Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Cool cafes in HK

I like hanging out in cafes to take short breaks during  trips. Recently, I was able to go to two nice hole-in-a-wall type cafes in Hong Kong.

One cafe is called Rabbit Hole.  The name of the cafe was lifted from the novel "Alice in Wonderland".

If you are familiar with the novel, you would recall that Alice fell into a rabbit hole and she entered a world of fantasy. The owner was inspired by said story and thought that "Rabbit Hole" is an appropriate name but in the owner's version the Rabbit Hole leads customers  to  fall into a place where a cup of well made, well executed coffee can be found.

The coffee bar


Expect nice latte art for drinks with foam

Cozy atmosphere at Rabbit hole


Traditional "syphon" type coffee equipment



Coffee beans from Kenya, Rwanda and Papua New Guinea 


Cute green rabbits seen from the front window of the store


Coffee beans are for sale in the shop


The other cool cafe that I went to is called Allegretto.  It is located in the busy Tsim Sha Tsui area in Hong Kong.

It is quite hidden that you will  have to go inside a mall and go out a street located from the top of the mall to find it. 

It is a nice cafe that serves good coffee and both expats and locals like this place. 


Allegretto facade 


Coffee bar at Allegretto


Cozy and relaxed vibe inside the store


Cute latte art at Allegretto

Honestly, I do not drink coffee but I decided to get the cafe latte since the caffe latte art they make is simply irresistable and cute.

Just a tip though. If you want to request for cafe latte art make sure you go to the cafe during off-peak hours so that the staff have time to prepare it.


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