Village Café: From Smoothie Bowls to Poké Bowls
Posted: August 12th, 2017 | Author: LumDimSum | Filed under: Foodies & Dining Scene | Tags: Australian Wagyu Beef Burger, Bircher Muesli, breakfast menu, Jing Yaa Tang, Pimms Pitcher, Plastered 8, Poké Bowls, Punk, Sanlitun, Smoothie Bowls, Southeast Asian, Sureno, Swire Properties, The Opposite House, Village Cafe | 1 Comment »When it first opened, The Opposite House was the talk of the town. It changed the perception of the entire Sanlitun street which was previously notorious for tourist-trap bars with bad KTV, pole dancers and fake booze. Classy and modern in design, The Opposite House was opened alongside Sanlitun Taikoo Li South (previously known as Sanlitun Village), all run and managed by Swire Properties. Not only a smart and cool boutique hotel, The Opposite House was a dining and party destination itself with restaurants producing some of the best food in the city and Punk was one of the go-to places for hipsters to get drunk and dance to sick beats every night of the week.
Somewhere in the last few years it lost some of that sparkle. Punk was replaced by Jing Yaa Tang, a duck restaurant where everyone goes for the all-you-can-eat dim sum deal, Bei closed and Sureño has seen a few turn-overs in head chefs.
Fortunately, in the past year or so, there has been somewhat of a renaissance and the Opposite House has upped it’s game once more.
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