The Workshop

This workshop cafe is very tasteful. There are many traces of French romantic style. In addition to coffee, milk tea, juice drinks, there are also Western simple meals, mainly French meals. The taste is not bad.

I found this coffee shop while I was shopping for souvenirs on Dong Khoi Street. It is located on the third floor of an old building. Sitting next to the window, I can see the most beautiful street in the D1 district outside the window. I ordered a cup of drip coffee, which tasted good.

Picture 2 is the cheese passion fruit cake, which is well made, sweet, with lots of passion fruit and rich cheese. The only problem is that the cake is a bit thin. The environment is pretty good. We sat on the second floor and could enjoy the street view.

Walk in from the entrance of the small building with two sculptures and go up the stairs. The top floor is where the coffee shop is located. Pushing the door open, it feels like walking into another world. The warehouse-like design and the various coffee brewing pots everywhere make me feel like I am in Melbourne. I was really surprised! Today's specialty coffee beans are handwritten on the board with the recommended methods and flavors clearly written. The murals hanging on the wall are all from the hands of local painters. Drinking a cup of coffee in this small world is really too leisurely! The coffee tastes good, but the price is expensive, almost the same as in Australia, and the cost performance is slightly low.

For those who have lived in Shanghai, Saigon is a huge French Concession. The old neighborhoods here are very similar to the alleys in Shanghai, very lifelike and artistically decorated. Passing through several galleries at the door, walk up the old wooden stairs to the third floor, and you will come to these industrial-style cafes. The center is a huge bar, which seems to express the owner's confidence in the quality of coffee. I chose a seat by the window and opened the heavy catalog. I was stunned. In addition to traditional espresso, latte, mocha, etc., here is a completely customized way of drinking. The first page introduces coffee beans from different origins, and the second page is to choose how you want to brew this cup of coffee. The best way to extract the essence of coffee is to recommend hand-poured (Pull Over) coffee. Here you can even choose the type of filter cup! The essence of coffee beans lies in freshness. Although it sounds that Colombian and Jamaican coffees are very famous, those coffee beans have long lost their life when they cross the ocean and come to your hands. So now boutique coffee shops will recommend some local coffees, and of course I am very willing to try some Vietnamese coffee beans. The clerk told me that after I made my selection, I could go to the bar counter to watch how the barista made the coffee. Then, he very considerately placed a "booked" sign next to my bed so that I could come back with the coffee later. The one who made the coffee for me was a handsome short-haired girl named Thuy. She skillfully placed the coffee beans and various utensils, and introduced the whole process to me in slightly stiff English. Hand-brewed coffee is very technical. The V60 filter cup I chose requires a steady water flow, even circles, and no water injection on the edge. The coffee brewed in this way is clearer and purer. After Thuy brewed the coffee for me, she asked me if I could taste it myself first. After getting permission, she used a small spoon to hook out a little coffee like a bartender and tasted it herself. After she was satisfied, she poured the coffee into a container like a decanter, and gave me a small cup. Then she smiled and told me that I could enjoy this cup of coffee.