落好有咬口，而且煮得唔会太韧或者太腍，配上香浓的白汁和惹味的黑椒粒，味道蛮不错啊。至于饮品，据店员说由于当天咖啡机坏掉，著我改点其它饮料，所以就分别拣了冻柠茶、冻柠水及玫瑰花茶。柠茶、柠水冰冻得来又甜度适中，味道尚算正常，不过那杯玫瑰花茶，气味虽然几清香，但饮落甘味颇重，入口还带点苦涩，对嗜甜的我来说，并不受落。面对物价飞涨，作为师奶一族的我，既要尽量节省开支，但又要躲懒不开火钻，故能以 $35 价钱吃到一份意粉餐，已可算是经济抵食的了。…查看更多