Judy's Cafe bistro & lounge bar is located in the core area of Gulangyu Island, Xia Men, but not a hot spot among so many travels and visitors working around or passing 4-5 times per day. I cannot figure out why, the price? the quality? the service? or just coz it's an European style cafe? Thinking that, if it's open in Hong Kong, some places like Sheung Wan, it might be another 'holy place' for many Hong Kong food-followers or shiny-weekend-lifestyle lovers.
Like most old buildings on the island, this one is also in a old but classic western style of 3 floors, which the ground one is super high while the other two is normal or even a little bit lower. All the furniture is wooden (whatever real or artificial) with those countryside-feel 'pillow', paintings, cups and pots, even a simple business card is so sweet.
Judy's
cafe bistro & lounge
bar位於廈門鼓浪嶼島的腹地，但似乎並不如週邊商鋪那般成為過往遊客的踩腳點，即使約莫估計一個遊客會在同一地方經過4-5次！我猜不出背後的原因，定
價？食物？服務？亦或是大家不喜歡歐風cafe？若是這樣的cafe在香港，尤其是中上環一帶，想必又能掀起一陣風。
就如島上大部份的殖民風格建築遺址，cafe由一幢三層樓高的舊式獨立洋樓改造，極具歐洲小鎮建築的特點；玻璃櫥窗配純白牆身與木質門框，讓人不由幻想推門如內時門上鈴鐺發出的叮鈴。底樓層高達至二樓，使人覺得開闊與通透，四張深啡色木質餐桌椅，不怎麼樣的田原油畫，不怎麼樣的布藝靠枕，放在這個空間裡編造就放鬆與優雅兼顧的午後閒適。
Caesar Salad pairs well to early dinner. And it's like a slightly grilled Caesar salad which includes rich types of vegetables. What I want to emphasis is olives, potato, boiled egg and the sauce.
* Olives tastes not too strong, which caters Chinese well; very soft, and giving a salty taste.
* Potato is fair, actually they are fresh and juicy but not sweet.
* Boiled egg is really impressive. Pure white and light yellow, tastes softly, and a not-over-strong flavor of yolk.
* Sauce is mixed with two originals, olive oil & sesame salad sauce/ thousand island sauce (similar). They are absolutely not home-made, but they both perform good. The olive oil is 'greasy', and the sesame salad sauce is sour but tasty. A chemical effect of both turns out to be fresh and moist; you will never feel to be eat like a cow preparing for her milk...
Overall, it's a nice place to spend 1-2 hours, especially it's quiet and a little home feeling. I strongly recommend to 'occupy' the 2nd floor if you are not a bunch of people. The food, I cannot give too much comments, coz I only have the most traditional salad, but TEA you must try!
凱撒沙律最適合早晚餐，好似用上“烤過”的生蔬來製，材料很豐富，賣相不錯。腌橄欖是其中的靈魂，味道不算太出，明顯是為中式口味微調的，口感較軟；生番茄平平，且不算甜，好在相當新鮮且番茄汁豐富；四瓣水煮蛋是相當出色的，剛剛好的熟度，蛋白與蛋黃都保持略濕潤的口感，蛋黃散髮濃濃的香氣；沙律醬混合了橄欖油及芝麻千島醬，估摸著不是自家制。橄欖油下的有些多了，使得整碟沙律有些過水，但混著者千島醬，清新的酸配上橄欖油的香，口感亦不會太差，至少醬汁够了，就不像老牛吃草版乾巴巴。
這是個安靜的空間，無論是就餐或閒坐，即使是發呆，也都適合。若是一人，大可像我一樣“霸佔”二樓，居高臨下的享受觀察的樂趣。關於食物，我不做過多評價，到底覺得餐廳並非以食物行先，且個人也只是吃了份再普通不過的沙律；但飲品，絕對推薦那杯“花草茶事”。
Shop: Judy's Cafe - bistro & lounge bar
Opening hour: 08.30-01.30
Address: No. 176 Longtou Road, Gulangyu Island, Siming District, Xiamen, China
Tel: 0592 2918371
Website: http://www.judyscafe.com.cn/
Weibo: http://e.weibo.com/glyjudys?ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.judyscafe.com.cn%2F_d271141031.htm
Just find that, Judy's Cafe is a brand name, the owner has Judy's Cafe (the 1st one) and bistro (the one I comment above) and the Inn!!!
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There's 3 4-seat tables downstairs which suits a group of friends or a small family well, while I prefer to 'climb' onto higher space for special view or discover something.
Result turns out to be good! I 'residents' myself on 2nd floor, which is re-built from a compartment area. Below the white steps, it's a table of stuffs which I consider it as staff's storage space, but it's clean and tiny. Besides, and along the edge like a indoor terrace, there's a bar-style table for 4 people (slim person I think). Behind is a open cabinet of glass crafts collection, and they are on sale.
It's just a dream place for your own.
樓下的四人位不是為我而設，我也樂得攀上樓梯探訪樓上空間，果然高處有驚喜！二樓由閣樓或是樓梯平台改建，‘貓’在樓梯下的剛好放置一張舖著格子布藝的餐桌，放這些用不著的雜物；僅靠著白漆鐵欄的是一排吧台設計的就餐區，便是我的理想歸宿！
I really love to sit there and observe every moment downstairs, now I understand why teacher always says 'Don't think I cannot find what you are doing under your desk, I can catch every movement from this high stage.' LOL
It's an European cafe & restaurant offers almost every category of light food. Salad and Pasta is main course as western food, but not like Hong Kong people so accustomed to western food, Chinese still prefer Chinese food, or at least Chinese-Western food. Thus, it still offers a lot snacks with a flavor catered to Chinese. And price is just over middle level a little, and of course in RMB. Roughly 30-40 something per drink and 50-100+ something per main dish.
