Hong Kong time-honored brand

Place 4: China Cafe

China Café , a Ice Room, is located in Mong Kok.China Café still keeps the double-deck building style. This Café has been opened for about 40 to 50 years.It is enjoyable to have the food and drinks on the second floor. Its specials are French toast and Red Bean Ice.

China Café is commonly believed that it has the longest history compared with those remaining Ice Rooms in Hong Kong. As Ice Rooms, which were considered as the forerunners of Cha Chaan Teng, are the memories of the elderly in Hong Kong, old Hong Kong people might remember eating in Ice Rooms every day when they were about our age. Tourists from other countries might feeling the culture of old  Hong Kong  Ice  Rooms.

 

Ice Rooms are the history of Hong Kong food culture. They first emerged in the 1900s, providing westernized food and drinks to Hong Kongers at a reasonable price. There are unique structures in Ice Rooms ,which can’t be found in modern restaurants anymore.