Xin Wang Hong Kong Cafe

Had an interesting coffee session today at this place call Xin Wang Hong Kong Cafe so I thought I'll do a review on it. It's situated just opposite the Kovan MRT station and is quite a large site which one couldn't possibly miss travelling down the main road.

Now there seems to be alot of Hong Kong style cafes popping up on the island and this one looks new enough. It's also happening in KL by the way and there's even a chain there. My friend recommended we drop by here for coffee as she's been here before so what the heck, we went down. The decor of the place is quite new and the interior quite nicely done. We chose to sit outside instead but the outside sitting is limited and this being located near a HDB estate, the al fresco view is kind of boring. Anyway, we proceeded looking at the interesting postcard like menu to see what's good.

The selection is quite large and there's even things which is not typical of a "Char Chan Teng" (Hong Kong Cafe) in there. I guess they must cater to the local crowd. I hear that the food was alright but if you come during peak hours, the standard do drop. As we went there kind of late, we skip the food and went straight to desserts. We ordered a mango ice kacang thingy which was huge and a peanut butter toast.

The mango dessert was alright but because it was made up of just ice shavings and mango sauce poured over it, the inner parts were abit tasteless. The toast is ok though I still prefer the ones in HK. Price wise, we had a lemon tea to go with that ($4.90, wow!) and it came up to $18.15 which I thought was kind of pricey. But I kind of expected it as these novelty places typically charges a premium. You can't expect to pay coffee shop prices right.

Anyways, one good thing about this place is that it is 24hrs. Seems nowadays more and more places are going 24hrs to cater to the midnite crowd. For that, I would say this makes it a possible choice for those who want to grab a bite at some place different in the middle of the night. I would possibly go back again as I'm kind of interested in trying out the pork chops and baked spaggetti. All in all, abit pricey but an interesting place to check out. Good night Singapore.