The Place
Tianhe South is one of our favorite spots for food in the city. Packed with delicious Chinese and Western eateries, coffee shops, ramen joints and sushi shops – you name it and it’s somewhere in the neighborhood. While wandering the area on a rainy day last month, we stumble across a new joint: Waiting coffee.
The Food and Drinks
Don’t be fooled by the name – Waiting coffee offers up much more than Americanos and those basic desserts that your friend Kathy can make in her sleep. On our visit, we order the shop’s eggs benedict with salmon (RMB68) and pancake breakfast set (RMB68), along with their ‘dirty’ coffee (RMB32) and orange-infused coffee (RMB30).
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A refreshing yet energizing cup of java with its fair share of milk, the dirty coffee is a great choice, while the orange coffee flirts with mediocrity – the longer you sit on it, the more it becomes coffee-flavored orange juice. No thanks.
As for the food, Waiting coffee certainly keeps us waiting, so to speak. However, once our dishes hit the table (roughly 10 minutes apart), we’re impressed by the hearty meals. The pancake breakfast set includes a little bit of everything: a couple of hotcakes, sausage, bacon, perfectly-cooked scrambled eggs, yogurt, mushrooms and a salad.
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But the real winner, as per usual, is the eggs benedict. There’s just something about a well-executed poached egg sitting atop an English muffin with hollandaise sauce lathered on top that’s tough to beat.
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The cafe also offers a range of other Western dishes, including steaks and pastas, as well as frappes, beer, wine and soft drinks.
The Vibe
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Waiting coffee has a homey look to it, with two entranceways so hungry patrons can spot the joint on either side of the building. Light music plays overheard, consisting mostly of love songs from various genres and likely picked by the two women who run the shop. All in all, it’s a nice place to take a date or your mom (or both) for a relaxing brunch.
Price: RMB100
Who’s going: the neighborhood, coffee and brunch enthusiasts
Good for: eggs benedict, cool frappes, romantic tunes
Nearest metro: Tiyu Xilu (Exit B), 10 minutes’ walk
Open daily, 9am-11.30pm; see listing for Waiting coffee.
[Cover image courtesy of Waiting coffee]
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