Epoch Coffee Bar (Closed)

早就覬覦這裡的7-layer choc cake，是次看完電影後來吃午餐，這裡沒有抵食的set lunch，只可以單點，還好單價也不是太貴。我們叫了以下：Seared tuna salad: 蔬菜以菠菜與火箭菜為主，另有兩粒鮮甜的車厘茄，總覺得菠菜還是炒/落芝士焗會比較香口，生吃就少了菠菜那股獨特的菜香，有點過於清淡；好在還有少量火箭菜，帶著濃濃的芝麻香，又沒有過分的苦澀感，二者配在一起吃剛剛好。吞拿魚共4片，份量適中。只有外層微熟，內裡幾乎全生，肉質偏軟腍，缺少魚鮮。沙律汁橄欖油過多而黑醋不足，令附有少許黑松露汁，添加了幾分鮮美。Carbonara：似乎是招牌菜，味道也確實出色。意粉做到硬身咬口的質感，白汁濃度做到恰到好處，充滿芝士香又不膩；將生雞蛋攪拌均勻後，每一根麵條都包裹上香噴噴的蛋汁，是恰如其分的carbonara。7-layer choc cake：老實說其實我不是朱古力粉絲，稍濃烈一點的朱古力就會受不了，但這一款蛋糕真是令我也折服。上面兩層是濃度較高、質感厚重的朱古力，之後換成了細膩柔滑、低濃度的朱古力慕斯，只吃慕斯/朱古力醬當然會膩，於是再多兩層不同濃度的朱古力蛋糕，難

做到失魂，樣樣野都kick住kick住，午飯時間，遊下遊下，遊到星街附近，見到呢到，買杯咖啡醒醒神再繼續下晝既工作。咖啡要的唔係latte就係Cappuccino，今日連選擇恐懼症都復發，見前面位人兄要Cappuccino，就照跟要一杯。等既時候係店四圍望，環境真的好舒服，要說讚。咖啡飲落好滑，有濃濃既咖啡香。唔識野，唔知咩野係好咖啡，不過對我黎講，呢杯係好飲的。飲杯好咖啡，係時候回魂再繼續開工。

咖啡是可以的,但當然是一杯還一杯.,所以我會說一杯ESPRESSO可以有不同的經驗.今天的咪一杯ESPRESSO囉.又見到INCH CAKE ,2CM起BID,好靚於是又見平平哋要少少.點知...得個樣.實的的又無朱古力味真如嚼爉飲完杯啡咬咗三分一.走人去也

Have always wanted to try this coffee shopfor their cakes. But always had other choice.had two hours before the film, went pass the Epoch Coffeee shop so decided to give it a try. was served immediately for a sofa seat. You don't get that in coffee shop. Presented us with the menu and drinks menu too. waiter was very well mannered. atmosphere was nice, not too crowdy like Starbucks.There were groups of ppl, and I saw single ppl reading too. i like that, as you cannot do that in starbucks, a

吃完一碗覺得若有所失的車仔麵後，想起灣仔有幾間咖啡店想要試試，便挑了距離最近的「Epoch」，與大力女王在永豐街上漫步至此。遠遠的看便覺得外觀設計感十足，一推開門雖然覺得有點人聲吵雜，但即刻被門口左邊的CD牆給吸引，忘了自己是想要來試試咖啡的，朝著CD的方向跨上小階梯。尚未走近CD牆，聽到空氣中傳來的音樂，是曾經迷戀過幾年的Chill-out，那慵懶的音樂所形成的氛圍，讓我馬上決定要將這間Coffee Bar列入假日偷閒之選。接下來的就是挑杯適合的飲料！由於店裡是半自助式的，似乎沒有餐牌，必須自己到吧檯點餐，然後領號碼牌等餐。這對我而言完全不構成困擾也不需思考，來到掛著「illy」招牌的地方，當然是先試試「Espresso」。但對不喝咖啡的大力女王就造成選擇上的麻煩。酷愛閱讀餐牌的大力女王站在吧檯前東看西看，來回座位與吧檯之間兩趟後，終於決定「Jasmine Lotus Red Tea」。趁著飲料未送來前，我好好的在餐廳內繞了一圈觀賞室內空間與擺設。CD牆旁的牆上掛著許多有創意的圖畫，座位旁邊的玻璃桌內擺著許多illy請設計師的設計的espresso杯，略遠一角的玻璃櫥內放著「Bist

Marike: Apple and coriander jelly with passion fruit, in a dome of white coconut moussePiemontios: Hazelnut mousse cake with almond, white chocolate cream and caramelised applesCame here especially for the Marike, before trying it, I wasn’t aware of its ingredients, however I couldn’t taste the coriander in it, but it didn’t taste as nice as I imagined it to be.Marike:The outer coconut mousse was creamier than I would have liked it, its texture was more like whipped cream.The filling was slightl

Moushou：Yoghurt 以紅莓製成，店員還說有basil，整個味道很配合。mousse口感香滑，甜中帶點莓酸，十分醒胃！加上粉紅色的海綿蛋糕真的賞心悅目呢Piemontois：由於我唔多'好'nut，無試到，但人地話好好味…Hazelnut mousse cake 上有些白朱古力碎，而內層則是caramel apple, almond white chocolate cream，底層則是海綿蛋糕和白朱古力蓮片，整體感覺很軟滑，而不少的白朱力更能增強口感，吃起來脆脆的，多重質感，不錯！<我只對白朱古力有興趣>7-layer Valrhona Chocolate Cake：不得不提，這是此店的招牌蛋糕，由七層不同的朱古力製成，超香濃朱古力味，不太甜，滑！正啊！愛朱人士必試！

