Epoch可算是香港第一代主打做咖啡的咖啡店。還記得住在星街的時候，我可是每天也會去永豐街的店鋪喝咖啡。現在搬了到九龍，已很小回灣仔更惶論品味他們的咖啡。今日機緣巧合下去到他們側魚涌的分店，一於回味一下我昔日喜愛的咖啡店看看他們的進境。

橫掂未食lunch,一於嚟一客雞肉panini和我的至愛---latte。

印象中這店是用上illy的咖啡豆。對於一眾咖啡友來說illy咖啡豆可說是咖啡界的lafite。可是隨着香港咖啡友的知識提升，知道咖啡豆新鮮的重要性，大部份的咖啡店已轉用本地炒家提供的咖啡豆，提供給本地咖啡迷外國進口的roast bean以外另一選擇。

於我而言，咖啡豆新鮮固然重要，但香港烘焙師是否追得上意大利水平我還是有保留，畢竟意大利人在炒豆方面行先我們數百年。打個比喻，正如我們在後花園種的芒果，永遠及不上菲律賓種的鮮甜。

好了，說完我對咖啡的獨步見解，也是時候給說店一個品評。這店的裝修尚可，可以給我優優閒閒過一個懶懶洋洋的下午。menu board方面裝上了LCD display board,很有時代感。

我叫的Latte有消一會便送上。latte用上透明玻璃杯，奶泡層次分明，管理層的決策抵讚！

可是要控訴的是奶泡打得不什漂亮，從柸頂上可清楚地看到很多粗糙的奶泡。要知道對於milk based coffee來說，奶泡打得不夠香滑，任你用何種頂級咖啡豆，你的咖啡已被判了死刑。有時真的不明白一間如此well established的coffee shop 為何不放多点effort落陪瞓barista?雖然咖啡的粗糙奶泡已大大減低我喝咖啡的意慾，但大拿拿三十多元的咖啡還是要喝的。大件事！這杯咖啡入口的第一個感覺是酸和極苦的。酸我猜想是本身illy豆的風味和特性，而苦我則猜想是薈萃過度（over 35seconds)而度至咖啡唔好的本質也extract了出來。

咖啡我喝了兩口已喝不下去了。正好這時waiter送上了我的chicken panini，可援衝我口中的苦澀味。 panini配上了火箭菜，味道出奇的好，只是略嚴雞肉的味道不夠濃，完全給菜的味道蓋過。總括而言，若本身不是對咖啡要求太高的話，這店不失為一間可以hea一日的店子。只是，數年前此店給我的印象是走優質咖啡路線的精品咖啡店，今日給我的印象是已轉了走一眾大型連鎮式咖啡店路線，不在乎咖啡質數，只在乎能提供一個舒適環境給人hea一個下午。

很dry的一夜，說的是當然不是我的感情生活而是說這裡的食物。

實在很難想像一間咁具規模的餐廳的食物能如此不濟。我叫的漢堡包和烤雞，賣相靚是靚，但食落認真麻麻。漢堡包的dry度如麥記一樣，沒半点肉味的鮮甜。烤雞更是慘不忍睹，味道如煲湯過後般乾，吃了一口已吃不下。Caesar salad 已是全晚最ok的，但味道都是很一般。

這裡的氣氛真的很好，若不是食物味道如此不濟，我會多啲幫襯。走的時候去了LCX mall逛，諷刺的是見到一個品牌叫super dry, 完全附合形容我今晚食過的菜式。

一直堅持不去大型連鎖店喝咖啡的我今日行街行到倦倦地，終於要屈服入一入pacific coffee,無他，這裡的sofa實是舒服。不過我仍然堅持到不喝咖啡。

對上一次來PC也記不起是什麼時候，今次我俾餅櫃裹的oreo 芝士餅吸引着。回想以前細個在加國讀書時，oreo曾推出過雪糕sandwich,今次一於試試這個cheese cake味道如何。我順道叫了個cookies and cream 沙冰。

唔掂當！說的是cheese cake 和沙冰。沙冰入面d冰太大舊，不小心的話可能會哽死。芝士餅方面，芝士味太太太弱了，完全不合格！

Dropped by Sheung Wan today to settle some payment and decided to go to Barista Jam for a coffee.

On my way to BJ, just realized that Soft Aroma has moved their store from Causeway Bay to Sheung Wan and so I decided to pay a visit. Recall from my memory, the store was much smaller than the one they had in Causeway Bay. I still remembered they serve nice spaghetti to go along with coffee. I got there at around 3:30pm and it was full of people already. As I had to share a table with other people, I decided to just grab a quick coffee.

Ginger latte was one of the coffee I have never tried before and so I decided to give it a shot. Coffee still comes with cute latte art. The taste of coffee was not too strong perhaps being cancelled out by the ginger?? But overall speaking, the tast was quite good. I personally prefer to have a stronger ginger flavor so that it will have the similar effect with ginger tea..

