Last Visit: June 2008
Shooting Star Cafe is a Hong Kong style cafe in the outskirts of Chinatown. It opened two years ago and is going strong. Hard to believe this, but if it's 11pm at night and you want somewhere to drink and chat with a friend, this is the place. People complain about the noisy people, but I guess it's not that bad if you're part of the group that's making the noise.Shooting Star Cafe is an excellent example of a "third place". I'm fascinated by this notion and have written about it before. The idea behind a "third place" is that a person's first place is Home and his or her second place is Work (or school). Then there is the third place, a place away from the intimacy of home and the demands of work. People go here to hang out. The food is not as bad as people say, and the service is as good as any restaurant in Chinatown; you'll be attended to eventually.
What you can expect is a loud atmosphere and a cup of hot tea no matter how late it is at night. I must have went there three times one week; there were not many options that week. Actually after a certain time in Chinatown, you will be forced to go to either Shooting Star Cafe, Gold Medal HK restaurant, or Ying-Kee Restaurant. ABC bakery is shaky, sometimes it opens late, sometimes it closes early.
I do have one thing that I recommend at Shooting Star, try the Borscht Soup. It's actually done really well. The sauce is pretty thick and there's a kick of spice in it. Great for crackers, but don't even think about it - it's Chinatown, there's no crackers with soup. If you're adventurous, try the cornucopia of Hong Kong style desserts, I tend to avoid the sweets.
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