Anyway, what you can never miss, especially you haven't bought some tans of tea as souvenir, is the special Flowerstea (The Chinese name is just too cute, to be '花草茶事')! It's very simple to make, when I bought a lot tans of tea back to Hong Kong, and now have them everyday in office, just 'TEA & HOT WATER'. But the flavor is super awesome!!! The one they offer, is special mixed tea with Rose & & Chamomile & Lavender & Rosemary. You can find dried flower leaves and some dried grapes in your cup, but it smells like a cup of yogurt, maybe fresh raspberry or blueberry flavor. When you are drinking, you can feel nothing but sour and refreshing, and a feel of toxic-out something from your throat to the inside.
人有時就是有種愛窺探他人的惡習，當一個人的時候就更是如此，看著樓下的一舉一動，任何風吹草動都逃不過，不禁想起兒時上學，講臺上的先生總會一副“薑還是老的辣”的樣子神兜兜的說“別以為我不知道你們在桌子底下幹什麼，你們的一舉一動我在臺上看的一清二楚”，原來是真的！
這件仿歐風餐廳的menu大致涵蓋所有的西式簡餐。沙律、披薩、意粉算是主菜；可能因為大陸的大部份消費群體依然不太適應太過西化的口味，所以餐廳依然有中式西餐的影子。輕食，當然要以小食為主，看名字就知是中國化的改良版。總體定價稍貴吧，若是習慣了大城市裡的消費水平的，應該不以為然，但始終個人覺得有些定價高了（飲品30-40之間，輕食介乎50-100左右）。
各種特色飲食中，不可錯過的必然是花茶，也是島上熱賣的手信之一，而在店內便可先一飲為快。店裡的招牌花茶有個很切合的名字“花草茶事”，由風乾後玫瑰、 洋甘菊、薰衣草及迷迭香調合而成，以滾水炮製簡簡單單就是一杯養身怡神的熱飲。茶色呈紫紅色，口感相當溫潤，香氣尤為突出，老遠就能聞到陣陣近似果茶的香味，帶著微微的酸甜；飲一口，談不上四味花草的風味，只是覺得很像藍莓乳酪的果茶版，很酸卻不刺激，相當清新，飲著有種淨化的感覺。
Caesar Salad pairs well to early dinner. And it's like a slightly grilled Caesar salad which includes rich types of vegetables. What I want to emphasis is olives, potato, boiled egg and the sauce.
* Olives tastes not too strong, which caters Chinese well; very soft, and giving a salty taste.
* Potato is fair, actually they are fresh and juicy but not sweet.
* Boiled egg is really impressive. Pure white and light yellow, tastes softly, and a not-over-strong flavor of yolk.
* Sauce is mixed with two originals, olive oil & sesame salad sauce/ thousand island sauce (similar). They are absolutely not home-made, but they both perform good. The olive oil is 'greasy', and the sesame salad sauce is sour but tasty. A chemical effect of both turns out to be fresh and moist; you will never feel to be eat like a cow preparing for her milk...
Overall, it's a nice place to spend 1-2 hours, especially it's quiet and a little home feeling. I strongly recommend to 'occupy' the 2nd floor if you are not a bunch of people. The food, I cannot give too much comments, coz I only have the most traditional salad, but TEA you must try!
凱撒沙律最適合早晚餐，好似用上“烤過”的生蔬來製，材料很豐富，賣相不錯。腌橄欖是其中的靈魂，味道不算太出，明顯是為中式口味微調的，口感較軟；生番茄平平，且不算甜，好在相當新鮮且番茄汁豐富；四瓣水煮蛋是相當出色的，剛剛好的熟度，蛋白與蛋黃都保持略濕潤的口感，蛋黃散髮濃濃的香氣；沙律醬混合了橄欖油及芝麻千島醬，估摸著不是自家制。橄欖油下的有些多了，使得整碟沙律有些過水，但混著者千島醬，清新的酸配上橄欖油的香，口感亦不會太差，至少醬汁够了，就不像老牛吃草版乾巴巴。
這是個安靜的空間，無論是就餐或閒坐，即使是發呆，也都適合。若是一人，大可像我一樣“霸佔”二樓，居高臨下的享受觀察的樂趣。關於食物，我不做過多評價，到底覺得餐廳並非以食物行先，且個人也只是吃了份再普通不過的沙律；但飲品，絕對推薦那杯“花草茶事”。
Shop: Judy's Cafe - bistro & lounge bar
Opening hour: 08.30-01.30
Address: No. 176 Longtou Road, Gulangyu Island, Siming District, Xiamen, China
Tel: 0592 2918371
Website: http://www.judyscafe.com.cn/
Weibo: http://e.weibo.com/glyjudys?ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.judyscafe.com.cn%2F_d271141031.htm
Just find that, Judy's Cafe is a brand name, the owner has Judy's Cafe (the 1st one) and bistro (the one I comment above) and the Inn!!!
Please give a LIKE to my Facebook Page !You can also fine me on Weibo/ Twitter/ Instagram/ Openrice/ Ufood through Home Page links.
