Sinmei Tea

Get off at sheung wan mtr station exit A2. turn right. walk 100m n ull see a building with different eateries. There u will find a hidden gem with outdoor seating n a fat lazy cat lying around lol their signature dishes are matcha tea. matcha cheesecake. n some more matcha stuff. matcha n white chocolate milk with marshmallow is my ABSOLUTE FAV! We ordered mushroom burger n tuna toasts. Both make great lunch! I see a lot of ppl ordering the tea set that’s only hkd198 so I’m guessing that should b tasty too. plus the price is unbeatable so why not!

Matcha. Tea. YUM. An added plus for an English menu!
A friend suggested this café and I am so glad he did! They have a great menu with different tea and matcha drinks, desserts, and even a chance to try a tea ceremony.
There is limited seating in the café so you will need to wait for a seat.
I tried the sizzling matcha brownie and matcha yin yang (coffee, matcha, condensed milk).
The brownie was a bit too sweet for my taste because I poured all the matcha sauce. The brownie also had macadamia nuts.
The drink was perfect. You get a hint of the coffee and it didn’t overpower the matcha. It was the perfect sweetness.
They also have a cute cat at the café :)

Simnei Tea is one of those hidden cafes that you find out about through pictures, get super excited about, and when you set out to find it you get confused and lost. After a bit of navigation around the solemn-​looking office building, finding Sinmei was like hitting a matcha oasis.
The ambiance is quite unique: rather than cutesy or modern which has become commonplace and sometimes tacky, Sinmei has a very traditional yet avant-​garde vibe – reminiscent of Miyazaki because there’s almost something spiritual and a real live cat in residence.
In short, Sinmei is matcha /​抹茶 galore, featuring a number of specialty green tea themed items. In my opinion the food at Sinmei is much more unique and worthwhile than the drinks, but in general it is very good quality: everything has a strong matcha taste and that nice dark green hue.
Matcha fondant: Lava cake /​fondant has become a thing in HK but no matter how many you’ve had, the Sinmei version is mind-​blowing – a perfect plump matcha cake enveloping a warm, luscious matcha filling. The vanilla ice cream with its crumble (soybean powder I think) and matcha powder toppings are synergistically delicious in texture, temperature, and flavor.
Matcha sizzling brownie: I didn’t try this because the fondant + 2 drinks was definitely more than enough matcha and sugar for two people, but I would give it a try next time (partly because the presentation on a cast iron skillet is so neat).
Matcha soul: This looks magical in pictures, but in my opinion it was just okay – mostly a matcha latte with a flashy swirl and sprinkle of soybean powder that looks like gold flakes.
Matcha snow: The cold matcha latte with vanilla ice cream was a treat, though I still found myself more excited over the matcha fondant.
It’s quite pricey for your 下午茶, but the matcha quality is good and Instagrammability is off the charts. Indeed I took multiple photos (including a shameless time lapse of my fondant filling seeping out) that ended up being very popular when I bragged about the matcha delicacies on social media.
Advice if you talking to HK peeps: Sinmei does not correlate to the Chinese name 川善茶居 (I’m hypothesizing it’s a Japanese phonetic translation, and I’m fairly certain that the owner is Japanese).

their desserts are pretty good :) drinks are okay. savory stuff are meh. everything kinda overpriced.
good location but a little bit hidden! service and cleanliness is mediocre. décor is a little bit funky. most importantly: need to turn up that ac during summer days coz my ice-​cream is melting even if its not on a sizzling pan.

WhooooooaahhhhhGreenTeaEverything!
Seriously, this is a matcha mecca. And before you try to say that three times fast, consider preoccupying your mouth with a matcha-​ccino, matcha mojito or a matcha sunrise, alongside a matcha molten cake, or matcha cheesecake, or matcha angel cake, or matcha loaf cake, or a sizzling matcha brownie, or banana toffee pudding (with matcha powder, of course). Matcha, matcha, matcha. You get the idea.
We both agreed that the desserts were tastier than the drinks (which just lacked that strong, earthy green tea flavor we were hoping for), and that the whole matcha madness was a bit much (a). And I’m ashamed to say that my favorite bite of the experience was of the vegan apple cake sans matcha. However this spot is clearly all the rage, as proven by the queue of 15+ people waiting for our table as we left!
It’s an undeniably a sweet little shop with loads of character and they certainly have their hook, so pop this one on your «interesting local experiences to try while in HK» list and matcha to your heart’s content.