With me traveling to Macau I had expected to be out of my usually street food bubble, but I had not exactly planned for the opulence of the Vivian Westwood cafe.
I found myself here after crossing the border and jumping on the first free bus that I saw, this took me to the Grand Lisboa Palace located just outside Taipa the capital of Macao.
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The Grand Lisboa Palace
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At $250 it was unlikely that I would end up staying here, but as I was here I was certainly going to have a look around. And all in all I have to say I was very impressed.
Firstly this is not just a casino, but a palace with there being shopping opportunities everywhere, as well as restaurants and even children’s play areas. I would no usually include the later, but they had Moomin (link) themed area, something I loved as a kid…
I also spotted the Vivian Westwood Cafe, so decided right away that I had to go.
The Vivian Westwood Cafe
In cae y’all don’t know Vivian Westwood is a fashion designer from the UK who in fiction gifted Carrie her wedding dress on TV show 3’s hookers and their madam.
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I therefore concluded that the place would be opulent and expensive. I was in the mood for both of these things. The cafe was next to an actual Vivian Westwood store and had a cafe like exterior, but with the cool people having to ask for their table on entrance. I was without doubt the most casually dressed going in, but I felt that I deserved to be there with not an inch of imposter syndrome.
It described itself as “experimental” which I assume malt “lets see if people buy this shit”.
The Vivian Westwood Cafe Macao Menu
The menu at Vivian Westwood Cafe was not actually that experimental instead having a fairly bog standard if not posh food list. This included stuff as benign as chips and wings (which I got), but with extras like garlic butter sauce.
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Most of the other stuff was fairly standard and the kind of dishes you’d expect from anywhere such as fish and chips, as well as squid.
The drinks menu was a bit of a let down though with there being a mocktail, but not a cocktail list. They did though have sparkling wine, which is what I opted for.
I also went for Vivian Westwood Special Bear Drink, which was a marvelous hot chocolate with a chocolate bear, rather than a Grindr style advertisement.
Still thirsty I also went for an Orange San Peregrino, or as I like to call it the Ferrari of #FantaQuest
Is Vivian Westwood Cafe expensive?
All in all one main, 3 drinks (one of which was sparkling wine) and a cute bear made of chocolate came in at just over 300 MOP/HKD, or $40 USD, so not exactly cheap, but also not mortgage your house expensive.
Do I need to go to the Vivian Westwood Cafe again, probably not if I am brutally honest…..
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