明星咖啡馆的白俄罗斯籍老板,原来是先开明星西点面包店的。咖啡馆开在二楼和三楼,而西点面包店是在一楼。在车水马龙的武昌街上,明星就开在城隍庙的正对面。可能是因为城隍庙的关系,武昌街上有好几间素食餐馆,卖素食自助餐,台面上摆了最少有五十种不同的花花绿绿的菜色,极尽诱人之能事。
比起台北各处五花八门的面包店,明星的糕饼面包是其他地方几乎绝迹的老土。橱窗里的各种糕饼,让我感觉像是回到了八十年代的组屋区里的西饼店,或者七十年代或更早以前在乌节路上的(店名我已经忘记了,舅母记得的话请留言)——色彩朴素、造型简单。
无论是店里卖的糕饼,还是店面的装潢,就像楼上的明星咖啡馆一样,有意的将时间坐标停留在六十年代。那时的明星见证了一个时代的风起云涌,而现在领导风骚已经是别人的任务了。还是让时钟停摆吧,让那些想要怀旧的人还找得到怀旧的对象,让他们回到他们当年的青春风貌,忘记他们已经垂垂老矣。如果将明星翻新、翻新、再翻新,徒使那些怀旧的人不胜唏嘘了。
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假如我把六十年代或更早期在 Orchard Road 一代的西饼店告诉你,那不是说 "思仁,舅母老了!"
Anyway, not to disappoint you and your readers, I can remember some cake shops along Orchard Road like
"Mont D'or" (at Ngee Ann City) "Stella D'or" (where Specialist Centre is)) "Magnolia Ice-cream Bar" (where Centre Point is),Cozy Corner (where C K Tang is).Red House Bakery (where Carlton Hotel is).......
THESE ARE THE PLACES WHERE JIU JIU USED TO BRING ME. WE ALSO HAD SOME HAPPY TIMES THERE WITH YOUR MOTHER TOO!
我们还是念念不忘在 High Street 的 Polar Cake Shop. 它的 ice cream 和 curry puff 再也找不到了.
还有什么要我怀旧吗?记得你妈曾在红屋西饼店买过生日蛋糕给你和你的妹妹,那里的 BUTTER CAKE 加上厚厚的 cream 是不錯的.公公喜欢在那里欣赏一杯濃濃的咖啡.
是吗?i also have fond memories of Red House, which is next door to my school in victoria street. i always go there with my friends on Saturday after my ECA (now known as CCA)in the 80s...my favourites are chicken pie and eclair.
i think there is also a Magnolia near Capitol...
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