#160 - 5620 152nd Street, Surrey
I finally found some super cute coffee shops in Surrey! Eleanor and I went to West Village Cafe in the Panaorama Heights part of Surrey. Situated by a very busy intersection and close to many businesses and nearby residential area, West Village is the perfect full-service, community coffee shop. What they have going on there is perfect and special. I had high expectations for West Village, and they did not disappoint. Upon entering into the cafe, I fell in love with the decor. Wooden tables, long marble counters, and comfy couches with tons of natural light streaming in through the wooden blinds made me feel like I was in California - forget the Vancouver coffee shop vibe! You can peer into the kitchen area where they make the drinks as well as the various food items. Seeing as this was a snack, Eleanor and I both had their cinnamon sugar waffles, a macaron each, and coffee for myself and a London Fog for her. Since Eleanor had her camera with her, we got some pretty aesthetic shots of our food before actually digging into it. Everything tasted as good as it looked. The cinnamon sugar waffles came with whipped cream and a choice of topping, of which I had the mango mint & apple compote and Eleanor had the salted caramel sauce. The waffles were crunchy and just the right amount of sweetness, definitely rivaling the waffles from Cafe Medina. The macarons that we had were okay, but definitely really tiny for the price that was paid. The drinks were good too! All in all, West Village is the perfect response to Surrey's lack of coffee shops, though it is still a bit of a distance for me to get there from where I live. Nonetheless, it is an incredible place that has so much to offer, like lunch items and other fantastic drinks, and even beer and wine!
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213 E Georgia Street, Vancouver (Chinatown)
They call it "community space", and how right they are. This was the firs time that I went to check out Matchstick Coffee at their Chinatown location. Located on E Georgia right off of Main Street, the space is massive, open, and yet, homey and intimate all at once. There are many long wooden bar tables, a communal sitting space with low coffee tables, and green plants and cute little cacti sitting on blackened shelves. An open gap in the wall allows you to peer into their kitchen area where they make their baked goods, and coffee brewing enthusiasts will marvel at the brewing equipment that sits in plain view next to the cash registers. Matchstick also roasts all of their own beans, which is incredible to note. I tried the Diamante coffee, which has notes of apple, walnut and brown sugar- which, in my mind, is the embodiment of fall. The coffee, just as the barista promised me, was bold and yet reserved at the same time, bringing together a blend of cohesive flavours with just the right amount of sweetness. I was hooked instantly. I have also been told that Matchstick pastries and food is to die for - will have to update once I get to try them for myself! Whether you are here to meet with friends or get lost in your own mind, read a book or write one of your ow- Matchstick is the place for you. There is a lot of communal space and it is almost guaranteed th you will have a place to do whatever you need to. However, techies beware: there are no plugs of any kind along their walls by their seating areas, though there is free guest wifi that requires no password. So if you are planning on working on a paper or your next novel, make sure that your laptop is completely charged. I guarantee that once you get settled in, you will want to stay for a long time. |
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