Reminiscing of French salon, Madame Fu is located inside the former Central Police Station compound, Tai Kwun Centre for Heritage and Arts. Occupying the entire third floor of the beautifully restored colonial building, the space offers different lavishly decorated rooms each decked out with a distinct identity, including The Grand Cafe, The Pink Room, The Red & Blue Verandah, and The Library.

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The Red & Blue Verandah is very picturesque with its velvet coaches, stunning lamps crafted out of vintage Hermes scarves and views of the Tai Kwun courtyard. The ambience of the restaurant allude exclusivity and elegance.

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The restaurant is the perfect example of east meet west serving food that is a contemporary take on Chinese cuisine. The menu range from lunch and afternoon tea, light bites, dinner and weekend brunch. All rooms serve the same food and drink menus. We were seated at The Pink Room and tried the afternoon tea. Afternoon tea is priced at $250 HKD for one and $450 HKD for two. The Pink Room is the perfect spot for instagrammers and fashion bloggers with its colorful millennial pink banquette, artfully distressed walls and velvet cushions.

The Afternoon Tea was served on three-tiered stand and consisted of prawn and smoked salmon open faced sandwiches on the bottom layer; a lemon meringue tart, tang yuan (sweet rice balls with black sesame filling) and tapioca pudding on the second; and chocolate tart and fruit tart on the top. The afternoon tea set also includes a dim sum of the day, and we tried the har gow (shrimp dumplings). The dim sum was brought to the table in a traditional steamer basket to keep it warm.

The heritage environment, artistic decor and ambience is great for afternoon tea but the quality of food was very average. Nonetheless, a visit to this restaurant is still a unique and worthwhile experience.

Madame Fu
Address: 3/F, Block three, Tai Kwun, No. 10 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong
Website: https://www.madamefu.com.hk/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madamefugrandcafe/