以前去開跑馬地食雲吞麵印象中只得正斗可以坐得舒舒服服，今晚去完養和探朋友路經這間打正旗號為麥奀長婿理的麵店一於要參拜參拜。

這店炳承麥奀糸的一貫重質不重量的作風。我叫的雲吞麵絕對可以一口把它吃下。麵爽口無比，雖然份量小，卻教我繞樑三日，回味無窮。湯也是用上上乘湯料炮制，我連麵一囗喝清。

下次會來嚐嚐這裡的粥。

Sunning Restaurant was my all time favourite restaurant during my childhood days. Whenever we went for a celebration, i.e. birthday, my parents would brought me there for a escargot set meal. This is actually the first time I pay visit since they moved to Lee Theatre. The decoration was nice and the shop seems to be a little bigger than the one they had in Leighton Centre.

My girlfriend ordered a "Fillet Mignon set", while I continue to order my all time favourite, 'escargot set' that comes with a 8oz sirloin steak. What I like most about this restaurant was that they serve good bread as appertizer. You can have unlimited refill as you like. After two rounds of free bread, I decided to stop as my stomach was already 80% full, which I needed to go to washroom to create room for my main meal!

Escargot was the first dish to come. The taste of it is always consistent regardless of time flies. Next comes the soup, very creamy texture but nothing excited. Lastly comes the steak, somehow the meat was not as good as the one i had in my memory. The meat was not tender enough which makes me recall of those from cafe de coral!

Anyway, the environment is really really nice and it is especially good if you decide to spend a romantic evening with your love one.

Had my lunch at Caffe Vergnano 1882 today and was shocked to learn that they only have 2 shops left in Hong Kong! It is sad to see such a fine italian chain restaurant shrunk their business in a few years time....

Today, I tried their set lunch which comes with salad, a sandwich called Pinturicchio, which comprised pesto chicken breast, argula, tomato and mayonaisse, coffee and desert.

The salad looks nice and decorative but the taste was so so as I found them put too mucn balsalmic vinegar on it, which made me taste nothing but vinegar. Next comes the sandwich. Again, it looks nice but maybe because the chicken breast was cut too thin comparatively with the western bread which I could not recall the taste of it. Next comes the coffee. Nice strong coffee, not too acidic. This is what makes this restaurant well known of. For the dessert, it is brownie. The taste is ok and I like it not too sweet!

The price range for this restaurant is low considering it's class. If the food can improved a little bit, I believe they can have a good match up with cafe habitu

同女友拍拖撐枱腳，本想去新寧，但冇訂位。女友又堅持要鋸扒，唯有到附近的entrecote.

$328set dinner,有違我一般的budget,但已經坐低，唯有打腫臉充胖子。

先來一個lobster bisque,很濃很夠lobster味，最重要還是有新鮮爽口的lobster肉。接下來的是鵝肝，味道一般啦，最主要就係剩係食到莓味。輪到main course炭燒牛扒，對牛扒我自認要求高，話晒煎牛扒是我唯一識整的菜式。這裡的牛扒不太合我的口味，我一路食只食到煙薰味而不是牛肉味，可能這就是炭燒的特色？而我有一点不喜歡的是這裡的牛扒不知怎的來到時而切成一小份，是厨師想知道夠熟未還是細心的表現？害我沒有了鋸扒的樂趣。不過話說回來，這裡的氣氛環境十分之好，如果set dinner可以平点我會多啲來。

I am usually not a fan of reheated pizza but the pizza in this shop certainly looks delicious and drove me to drop into their store for a try.

I didn't count how many different types of pizza this shop has offered but in my mind it has at least 8 types. To play safe, I ordered one pepperoni and one hawaiian to try. The taste of the pizzas were actually quite good, but of course for those real pizza lovers, "pizza express" certainly offers higher standard pizza. What I can say about this shop is that their pizza can fulfill the desire of most pizza lovers and for $35 dollars, it certainly is a really really good deal for a meal in Wanchai! The atmosphere of the shop is awesome, too! A half open area which people can stand outside have a beer. This place can definitely be developed into a hot spot in Wanchai!

Besides pizza, I saw people order spaghetti as well. But to me, I don't think i will ever give up any of my stomach space for anything but these tempting pizza!

Lunch經過見到這間新束束車仔麵店三十四蚊有四餸加野飲好似幾抵，於是乎就一支弓入佐去。

十二多時有一兩枱客，我叫了蘿蔔、紅腸、牛丸和魚蛋配油麵。一會過後，店員竟然同我講冇蘿蔔！車仔麵店冇蘿蔔？非而所思情度等同上海鋪冇豆漿！but anyway, 我都冇choice。have to live with it!

車仔麵的質素很一般，冇乜動力駒使我嚟多次。