Hung Wan Restaurant is a Cha Can Ting I frequent when I was staying in Shenzhen, China. The best thing about this place is, it is just below the regular spa I frequent too. So can order their food up and eat while I was watching TV program or having a foot massage! Awesome lifestyle back then and missing it definitely.
Hung Wan I believe are owned by Hong Kongers and they have gone through renovation recently and the interior designing was done by Millwork Interiors based in HK too. Very excellent work done, with a vibrant and energetic design giving the restaurant a younger and fresher look. Check out the pics below:
Store frontInteriorsLovely Milk TeaCha Can Ting fried drumsticks are usually quite yummyMy fav fried maggie with pork chops!
Rating: 4/5.
Taste: Not bad. Tasted better but nice enough to curb my cravings. A bit on the oily side though.
Portion: Average.
Service: Slow… Cos 24hrs… lesser staff?
Ambience: Smoking now disallowed inside aircon areas but still you get some assholes smoking inside.
This coffee house is located pretty far away from where I used to stay in Shenzhen. They are at Shekou are which is around RMB$80 cab ride from my place in Futian district. Shekou is a place where there are loads of expats, reason is there are factories in that area and also there are direct ferries to Hong Kong International Airport where there are more flight options to reach their home/destinations. Shenzhen International Airport is practically a domestic airport with a few international flights… The gate for the international flights shows… small and a lot less grand than that of the domestic!
Ok enough of bitching. Maan Coffee I’ve heard about it many times but only managed to visit that place a couple of months back. Found the place with a friend who drove, and parking was really bad. We had to literally beg the security to let us park outside the coffee house. We managed to find a lot and then check out the place.
EntranceFull of lavish lightingsVery industrial look with a mezzanine and 3rd floor. Renovation must have costed an arm and a leg…“Hey waiter, I want the book up there…”Many tai tais frequent this place…Counter and kitchenFood range is not bad. Taste pretty ok.These cute bears aren’t for sale… they are passed to you after your order so that the waiters know where to deliver the food and drinks to. No, you can’t take home.Latte came without any art2 strips of sugared toast served with every drink. nice.mezzaninestairs leading to 3rd floorwash roomsInteresting wood concept toiletsIndividual rooms for group gatherings, no extra charge, first come first serve basis.
Rating: 5/5.
Taste: 5/5. Latte was pretty well done. Espresso was pulled well and milk was at the right temperature. A lot better than the other Korean chain joint Hollys. Love the sugared toast that is served together with the coffee. Very thoughtful. Didn’t try the food as we were there after a filling lunch.
Portion: Good size cup.
Service: 5/5. I have to say they are really good for their service.
Ambience: 5/5. Full points! Renovation is not cheap!
Price: RMB$28 per cup.
RTE: If I’m in that area, of course!
Location: 南山区东滨路4076号中泰艺术名庭一栋1-2楼. Tel: 86660168. They just opened another one at 福田区车公庙泰然六路深业泰然大厦E座一楼 which I’ll review in my later posts. 🙂
If you’ve visited Shenzhen, China, you probably might not know this place. Although situated near the Futian customs, this place is not known to tourists or even most locals. Located at the midst of Shui Wei Village of Huanggang Town, you can’t miss this corner cafe with its nicely renovated interior and exterior. Check out the food I tried below:
Cafe frontInteriorSelfie with the decor of bird cagesDumpling – One big dumpling in nice stock. This is nice.Filled with ingredients.Typical canton entree also. Fried eggy flour curls with sugar coating. This is made to perfection… soft inside and crispy on the outside.Rice flour rolls with crispy bits and shrimps inside. Quite innovative and the combination tasted pretty good.Same rice rolls with char siew. Char siew was quite little though but the rolls are nice and tender. Tasted a little milky though, quite new experience for me.Siew Mai – Another typical HK dimsum must have. Each with a shrimp on top.Fried Instant Noodles with Pork Chop – A standard entree in most HK cafes, this one is not bad.As usual, I would need a plate of veg!Iced Milk Tea without the ice… non-diluted milk tea at its best!Address and contacts
Rating: 4/5. Confusing menu which I’ll write about in my next post!
Taste: 5/5. Value for money and taste good at the same time!
Portion: Average.
Service: 4/5. Quite good service overall.
Ambience: 4/5. Nice decor but smoking still present even though the government has banned smoking indoors.
Price: Very affordable. Whole meal for 2 is around RMB$110. No tipping required.
RTE: Yes if around that area!
Location: See last pic.
Tips: Sit near the door if you don’t smoke like me. 🙂
I was here with a friend to check out the unique interior of this cafe and this is an area not known to many as it’s out of the city. Tourists will not come to this place. After reading about this cafe, I made the effort to check it out. It’s actually quite near my place via public bus.
Ambience is nice and relaxing. Great place to catch up with friends. Cakes are good but the coffee is very bad. They seriously need to ramp up their coffee preparation skills. They have other hot meals as well but we didn’t try as dinner was approaching. You can see my reviews in the video below:
Alright folks, firstly I would like to thank y’all for your great support that this blogsite has hit more than 70k unique hits already. Awesome job guys! Secondly, I would like to apologize for not updating this site, reason is I’ve been bogged down by my move from Suzhou to Shenzhen. And immediately after my arrival, I got into work mode already and been busy till even today. I’m squeezing some time over weekends to update now and I have so much backlogs not just in Shenzhen but also my trip to Xiamen! I’m telling you, the food there… I really need to go again. This time I may organize a group of foodies to check out the place together. 🙂
Anyways, I would like to start with a place which I’ve checked out not too long ago. This is a famous coffee chain which is franchised from Korea, with more than 200 stores worldwide! Of course I didn’t know about this place ‘cos I’ve never been to Korea. But I found out the first store was opened in July 2012 in Shenzhen. So far they have 4 outlets in whole of Shenzhen! Check out my reviews below:
Store front at MixC Phase 2Love the mezzanine concept and high ceiling!Ordering counterGrub!2nd floorSelfie! 🙂 And showing the view from the top as well.Love those lamps!No latte art and foam was obviously scooped. The roast they use really doesn’t appeal to me even though it was a triple shot. Lack of robust. Something is really wrong with the formula.Banana Caramel Waffles with ice cream. I reckon vanilla ice cream would be nicer with this combi but then again, not a big fan of sweets.Pizza toast… Ingredients not a lot and toast is so thick… was basically eating bread…Some Rock Candy which was bought by someone beside us… They had to use a mallet to crush it… Scary… That’s one huge lump of sugar! 😛
Rating: 4/5. Extra points for ambience and service. Not so much for coffee and food though.
Taste: For those who like sweet stuff, you may like it here but nothing very special ‘cos all the sauces used are all readily available from supermarket.
Service: I must say service is pretty good. Don’t like the self-collection part though (even for food).
Ambience: Very good. But during summer the aircon may not be cool enough ‘cos of the high ceiling.
Portion: Average.
Price: The 2 entrees above with 2 grande lattes costed around RMB$130+. Pretty alright.
RTE: I wouldn’t return to eat but it’s a nice place to hang out and of course, eye candy! 😉
Location:罗湖区宝安南路1881号万象城. It’s hidden around a corner so you may wanna ask the security guard from the mall (That’s how I found it too!) They would bring you to the road and show you which way to walk! Talk about good service yo!
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