Kwun Tong Industrial Building

Treasures have returned to the bottom, so it is necessary to eat good food, so the factory building has become a place of great concentration in recent years, especially in the Kwun Tong industrial district. Who would have thought that there was a family where people would drink tea on tatami and eat local food? A rare tea house of refined cuisine? After all, can you find high-quality hand-made pasta that is delivered directly from Italy and is more affordable to the public? See a surprise everywhere.

Chinese tea with Western-style modern tea seats

Came to the World Tea Hall, a tatami room with a touch of oriental flavor. The teahouse is located in the Kwun Tong commercial building. It is not only a teahouse. The core idea is a cultural exchange venue.

The owner, Xue Jiayu, is the successor of the Japanese tea “Sawazawa Stream Tea Ceremony in Japan” and has been exploring the origins of the tea culture. He said that the root of tea art began with a small meditation room in the Buddhist temple of the Song Dynasty. Different religious figures and thinkers discussed each thought while sipping tea. Passed to Japan and developed into a set of “Wai Sabi” culture advocating Wabi Sabi, from the monks to the nobility of the civilians, drinking tea on the 4 half stack of tatami, eating refined food (vegetarian) talk about meditation. It is through this shop that the brother is engraved with “tea mats.” The tea mats are intended to be tea exchanged for exchange of ideas. Therefore, tea is sold here as well as a traditional tea drinking culture. It is not limited to Zen Buddhism. Any cultural activities such as performances, designs, and lectures will be held here. Hopefully, tea Hakka cultural dialogue. The brothers think that everyone can enjoy the “tea mats” here, so it is not only to provide teas with a level of elegance and common taste, but also to serve foods like the style of “professional cuisine.” In order not to scare off the first-time tea tasting guests, there are pots of Pu-erh tea and herbal tea. The tea is brewed by the clerk. The guests press the on-off valve on the top of the kettle to pick up the tea. There is no need for timekeeping or to learn about tea. Do not play deep. Drink more, want to try more advanced tea, here also provide rock tea, Pu’er, Dan, Tie Guan Yin, Taiwan Oolong about 30 high-end Chinese tea, in terms of each, about $ 300 or so, two, three The individual has already bought an astronomically expensive tea. As for the Japanese “tea mats”, although they do not provide vegan foods, they tend to be light and mostly seafood and vegetarian dishes. The brother-in-law and teacher Lin Binghui, the founder of Taiwan’s Zen cuisine, “Food and Mountain House” are old friends. They refer to their style of eating and eating raw ingredients from time to time. Here, the menu is simple and western-style, serving salad and soup. , Italian rice, spaghetti and desserts with tea, Oriental tea with Western food is considered exceptional, it is the “tea seat” style created by the brother.