I have read a lot about the La Fenetre Soleil cafe from blogs & travel sites. It is said to be popular with Japanese tourists. Was there recently to find out what the hype is all about.
After confirming the address a few times before leaving my apartment, I thought the cafe has shut down after the taxi pulled over outside a terribly run down shop house, surrounded by construction boards. "What do we do?"...."Shall we just get off the cab and look around?". Was not just gonna give up as a blogger has recently visited this cafe...it can't possibly shut down in just matter of days?!
A few locals sitting nearby immediately recognized puzzled looks on our faces, pointed to the right and rambled something in Vietnamese. I looked up the shop house in dismay, wondering what has happened to the cafe & saw its signboards with arrows pointing to the right. You will not believe how difficult it was to locate this cafe! This better be worth it!
The long entry through few flights of old & dark stairs & reaching a long, dark corridor making us wonder if we have illegally stepped into an abandoned building. Alas we found another narrow corridor leading us to the entrance of the cafe after spotting beams of dim yellow lights.
The cafe has a rather nice ambience, with a mix of east & west furnishings. Less than half the crowd was Vietnamese while the rest were mainly Caucasian & Japanese.
I was in for more disappointment. We came after having a good Korean lunch, with expectations of savouring their famous Vietnamese coffee flavored French Toast and Earl Grey muffins. After asking different servers, it was confirmed that they are not fixed items on the menu and they just happened not to make them that day!
Oh well, it was just not fated. Perhaps, we might come back again one day.
After confirming the address a few times before leaving my apartment, I thought the cafe has shut down after the taxi pulled over outside a terribly run down shop house, surrounded by construction boards. "What do we do?"...."Shall we just get off the cab and look around?". Was not just gonna give up as a blogger has recently visited this cafe...it can't possibly shut down in just matter of days?!
A few locals sitting nearby immediately recognized puzzled looks on our faces, pointed to the right and rambled something in Vietnamese. I looked up the shop house in dismay, wondering what has happened to the cafe & saw its signboards with arrows pointing to the right. You will not believe how difficult it was to locate this cafe! This better be worth it!
The long entry through few flights of old & dark stairs & reaching a long, dark corridor making us wonder if we have illegally stepped into an abandoned building. Alas we found another narrow corridor leading us to the entrance of the cafe after spotting beams of dim yellow lights.
The cafe has a rather nice ambience, with a mix of east & west furnishings. Less than half the crowd was Vietnamese while the rest were mainly Caucasian & Japanese.
I was in for more disappointment. We came after having a good Korean lunch, with expectations of savouring their famous Vietnamese coffee flavored French Toast and Earl Grey muffins. After asking different servers, it was confirmed that they are not fixed items on the menu and they just happened not to make them that day!
Oh well, it was just not fated. Perhaps, we might come back again one day.
Very old & run down shop house. Look up for their signboards for directions.
The entry point to a few flight of old & dark stairs before reaching the cafe
Greeted by this long & dark corridor upon reaching the top of the stair
Top of the stair outside the cafe
Another dark corridor leading to the entrance of the cafe
Old but nice furnishings
Pretty good ambience
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