#Hong Kong cafe

[batteredshoes]

Lorna Doom of The Germs | Frank Gargani

[gotankgo]

1980

[choobi-doodles]

Syaoran takes Sakura on a tour of Hong Kong! Sakura tries HK milk tea for the first time at a cha chaan teng and of course they have to have it with bolo baos 菠蘿包 and egg tarts 蛋撻! ☕️

This cafe is based on Lan Fong Yuen (蘭芳園) located in HK. It is a historic cha chaan teng (茶餐廳) or HK-style cafe. Initially, I wanted them inside the cafe with the retro tables and chairs but I couldn’t get over a photo of 2 old men actually sit outside the cafe window on little stools 😅

My favorite Cha chaan teng is an actual place called Shooting Star Cafe in Oakland Chinatown 😄 I love their peanut butter condensed milk waffle 🤤 I also really like strong HK milk tea (it make me jittery but it’s so good 😅 I like to get it at Pineapple King Bakery in SF).

[theloosepage]

The Bags at the Hong Kong Café Los Angeles’ Chinatown, 1979

photo: Ann Summa

[formeryelpers]

Fairwood Café, 35204 Newark Blvd, Newark, CA 94560

Fairwood Café is a Hong Kong café that opened in 2015. It has the look and feel of a Chinese diner. The menu includes sandwiches, porridge, sizzling plates, spaghetti, rice plates, fried rice, chow fun/mein, macaroni/ramen/udon, and hot and cold drinks.

Hot Hong Kong style milk tea (large, $3.50): big cup of hot, strong, sweet milk tea (sweetened with condensed milk). They sweetened it for you. I prefer to add my own condensed milk.

Pork & preserved egg porridge ($10.75): a smaller size, broken down and fairly thick. It was on the bland side but decent, with big chunks of preserved egg, scallions, and seasoned pork (shredded). There was no white pepper on any of the tables. The pork tasted like it was leftover.

Fairwood Café is in a strip mall with plenty of parking. It might be cash only, though I didn’t see a sign that said cash only. The décor is interesting – colorful but the colors aren’t complementary. It seemed clean. There were some handwritten specials on whiteboards but they were in Chinese only.

3 out of 5 stars

By Lolia S.

[rickchung]

Ho Yuen Cafe x Marpole.

Satay beef in instant noodles

[grouchydairy]

that perfect ham you get with your morning noodles

[uniories]

Cat (Hong Kong, 2024)

[beautifulabsurdities]

tea time @ mido cafe 美都餐室

©️Esme Ngan

[batteredshoes]

Lots of old friends in this one, but it did make me miss the ones that are gone.

[gotankgo]

1979

[home-phoenix]

Tai O. Hong Kong.

[cruella-devegan]

LN Coffee / Hong Kong

Ham and cheese toastie with added avocado 🥪

[ztremx]

[easypeasyhoneycassie]

A cafe in Tai Hang, Hong Kong.

[not-dere]