Etienne was formerly the Consultant Pastry Chef for EPOCH, but nowadays he has returned permanently and been upgraded to the post of Head Pastry Chef, as well as being a partial Owner! What good news! I was here to try mainly one thing - Chef Etienne's AWARD WINNING cake that won a 1st prize in France. Its called the MARIKE. As anyone who has eaten true Parisien -pastry desserts will know, a lot of the offerings there border on being heavy and quite very sweet, definitely not something I

忙碌過後，已是下午三時許，不想吃飯，於是走到永豐街找找新意思。這條街小店甚多，Yo Mama，Pizza Express，喜宴等，最後選了這間 Epoch。這店主打是 Illy 咖啡，有冷有熱十多種飲法，玻璃櫃內陳列了多款很吸引的蛋糕，但未吃午餐，先要一個 Seared Tuna Salad 打底，略煎過的吞拿魚有四件，配上火箭菜，菠菜，還有車厘茄和幼芽菜，火箭菜獨有的芝麻味和苦味，令人感覺清新提神，菠菜葉青嫩，混了黑松露菌醋汁，可口怡人，唯黑松露菌味不明顯，吞拿魚不是即叫即煎的，已雪至冰凍，味道還可。甜品是這店的強項，琳瑯滿目的擺設吸引不到我，反而在櫃面的 pound cake 幾有住家 feel，每 1 cm 賣 $6，我選了 2 cm coffee pound cake 和一杯 Illy 咖啡。Coffee pound cake 完全沒有咖啡香味，有些合桃碎，不說還以為是合桃蛋糕，質地夠粗糙，味道不錯，略嫌圍邊的糖太甜，另一樣要彈的是那隻叉，約有八、九吋長，身重，把柄是圓身，兩頭轉，極難用來吃件蛋糕，Illy 咖啡跟有熱奶，糖要自取，咖啡味不及 Lavazza。店內音樂聲浪太大，

三月中旬廚友的blog相片是800*600的超大靚相，人總是覺得「隔離飯」香的，結果忍唔住要找他出馬幫手修理下偶的網誌。這回做正經事，找了個有wi fi同無特別食物的地方開工，只要了個沙律餐，吞拿魚烤過，下了醋調味，而雜野菜味新鮮，下了橄欖油及醋調味，食味就較早前蘋果綠好多了。更多的網誌大整容不日公映＠http://foodxfile.blogspot.com

同學仔們在灣仔學日文會話己一年了. 在年終前來了一次tea time. 原來在灣仔除了哈比兔..這間也是我的常選 epoch . 也是一樣要了個doppio ,要了一小塊pound cake Doppio 是一種須要但不大會分別,今次的脂厚味甘..知道這是我喜的. 但有時是限這天的,有時同一間的同咖啡師的又會稀咗...還好有幾間是死極有個譜. 今天加多一塊乾果pound cake ...配得很好. 香香的不會甜,還有些焦香味但如果多一些甜奶油可能更好.

為了一試朋友推介的chocolate cake，於是專程來到灣仔一試ēpöch。星街小區的食肆其中一個共通點就是裝潢都十分好；好像這ēpöch，店內的裝修十分溫馨及又有特色，一進入已給它加了分。當然地就點了那出名的7-layer Valrhona Chocolate Cake。蛋糕的賣相十分精緻，在切面上已清楚看到不同的朱古力層次，可謂一絲不苟。蛋糕吃落的味道很豐富，軟硬適中，那陣朱古力的甜令人十分滿足，令人停不了下來。結果不消一會便清了碟。吃甜品，尤其是朱古力，還是配咖啡最好。點了杯意大利咖啡expresso。咖啡的香氣撲鼻，入口味道香濃，令人很relax。

We arrived at around 9pm for a sugar-fix, and decided to order cakes instead of ordering from the dessert menu as they looked really nice (albeit deceptive) and they were relatively small in portion - we had literally just eaten dinner so didn't have enough stomach-space! We picked: MoushouI THINK this was the name... I think its a new product as its not on their website menu... I must say I did choose it because I love berries and the pink cake looked enticing. I asked one of the waiters what w

剛巧在灣仔區找吃的，吃過了中飯，來與女友喝杯咖啡，吃件餅當下午茶，真的悠閒，真高興。此店子果然如OR的介紹一樣，真的非常之優靜及舒服，而室內的環境算是一所中型的咖啡店了，加上樓底夠高，真的是讓人可以過一個下午的地方。此店子用上的豆全都是Illy供應的咖啡豆，就連盛咖啡的杯子也有Illy的字樣，在餅櫃前看了一會，又看看有什麼喝，此處特式的咖啡真多，記得好像連咖啡Cocktail也有，真的是令人眼花撩亂，但最後古板的我也是要喝最基本的，要試基本的咖啡，才可試到咖啡師的功力及豆的質素。吃的點了一個Éclair及Marble Cheese Cake，Éclair其實有如在一個長條狀的Puff上加上榛子醬，然後面層再放上一片巧克力，用叉子切開來吃，已經感覺Puff是實了一點，不夠鬆，吃起來果然如此，好像是失去了水份一樣，口感變得不好，而榛子醬絕對可以下多一點，所以味道不太夠，而面層那片巧克力是太薄吧，對食味的影響很有限。Marble Cheese Cake用上了Oreo餅底，黏黏濕濕的，面層是雲石層，用上了巧克力及其他軟芝士混和而成，味道香濃幼滑得來，帶點巧克力味，中間是純芝士層，味道濃得來又有

We arrived at around 10am on Sat morning when it was still relatively quiet, so plenty of tables available. We had a big breakfast and eggs benedict with salmon - both were tasty. The breakfast did not come with coffee and we had to order separately. They serve illy coffee but I am not a big fan. It was an enjoyable breakfast although when the place gets busy it can be quite noisy. I wish they would consider including a coffee in their breakfast to make it better value for money.