Initial Cafe (已結業)

I always shop at Initial therefore I was intrigued in trying their cafe as well. I really liked the interior design and the atmosphere. The food was good but not extremely delicious. I especially liked the waffle in the Brunch Set ($49). The latte was nice too, but not the best. I want to try more of the special drinks when i visit again.I would definite visit more often if it is situated in a more convenient area for me, i.e. Causeway Bay.The only bad point I would like to mention is that the a

身檢後已十二時多， 沒有吃早餐的我已很肚餓， 之前已鎖定試initial café, 進去時只好像得一檯客人.自行坐在一張二人檯, 梳化椅很軟, 桌子又太高 (還是我太矮?), 以致我進食時有些困難.要了initial set ($48), 有green salad, egg, poached sausages and waffle / toast, 其實即類似breakfast set.我選了炒蛋和窩夫. 沙律伴以醬油醋汁, 酸酸的幾開胃.炒蛋也可算不過火, 但很淡味.白烚腸仔沒什麼好或難吃可言.而窩夫可説是當中最好吃, 脆脆的邊位, 鬆軟的身體, 再加上打起的香軟忌廉(這忌廉像是cappacino面上的忌廉泡), 令我禁不住將整件窩夫浸進忌廉吃, 也速速把它幹掉.座位側近進行櫥窗佈置, 再加上不慣一個人, 吃完不久便埋單往養和去.

一直很想一嘗這兒的招牌四式多士，所以就算之前已跟到來家訪的友人吃過了少許東西，最後還是忍不住來到這所既是時裝店又是cafe的店子吃了一頓late afternoon tea。就算是省了當天的晚餐，也是在所不惜呢....週末的下午茶時間，要等位本是不稀奇之事，怎知一等便是差不多半小時似乎是有點兒誇張吧。就座的時候已不早了，還是趕快下單才是上算。先來杯很和式的凍忌亷紅荳奶來試試。感覺是不太夠凍，但奶味很濃也很香。奶及紅荳本身都是極甜之物，紅荳用上的應是來自日本罐頭貨的，質感很硬。相比之下小弟還是喜歡我們傳統紅荳沙內煲至起炒的紅荳。不過值得一讚是奶面頭的淡忌亷做得很細滑，進口尤如在吃空氣一般，很輕盈細緻。愛吃cream的太座可是對之愛不惜手呢....蕃茄牛肩胛肉烏冬聽上來很有些中日fusion的意味。烏冬與蕃茄牛肉是分開另上，這樣烏冬便不會輕易被熱湯浸淰，很聰明的做法。茄湯用的是新鮮本地蕃茄，很足料，且像帶點醋香，酸酸的令人胃口大開，不過喝至尾感到有少許過鹹，但整體感覺上也是挺健康的；預先弄至半生熟的牛肩肉片得比想像中厚的，不算十分的軟身，味也是不太夠的，乏味；粗身的烏冬很滑且帶咬口，不錯.

兩個人...食左:燒牛肉沙律 - 牛肉係半生熟....D菜略苦....個汁酸得黎怪怪的....十分不討好....帆立貝墨汁意粉 - 賣相一般...但估唔到個汁咁好味....D帶子仲好鮮.....可惜份量少左D....清酒煮蜆配素麵 - D蜆好乾淨..完全冇沙....清酒煮令D蜆好鮮味...初時唔知點去攪D麵...我地用清酒湯去浸....估唔到又幾好味喎....呢個值得試架....Blueberry cheesecake - 唔太漏...藍莓味亦都唔濃.....唯一要彈既係硬左D....可能係因為雪左成日....香蕉咖啡 - 果然好香蕉味....估唔到香蕉同咖啡可以咁夾.....正!!白朱古力沙冰 - 友人話太甜.....埋單 $304算係滿意的一餐.....

行完海港城，攰攰地就過左呢呢度飲返杯latte先~~~呢日都有唔少人下，角落頭果個四人沙發位竟然冇人坐，即坐啦咁舒服~~冇黎咁耐~~即刻叫左杯latte~~Latte：beautiful latte art，奶泡d bubbles幼細，飲落感覺幼滑、舒服，有咖啡香。

Mocha - 一開始我仲以為佢係朱古力... coffee味唔係好夠咁...Double Chocolate - 朱古力好香，但略甜了點不過d公仔畫的好靚呀，而且唔會太"漏"，令成杯野飲香左滑左

一向都係initial fans, 第一次幫佢寫食評啦~~今次試的是marble cheese cake-好鍾意硬身的cheese cake, 比較rich既cheese味, 因為我鍾意食cheese嘛, 不過都漏漏地......飲品有拉花latte-要加多少少想像力, 我覺得似女人, 多過似天鵝.......味道是一貫initial的水準, 要好似連鎖店果d 咁濃的咖啡味就是沒可能的啊,不過睇個花買佢功夫都抵~~

The cafe is a part of a boutique so it benefits from the nice decoration.The coffee seemed to possess traits of artisanal/local roaster and not the Italian style one could find at Coco, Fuel and other Italian brands. My ristretto/espresso from four different occasions during early February 2009 and early May 2009 showed signs of good coffee but was short of body and other tastes I enjoyed elsewhere.I think the word 'hollow' explain quite well my feeling toward espresso/ristretto at Initial. I b

在網上找了好半天咖啡店的食評,好不容易才看到Babedolphin的文章。下了決心去尋找no.1咖啡店。我急不及待的走到蛋糕框前一心想先挑選心水蛋糕。但是我最終沒選上,只因我不太喜歡 Four Season's Bakery 的出品。後來我聽到服務員說Waffle機是新引入的,我就點了一份 initial set 跟 waffle. 再看menu我想要一杯虹吸式的Yemen Mocca Mattari,可是很失望地知道他們已不再提供 Siphon Coffee... why why why? 為什麼到處都是espresso-based 的飲品?不留一點空間給其他咖啡文化。Anyway, ordered a latte. Oh...我的Waffle來了!單看就已經有點感動了。咬一口,好吃得不得了。我忘了咖啡文化的悲楚,沉溺在香脆美味中...

