Saturday 22 October 2016

Lunabar Coffee Penang



Lunabar Coffee Penang

注:咖啡馆目前已在此地点结束营业,不知未来会在那儿继续售卖理想,特写此篇记录我们两三次的美好到访经验。现今地址:10D, Jalan Clove Hall, 10500 Penang, Malaysia

咖啡吧的空间小而雅致,像四方格子里的玻璃森林,充满一片清新的绿意氛围。一张小圆桌和几张高脚椅子供客人歇坐,外头有排靠着玻璃墙的凳子,应是阳光曝晒天气太热,没人搭坐,后来已经摆上大大小小盆的植物 。要找到自己喜欢的一间店并不容易,我们整个下午呆在这边,和店主借本村上春树的短篇小说翻阅,有一搭没一搭的聊天插话,不需多做什么,生活自然就很美好了。

喝黑咖啡很讲究品味,其中也藏着大学问。我常常无法说出咖啡里应该有的味道(有些贴心的店家会在咖啡上桌时附上张小纸条——比如说,从这杯来自哥伦比亚的咖啡豆里,你会得到蓝莓、樱桃、杏仁等味道),只能用很模糊的词语来形容。我在想,很多时候味道也是需要靠记忆和想象力来互相建构的,把抽象微小的感觉具体化,当中离不开我们从前对某种味道的认知。这是喝黑咖啡最有趣的一点。

Lunabar Penang is closed till further notice. Yet, we still insist to share our wonderful experience with you. The café is small and cozy which surrounded by greenery plants. It is like sitting inside a glass jungle where you can breathe in the endorphin release from the plants. Their space is limited so as their table and chairs. There are only a round table and a few stools available for customers. Outdoor sit is available too, but due to our hot climate, no one will sit out there. Now it becomes a place to put some plants. It is not easy to find a café that I like. I spend my while afternoon here reading a novel from the owner. Meanwhile, chit chat with friends and update each other. This is as simple as it can.

A cup of black coffee is not just a cup of black coffee. It has lots of knowledge and skills in it. It is really hard for me to give a comment on the taste of a cup of black coffee. Some café is sweet enough to give you an information card along with your coffee so that you can know more about what are you drinking. Sometimes, I’m thinking that taste came from out memory and imagination. So there are endless sensation and taste that creates from it. That’s why people like coffee and addicted to it.






Sunday 2 October 2016

Chapel Street Café Penang




Chapel Street Café Penang

咖啡馆在住宅区里,从车流繁忙的大马路转入小街道后才看得见,旁边是座庙宇,整个小区有种安详的氛围,在午后竟有随着微风流动的诗意。咖啡馆的室内空间以水泥墙的灰黑色为主调,灯光与阳光的配衬温暖亲密,木材质桌椅上摆放了一小颗多肉植物,结不出果实花蕾,叶子摇着光的方向长成。

刚开张不久,小小的地方便挤满了顾客,众人像积聚在窄巷街道一同欢乐唱诗。店里卖的就只有几种咖啡果汁饮料和一些蛋糕,店家说往后会陆续加入一些新的餐单。每家咖啡馆都有自己的气质,暖阳中午或细雨落下时探访这个地方最合适,可以拥抱关于生活那些你所能预见的美好想象。庆幸每次总能找到自己喜欢的位子,安心喝一杯咖啡和谈话。

Chapel street café is located in housing area which requires some searching and help from GPS. Once you turn into the right alley then you can easily notice them. Chapel street café is located just beside a Chinese temple and the environment of this area is so calm and quite. Black is the main color in the café with warm tone light to light up the entire café. Wooden tables and chairs with a pot of succulent as decoration simply bring the entire vibes together and give you a relaxing and cozy feel.

Since they just recently start their business, the café is full of customers which are a good sign for the owner. The variety of dessert and beverage offered is not much. But they will continuously come out with new menu in the future. The overall taste for their dessert and beverage is good. We are so lucky that we always use to get the table that we like in the café and have a good chit chat with friends while sipping a cup of well brewed coffee.






Saturday 1 October 2016

BREAK FREE 假日 | Take a Look Back on September 2016




Hello September, Live Well, Laugh Often

用小清新的咖啡时光来装点九月的美丽,刷去一身难耐的疲惫。