{"id":15902,"date":"2020-03-17T12:11:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T04:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/?p=15902"},"modified":"2021-06-23T16:51:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T08:51:48","slug":"turn-the-clock-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/2020\/03\/turn-the-clock-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn the Clock Back"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Taiwanese restaurant inside an industrial building can bring you back to the old times.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Tommy Huang<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

School Caf\u00e9 (\u5c0f\u6642\u5149) is a Taiwanese restaurant inside an old industrial building in Kwun Tong. Decorated like an old school, School Caf\u00e9 is not simply a restaurant to dine in, but also a place to turn the clock back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The owner of School Caf\u00e9, Kevin Chan, is a Hong Konger who loves Taiwanese food so much that he opened a Taiwanese restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chan also likes to collect old stuff. Old desks and chairs in School Caf\u00e9 were originally abandoned when some schools underwent renovation in Taiwan. Chan collected and brought them to Hong Kong. He thinks it is wasteful to throw away old school furnitures which are now used in the caf\u00e9 as dining tables and chairs for customers to sit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Abandoned old furnitures taken from school renovation are placed in School Cafe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hongkongers love Taiwanese romantic movies like \u201cSecret (\u4e0d\u80fd\u8aaa\u7684\u79d8\u5bc6)\u201d and \u201cYou Are the Apple of My Eye (\u90a3\u4e9b\u5e74\uff0c\u6211\u5011\u4e00\u8d77\u8ffd\u7684\u5973\u5b69)\u201d. Posters of these films are hung on walls in the caf\u00e9. Customers can feel as if they are in Taiwan once they step into the restaurant. \u201cI have seen movies \u201cDetention (\u8fd4\u6821)\u201d and \u201cOur Times (\u6211\u7684\u5c11\u5973\u6642\u4ee3)\u201d, so I find these old desks and chairs familiar,\u201d Bowie Mok, a Hong Kong customer says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second-hand comic books are also available for customers to read at the caf\u00e9. Japanese comics became popular in the 1970s in Taiwan and Hong Kong. \u201cI like Slam Dunk and comics by Mitsuru Adachi,\u201d Cannie Chan, manager of School Caf\u00e9, says. \u201cDragon Ball was also popular in my time, but it was not my favorite,\u201d she adds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Customers can read classic Japanese comics on the shelves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt brings my childhood memories back. I see action figures of Mazinger Z, which we all watched when we were young,\u201d Lai Jui-Chin, a Taiwanese customer shares. Antiques such as action figures, sashes, fans, television, and telephone are all special features of its decoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Braised pork on rice is the signature dish in School Caf\u00e9.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Red-braised beef noodle soup and braised pork on rice are School Caf\u00e9\u2019s signature dishes. Most of the ingredients are imported from Taiwan directly. \u201cWithout these ingredients from Taiwan, the taste of the food will be different,\u201d Chan says. Tablewares such a flask-style cups, colored pencil-style chopsticks, and note-shaped menus another highlights of the restaurant. All imitate stationaries students use in schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOlder customers are more familiar with these decorations. When they come with their families, they share memories with their children,\u201d Chan says. \u201cI find it meaningful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edited by Lambert Siu<\/em>
Sub-edited by Soohyun Kim<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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