四月十三日(星期一)到了復活節的最後一日假期了,明日又要重新投入工作,心情自去完旅行後還未get ready,怎麼辦!反正是最後一日假期,和老公早上做gym,之後照原定計劃到initial cafe吃個light lunch,因為之後我約了朋友飲茶!走進了金馬倫道,見到不少餐廳食肆,不過我們目標也只有initial cafe的,因為之前看過飲食雜誌介紹,相當吸引,加上環境清靜,可能hae一會!由於它是一間走休閒而又高檔的服裝店,給予我們一個比較relax的氣氛!不知道我們是否是日第一,二位客人,服務員也是預備中,進入店子,是但選擇了一張大檯坐!櫈是sofa,很舒服!看過menu,老公還是決定叫那個帆立貝魚柳墨魚汁意大利粉配磨菇汁,還擔心他對菇類有敏感!我就要了那個initial set,有fried egg,sausage,waffle,salad,加飲品$20,老公要了荔枝梳打!我們拿出了飲食雜誌和旅遊書研究行程之際,有第三位顧客,她帶來了notebook,下次我們可以到initial傾了,因為可以上網!是相討事的好地方!不久食物送上了!先來的soda味道不錯!荔枝味道豐富!不太甜,

星期六兼公眾假期,唱完$42 K-Lunch,跟小矛轉個地方傾計.唸起Charles Brown既鄰居...Initial Cafe. 幸好Tea Time都唔算好多人.話晒嘆coffee,人迫就好冇癮.Initial Cafe用上earth tone color,配上磚牆.石地.木傢俱.好natural.感覺好舒服好cozy. 選了個近門sofa位.可惜一坐,就跌左落去......一坐好難起.一望menu就俾鵝肝併盤小吃迷住.不吃不可!!!!! 一併有四款:鵝肝.帶子吞拿魚.火腿大蝦.蛋沙律.全部有片脆脆toast盛著.以$68真係不過不失. Grilled mozzarella cheese toast($28)好吸引.上面厚厚既melted mozzarella cheese焗得好香.驚喜既係兩片Toasts入面仲夾著火腿.好好味哦~小矛點了杯熱Caramel Latte.佢話okay唔錯. 而我係見到栗子就一定會點.所以要左杯冰栗子咖啡.不過冇乜期望下仍然會失望.又係一杯寫住"栗子Chestnut",事實係"榛子 Hazelnut". 普普通通.相信其他咖啡應該比我杯好飲...

:]]nice place to chill out, i had a light lunch with my frd and really enjoyed itthe settings are great, but a bit noisy for its location.great coffee , great servicebut there's still room for improvement on food as there is limited variety of foodlastly, very surprised by the price! the bill was roughly 60 per head! (Y)

Had tried some more coffees at Initial Cafe's coffee and I now think its only fair if I upgrade them to an EQUAL NO.1 Cafe in HK, along with some other ones. I guess there are 2 reasons. 1) Is that I actually found the baristas to be quite consistent in 'coffee making' than some other shops in HK, especially those with rotating baristas. 2) 2ndly, on some later visits, the coffee(s) did not have some inherent problems which I spoke of previously, especially the slight lingering bitterness bit w

Just watched an episode on 'Mose's Chan's' TW Special - Coffee Review which featured this Cafe as well as Coffee Assembly (Central/Sheung Wan) and CREMA (TST East). Since I haven't written the review about here, thought I'll chip in with my comments, but only on the Espresso Machine coffee. Personally, I'm not a big fan of Siphon coffee so I haven't tried it (usually, all the wrong flavours extracted as well as the right flavours) The Espresso here is pretty good and likeable - agree with Borisl

服裝店的副產品Cafe, 在外國, 曾經享受過此concept, 當年Manchester的Jigsaw時裝店, 一眾朋友同學, 不去Starbuck, Nero, 就會選擇在這一間服裝店的Coffee Corner, 輕鬆舒服地嘆番杯.在香港, 曾經在鱷魚恤的旗艦店試過, 但其格局擺佈實在令人難以接受. 無意中在尖沙咀, 不停地找一家小店坐底飲個奶茶時, 路過發現久違了的服裝店 Cafe, 看見環境舒適, 是一個relax的好地方, 那就不理價錢是什麼, 入店休息一下.Menu, 又是搞報紙feel的一張粗紙....(這與食物無關, 不再提). 看了一遍, 兩遍, 點下了ice-cream waffle, 再加一杯藝術Latte.不過, 很有可能是因為我剛在比利時吃過地道waffle, 這waffle應該是好食的, 但有了一個benchmark, 這個"不正宗"waffle, 頓時被比下去了. 平常的waffle是軟淑易入口的, 但此waffle帶點硬身, 比街邊雞蛋仔檔的更硬. 難道香港人做waffle, 一定要加花生醬, 煉奶, 沙糖才好食??Latte, 標榜了拉花咖啡. 可以