Kommune at 田子坊

While some of the friends' regular breakfast/brunch cafes are closed for the week, others remain open. We've come down to simply eating two meals a day and no more. Although we've a habit of walking everywhere, it's still too much food at every meal, and we never learn to stop stuffing ourselves to the brim.

After a lazy morning of boardgames, we went to Tian Zi Fang (田子坊) for a browse and brunch at Kommune. The Tian Zi Fang area is like a wind tunnel. Always so cold. As we browsed the tiny streets, it was essential to bundle up in order to be comfortable in the wind. Surprise, surprise! Many of the shops and eateries were opened for business! The area was bustling with tourists and locals.

Apparently Kommune is packed out on normal weekends. Usually it takes about 45 minutes to get a table in the cramped space. You gotta love the lunar new year. It was crowded when we got there, but within 5 minutes, we got a table. The food was pretty decent. Although it's nothing we couldn't have cooked at home. We got our bacon and egg fry-ups, and I got my tiny vegetable dips and hummus, and a falafel wrap. In fact, the boys ate, and the bff and I shared their food. We really couldn't eat this much for every meal. The tomato soup came in a quaint Chinese thermos flask and honestly tasted very good, and that wasn't because it was hot. They made it from scratch and peppered it well. Unexpectedly lovely.

We got healthy doses of vitamins too, in the form of fresh juices. Had to request and emphasize for no sugar or honey to be placed in them. While there's flat white and piccolo latte on the menu, the beans and barista at this Australian owned cafe are disappointing. Perhaps it's because the owner is away. But the flat white, is nowhere near the rich beauty of the Oz flat whites I love. The milk was rather horrible tasting. I don't know about its usual coffee standard, but I'd take my chances with Starbucks or Costa over today's cuppa. The Japanese Cafe Dan a few doors down would have been a better choice for coffee.