With over a decade of heritage dating back to 1883 Caffe Pascuccci has just commenced on its next venture, with its first two China outlets just opened in Hong Kong. However, in spite of the longstanding legacy behind the company, Caffe Pascuccci is miles apart from traditional coffee houses and even further removed from all the other homogenized coffee shops that litter our city streets.

Caffe Pascuccci diverges in many aspects, but one of the most noticeable differences is the interior. Brightly inviting, sleek and modern; the design theme is hip and cosmopolitan.

Hints of baroque styling emerge on the white leather seats and sofas, with reflective steel panels drawing one to the open serving counter – the source of the tempting aromas that infuse the shop. Another distinguishing element of Caffe Pascuccci is its unique selection of beverages.

Beautifully inspired and creatively innovative, these drinks take coffee to new heights. While they may not exactly be traditional, they are beyond tempting, with their own branded coffee beans appearing in such caffeine concoctions as their Yogurt Cappuccino, their Sorbetto Cappuccino and their popular Fraspuccio Meringato.

With an attention to detail, their milk is much foamier and their cream much creamer than other coffee shops, and they mix and match a kaleidoscopic range of ingredients. The beauty is in the variation.

Breaking the norm and standing out from the crowd; Caffe Pascuccci is where old meets new and tradition meets innovation. With all the unvarying high-street coffee shops around today, you could do worse.

A5, G/F, Block 2 & 3, the Zenith, No.3 Wan Chai Road & No.258 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
香港湾仔, 湾仔道3号和皇后大道258号交叉路口。

Tel.: (852) 2976 4030

Shop No.01A, Level 12, Langham Place, No.8 Argyle Street,Kowloon
九龙亚皆老街8号朗豪坊12层No.01A.
Tel.: (852) 3514 4171

Lily Shadow's Fusion Restaurant and Wine and Cocktail Bar brings a fresh, new cosmopolitan style to Chengdu's upscale Tongzilin district. You'll have to find out for yourself to see just what Italian and Japanese fusion means. The interior decor is chic and the place certainly isn't attracting the riff-raff. Expect to drop at least 100 Yuan per person if not way more for a satisfying night of eat and drink.

Lily's is just east of the southern Carrefour south of the 2nd ring road on Tongzilin Zhonglu.

Red Brick Italian restaurant is earning a strong reputation for quality pizza and Italian cuisine. Pizzas cost around 50-60 Yuan. Other dishes range from 25 Yuan and up. The restaurant is conveniently located on Kehua Beilu near the west gate of Sichuan University and many other foreign joints such as Grandma's Kitchen and many others.

The name ’tivo’ is short for ’aperitivo’ – a light alcoholic drink before lunch or dinner, often served with free snacks in an Italian bar. They do this with gusto at tivo, where their passion for wine is apparent in their vast selection of 10 white and 10 red by-the-glass wines, plus their collection of daily wine specials. The carefully selected list of wines is sourced from regions around the world, with all adhering to their core philosophy of balance between styles suited to food, and suited to whet the palate before food. Designed to be ’laid-back, warm and inviting,’ tivo offers an exclusive spot for pre-dinner aperitifs, casual drinks and friendly dinner parties with its chic and abstract interiors – a series of wood veneer pendant lights set against a backdrop of glowing back-lit wine-shelves and an oval centerpiece bar with concave sides.

Also, started on July 31st, tivo now offers a menu of authentic dishes from the regions of Italy throughout September. The ’gastronomic tour’ is conceived by Guest Chef Eugenio Riva, who draws inspiration from his Italian heritage. In addition, Chef Riva, who is aqua restaurant group’s newly appointed Chef de Cuisine, based at One Peking Road will bring seven authentic dishes from seven regions of Italy to tivo. The limited time menu includes dishes from Puglia, Lombardy, Toscana, Sicily, Veneto, Lazio (Roma) and Campania . Open daily for lunch and dinner, and on weekends for brunch, tivo is coined a dining bar rather than a bar per se. It specializes in light contemporary Italian cuisine including pizza and pasta using only the freshest produce and choice ingredients.