With new restaurants and cafes popping up on each turn of its streets, Hong Kong is a city eternally fuelled with budding businesses and buzzing energy. With its limited space and towering rent, there is only a modicum of artistic getaways in the city that stays true to its artisanal roots. This week, I discovered a true gem in the blossoming district of Sai Ying Pun: COBO HOUSE & Artisan Room.
Juxtaposed each other on South Lane, COBO HOUSE, by 2am dessertbar, is a new restaurant in collaboration with two-times award-winning pastry chef Janice Wong. Next to it is the tasteful Artisan Room, with the first and only groundbreaking Dutch-style slow-drip cold brewer (Gothicism) in Hong Kong, distilling coffee in cold temperature for its refined taste.
Take a short break from the bustling city in the open padio with breathing space and greeneries
Landscape artpiece by Lui Chun Kwong set in a decor of tasteful minimalism
The beautiful Makil mustard yellow chair, Cutipol tableware and paper-friendly iPad menu
Macchiato Latte with organic almond milk, served on one of the most beautiful chrome pieces hand-made by Master So (蘇廣偉師傅)
The Kimchi Fried Chicken with lovely home grown herbs
Inspired by the dried seafood shops around the area, culinary consultant Janice Wong designed a special dish, Tapioca Crackers, to commemorate our Hong Kong tradition
And what a sight of culinary beauty
Coco with a splash: Chocolate H2O plated on Janice’s Water Series ceramics
The Berry Purple dish that looks just like a piece of edible art
This wall of mint green also happens to be the only place in Hong Kong where you can get the Papis Loveday Champagne
Custom-made lighting fixtures by designer Max Lam, inspired by the tramways of Hong Kong
In Artisan Room is a hand-drawn wall art by Hong Kong artist Margaret Chu that took four full days to complete in shop
Artistic white brick stairway with lighting by Italy leading up to the exhibition room and private dining area
It’s all squares and circles in the lights of the Artisan exhibition room
Next to it is the beautifully raw private dining room with a designated cooking area
Wood, chrome, marble – the trinity of minimalistic textures
With its full dinner menu launching on March 7, I am for once excited to return for more.
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xx
Ruth
