Yuu Pin Exploration: A Japanese-Named Cafe – ‘Fu Zi’ Means ‘Ordinary,’ But the Food is Far From It
Busy office workers and students, if they could afford half a day off, and enjoy a coffee time in a cafe, it's like they can forget all their troubles.
This cafe located on Hangzhou's Zhongshan Road is called 'Fu Zi Xiao Guan'. 'Fu Zi' is the Chinese pronunciation of 'ふつう' (fu tsuu) in Japanese, which means 'ordinary'.
Despite being named 'Ordinary' small shop, this shop is far from ordinary.
Fu Zi Xiao Guan is a cafe operated by a mother and daughter together. Its carrot-colored roof looks particularly eye-catching, even on a sunny day, you will be attracted by the warm yellow lights inside, and stop your footsteps.
The interior decoration is slightly Japanese style, whether it's the sign at the entrance, or the paintings, menus, and prompts inside the shop, all are written by the daughter, which is very cute.
As you walk in, you will feel a wave of warmth.
The menu in the shop often updates, the manager will organize to study in Japan, and when they have free time, they will also research new products. Fu Zi Xiao Guan not only sells coffee and desserts, but also main courses. The daily menu will be announced in advance on Weibo.
In order to allow more guests to enter the shop and enjoy food, here does not allow long-term occupation of tables for working, so the seats in the shop are not many. If you want to come to (dǎ kǎ - 'to visit and post about') here, you must do your homework in advance.
Below, Yu Pin recommends several classic dishes.
1. Dutch Scrambled Eggs
A dessert that you must order when you come to this shop. Just be patient and wait for 15 minutes, and a fluffy Dutch Scrambled Eggs will be served on your table.
Its texture is very soft, unlike pudding which is bouncy, but closer to cake's creamy.
You can feel the rich egg aroma when you take a bite, combined with fruits and sugar frosting, truly healing.
2. Braised Pork Rice
It must be said that the braised pork rice in this shop has very solid ingredients, and this portion is only 40 yuan, which is really affordable!
Unlike other shops, this shop's braised pork rice is paired with a light stack of vegetable salad instead of hot soup.
The braised pork is not poured directly onto rice, but packed into another small bowl, letting the guests experience the fun of mixing the rice themselves.
After mixing, you will find that the meat seems to be more than the rice, which is a favorite of meat lovers!
3. Water Buffalo Cheese Chicken Patty
A must-order dish for cheese lovers!
The dough is slightly thin and crispy, and the chicken filling inside is onion flavored, with a unique sweet aroma.
When it's brought to the table, it will be cut open, and you will see hot steam coming out, and a bite, full of cheese mixed with chicken juice, simply irresistible!
4. Passion Fruit Pomelo Sparkling Water
Just looking at the name, it's a drink that feels very 'summer'. The cup mouth is decorated with pink pomelo. When you drink it, the summer heat is gone.
Sour and sweet and refreshing, and with good looks, and taste combination!
5. Raspberry Chocolate Mousse Cream Cake
A very exquisite and beautiful cake, and the cake layers are also very distinct, basically as soon as you place an order, the desserts can be on the table.
The cake is not too sweet, it's a great companion for coffee, whether it's as a dessert after a main course, or simply as afternoon tea, it's a good choice.
The cake class desserts are basically limited, so whether you can get it depends on your luck!
This is how this small shop is named, and the shop owner named it 'Ordinary' small shop, probably in order to let this ordinary small shop really exist in people's lives.
This kind of ordinariness is what we cannot lack, moreover, this shop 'comes often and is new', if you have time, you can come here to sit!
