Maison Ikkoku café

This is indeed the ‘house of the moment’ (maison ikkoku) – artisanal coffees, Spam sushi and kong bak pau (a traditional Chinese pork belly sandwich) are served in the ground-floor space under half-sawn furniture hanging decoratively from the ceiling. A cocktail bar also resides on the top level, the fertile imagination of Ethan Leslie Leong, formerly of Drink Culture and nearby Bar Stories. Japanese ‘latte-art specialist’ Hiroshi Sawada trained the coffee baristas.