Teakha (茶。家)
Shop B, 18 Tai Ping
Shan Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Date of visit : 27 Jan
2013 (Sun) 12:30pm
No. of diners : 2
Average cost per head
: $70
Food quality : 7.5/10
Environment : 8.5/10
Service : 7/10
Value-for-money : 8/10
Overall rating : 7.6/10
The Hollywood Road has
a long spread stretching from Lyndhurst Street in Central to somewhere near
Queen’s Street in Sheung Wan. The East and West of SOHO (South of Hollywood
Road) represents contrasting characters. Unlike those bars and pubs near
Central, you can found a couple of cafés or tea houses such as Teakha.
Teakha is located at
the corner of Tai Ping Shan Road where you can dine al fresco on a fine day.
Visiting at weekend afternoons will be their busiest days where you will have
difficulty in finding seats, you will expect sharing tables and long waiting
time for you food and drinks to be delivered.
a) Masala Chai (印度香料奶) $40 – 8/10
Masala chai is a
traditional Indian black tea with mixed spice. Some common to Chinese spice
such as cinnamon and star anise were used, a little spicy and the tea was quite
smooth.
b) Keemun Milk Tea (祁門奶茶) $36 – 8/10
Keemun (or Qimen in
Putunghua/English pronounciation) is a
Chinese black tea served with red dates honey. The flavour of dates was weak,
however, upon request, additional honey was added and gave a better aroma.
c) Ginger Scone (薑鬆餅) $20 (a la carte or $52 w/Masala Chai) – 8/10
To accompany with the
teas, Teakha also serves bakery such as scones and cheese cakes. For scones, they had choices of ginger, fig
and apple cinnamon. I picked the first one as I thought ginger would go well
with the tea we chose. In the scone, there were some little diced of sweetened
ginger which were tender and tasty.
d) Dark sugar osmathus chiffon cake (黑糖桂花雪芳蛋糕) $36 – 8/10
This pound cake was
layered with spreads of cream and osmanthus. I could clearly see the petals of
the minute flowers besides smelling them. A good balance with dark sugar.
Q : When will I go
again?
A : Going alone or
with 1 or 2 friends on a weekday afternoon to avoid the crowd.
A : Some other drinks
or bakery I haven’t tried.
02.2013
