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2012-10-24
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In One Simple Sentence:Very modern Bakery, good bread, small selection, eatery still in launch phase, expensiveInsider Tip:Come early (before 12) to get one of the "Scones of the Day" before they sell out******************************Visiting Details:Coffee, 2 people, 70HK$Drinks: 3/5Service: 3/5Cuisine: Western BakeryOutside Seating: YesServing Tab Water: YesReservation: NoWait to get seated: NoWhat we really liked:The outdoor seating and the general interior design or the bakeryAnd what not:No
Very modern Bakery, good bread, small selection, eatery still in launch phase, expensive
Insider Tip:
Come early (before 12) to get one of the "Scones of the Day" before they sell out
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Visiting Details:
Coffee, 2 people, 70HK$
Drinks: 3/5
Service: 3/5
Cuisine: Western Bakery
Outside Seating: Yes
Serving Tab Water: Yes
Reservation: No
Wait to get seated: No
What we really liked:
The outdoor seating and the general interior design or the bakery
And what not:
No menus, Cappuccino too much foam
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Overall Ex/Interior/Concept:
Po's Atelier is another artisan Bakery that found is hidden away at theupper area of Sheung Wan. Most easy access is from the midlevels, or Sheung Wan MRT station -> Walk past Man Mau Temple and up ladder street till you hit Po Hing Fong street.
It is located in a former coffin shop which might have given the new owners a good deal as locals would definately be reluctant (bad spirits).
At the front you have the over the counter bakery, although we found the customer area extremely small, it gets unconformable with more than 3 people inside. In the back you have a very nice outdoor terrace and approx 7 tables (for 2 people) in the open concept area.
The design is modern, artsy and we like the big windows of the front shop which give you a good view on the bakeries machinery and work.
Drinks:Cappuchino:
Very average. I am a huge coffee drinker and I hate it when my cappuccino is half cup foam and half cup actual drink. For me a cappuccino should have a smooth light layer of micro milk foam and the rest should be a perfect blend of espresso and hot milk, improvement possible.
Dirty:
A shot of espresso poured in cold milk, interesting concept. The taste was good, the espresso flavour ok.
Tab Water:
Average Tab Water, what we always recommend to restaurant owners, is to spice up your "free water", yes, it's free, and wont make you a dime, but it's one thing people will remember. So whenever we come over a new place, who serve's tab water, infused with strawberries or mint, lime, cucumber, it leaves a very positive side note and often might even overpower a certain bad flavour of the other drinks or mains. (especially because it's free!)
Food/Bakery:We didn't get to try the Scone of the day as it was sold out at 12 noon already. The other pieces looked nice, but definitely expensive. We will come back and try a piece of bread loaf, being German, this is our speciality, so let's hope for some crusty crunchy surprise here (to be updated)
Other Remarks:
The owner is a chatty nice guy and definitely trying to serve every customer in a nice and personal fashion, surely they have to establish their customer base now, and it's to be seen how much time they can spend with the one on one time in the future.
One big minus were the... missing menus... Yes, we don't understand why you wouldn't (and if it's even just a simple printout) create a bunch of menus, at least for the sit ins and tables. There was one menu lying on the counter, and for some reason no one was allowed to move it more than 50 cm away from the counter. Yes, if your friends were seated already and you wanted to quickly show them what to order(yes, you need a menu to decide what to order), no go.
We are sure this will improve going forward, so best luck to this place!
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