We were here so many times but they always ran out of mains or waffles!!
So finally, on a fine Saturday morning, we decided to try just one last time before giving up (they can’t possible run out of mains or waffles from the morning right?)…
And this time, we managed to get seats and food 😀
We were glad that we made the effort to come here again (and again, and again…), because the food was so yummy!
In fact, we returned 4 days later for dinner 😛
We kept passing by this cafe whenever we exit the MTR at Sheung Wan. Today was the last time we would be travelling by this station, so we figured that this would be our final stop before leaving Hong Kong island!
18 Grams is a chain of specialty coffee that has branches in various parts of Hong Kong. They brew coffee using Pour Over, Syphon, Aeropress, Cold Brew, Clever Cup, Chemex and french press, as well as the usual Expresso coffees.
I wanted a Matcha Latte (HKD 45), while hubby decided to try an original Shakerato (HKD 45). Ah! What a wonderful balance between the sweetness of the milk, and the bitterness of the matcha… Loved it! 🙂 The cold Shakerato looked innocently pretty but was very intense! Woah! I totally woke up with a tiny sip 😮
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Wonderful after-dinner delights!
We ended our evening with a Super Light Cheese Chiffon Cake ($7, inclusive of GST), a Cafe Latte ($5.50) and a Match Latte ($6), at this little cafe by the corner.
The cake was really light, with the very addictive fresh cream…!! Made us feel like wanting more 🙂
I also loved the slightly bitter, and not so milky matcha latte 😀 It had a hint of toasted seaweed, and was really quite yummylicious without being too filling.
The rather aromatic cafe latte was quite strong and acidic, and hubby considered this a better-than-average brew.
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Got latte art for matcha but no art for latte
Since we just had dinner at nex, we decided to stroll here after dinner (after seeing on Google Maps that it wasn’t that far away from nex)… It was about 15 minutes of a not-very-long-walk into the very-quiet-but-not-that-creepy neighbourhood before we finally reached this place!
We had been here before but that was quite a long while ago, and we actually came here in a cab so we had no idea how loooong the walk would be!
There were no seats for 2 when we arrived, so we were first in the queue. We were offered the big table when the next 2 couples arrived, so we all shared the same table. Thankfully, everyone were quite considerate so there weren’t overly loud conversations 🙂
It was also lucky that we arrived a few minutes earlier, for a snaking queue suddenly formed right after we were seated! Guess 9pm was a good time for some coffee and cakes, huh?
We decided to pop by The Cathay to have some coffee after dinner. Hubby was keen to try out The Assembly Ground but there weren’t any seats available, so we left our contacts on the waiting list and went to explore the mall, as we were told that it would be a 45-minute wait.
Through this little exploration, we found this mall to be rather “healthy”… Vending machines for cups of fruits or freshly squeezed orange juice, anyone? It’s really fresh, because we got to see the unpeeled oranges make their move after someone fed the machine some notes! Wow!
There was no call from The Assembly Ground after we were done exploring the entire mall, so we decided to return back to check the queue. To our shock, we saw the staff welcoming people inside with obviously no reservations whatsoever! So I quickly enquired about the waiting list, and she took out a list where only less than half the names were crossed out. She explained in a rather apologetic manner that the kitchen was already closed and there were only drinks and cakes available. That was fine with us since we only wanted drinks, but I was rather displeased because whoever the staff in charge of the waiting list could have called up to inform about the available seats and whether we would still want to go over when the kitchen has closed, or at the point of us leaving our contacts, could have told us that the kitchen would be closing shortly and if we still want to be on the waiting list? That would have been sufficient information for us to decide if we wanted to hang around, or look for something else. Bad first impressions for us! 😦
Beautiful decorations
Happy couple!
Kettle-hunting led us to Toa Payoh and we decided to nua somewhere to rest our aching arms and legs… It is hard work trying to prepare for renovations! Ok, this is just an excuse for us to try out another cafe, though my arms are really aching…
We really liked the decorations of this place. Painstakingly drawn by marker pens, even the floors had the parquet floor design! All the tables and chairs had marker-drawn edges. We also liked the staircase that seemingly led to this “second floor” and there was another staircase from the “first floor” at their Little Prince Cafe at Somme Road, thus having this special connection between the 2 places! This black-and-white space really make us felt like we were in another world 🙂 Continue reading
Concentration
Our next stop was a 20-minute walk away, which was good because at least we got to digest some of the food in our tummies 🙂
We walked along the small lanes, spent some time taking pictures with JY’s Polaroid camera… It was very hard work and I was so afraid of dropping the camera 😮 stressed! But fun! Haha! She took a really nice picture of us 🙂
Hubby was also pretty good at it, and of course, I was the half-past-six one, concentrating very hard on trying to focus without even thinking about the background, argh! I wasted film 😦 but JY was very encouraging lah… Hahaha!
Quote from the menu
We had initially intended to check out The Coffee Daily… But we walked past Sun Ray Cafe first and the very friendly host, plus the phrase “We roast our coffee” made us pause our steps and give its neighbour a skip 😛
This cafe occupies 2 shop houses and one shop house is specially catered for diners with pets! We saw a couple of diners came in with their dogs and both were happily having their meals together!
Big spread
Well, we were happy with dinner, but we wanted to have some desserts too, so we continued with part 2 of dinner 😛
We spotted the last seats at St. Marc Cafe and quickly grabbed them! But alas, no cakes are sold here 😦 Nonetheless, we still found food to try… Haha!
Got myself a Matcha Latte ($6) and Choco Cro ($2.40), while hubby had his usual Cafe Latte ($5) and tried a Bacon Cheese Croissant ($2.80).
Eat.Eat.Walk.Walk . 吃吃走走 