Ancient Cafe in China: 1901Cafe, the oldest church cafe in Beijing

When it comes to the three words Xishku, my first reaction is what happened in the modern history of the first year of senior high school. For a student admitted to the liberal arts class in the second year of senior high school, the weak foundation can not stand the friction of time. The wind and the sun have long been mottled. It turned out that he had loved the Qing army and boxers who surrounded the Xishku church and the embassy area of Dongjiaomin Lane and launched a fierce attack, which marked the peak of the Boxer movement.

"Xishku Church, formerly known as the Savior Church, is located at 33 Xishku Street, Xicheng District, Beijing. It is a Catholic church that opened in 1703. It has long been the cathedral of the Catholic diocese in Beijing and is one of the largest and oldest churches in Beijing. The main body of the church is a three-story Gothic building with a total of 11 minarets at the top. Xishku Church was once the tallest single building in the inner city of Beijing. "

▲ appearance

Xishku church is not only the main body of the church, but also a complex of church buildings. What I want to talk about this time is one of its accessory buildings. The builder, Mr. Zhang Wenrong, was the leading Western-style builder in Beijing at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China. Later, as a Catholic, he donated it to the Sishku Catholic Church, a small gray building that existed as a wing of the Hishiku church and was once a dormitory for senior clergy until the Cultural Revolution. The three-story building, built in 1901, has no Gothic spire or baroque irregularity, so a mixed and innovative building with two architectural styles was born and stands today.

▲ appearance, only to be robbed by Shaxian Hotel

In Beijing, a city where traditional festivals will be fashionable, black-and-white days will be colored, tears will be danced with smiles, and the city will jump through growth. The dormitory of the former clergy and the accessory building of the church have been implanted into the core of fashion and become an elderly young cafe-1901cafe. So far, I have been thinking, want to know who his boss is, what kind of person, brave and discerning to take this place.

Shop name: 1901 Cafe

Per capita: 80

Address: 101 Xi'an Men Nei Street, Xicheng District

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Last year, when I saw this in the moments of Liu Chunlei, a senior food editor I liked very much, I thought she had traveled to Europe. Unexpectedly, she was surprised that I, a native of Beijing, did not know that this was Beijing. I was prompted to come here to echo with Duan Qirui's government of Zhang Zizhong Road, east and west.

In the face of love at first sight, why be afraid of the cold winter wind? Here, I would like to show you a good route. Because it is very close to Guangji Temple, friends who like cats or are interested in Buddhism can go to Guangji Temple first, where there are many huge fat cats of their relatives. It would be better if they could bring some cat food to the children. There is the seat of the Chinese Buddhist Association, sitting on the steps of the temple to rest and meditate is also a good way to relax. Then take a stroll south to the east to get to this cafe.

▲ bar

Push open the wooden door of the squeaky button, pounce on the smell of time, one foot is still in the contemporary era, one foot is already a hundred years ago. The yellowing light reflects the yellowing wood, "the ancients did not see this month, this month once according to the ancients," the poem above. After seeing the change of the old building for a hundred years, the new youth fell in love with its old face.

On the left-hand side of the first floor is the bar, which is used to order, and a young man with a northeast accent and a Beijing Street manager warmly welcome spectators, passers-by and "parties" (see below). Western-style light meals, coffee and other drinks and desserts for guests to choose. There are only a few scattered seats on the first floor. I believe that if you do not have a place, you will never choose a floor if you have browsed the second or third floor.

▲ goes up the steps of the second floor

Walking up the more squeaky steps seemed to hurt him, and he was afraid that his groans would disturb the guests here.

▲ stood on the stairs on the third floor overlooking the second floor.

After the left and right sides of the rotating wooden staircase, came to the spacious second floor, several large bookshelves and furniture separated the space. Small sofas, wooden tables and chairs, dark solid-color furniture, give people inner peace and stability. The landscape seat by the window must be the throne that everyone is fighting for. A small lamp emitting warm light shines on the square inch of the small table and shines on the faces of the guests. Spacious couch seats, which are ideal for couples, snuggling, whispering, watching a movie and reading a book is the best way to consume time.

The window on the second floor of ▲

It was getting dark, and some of the evening light came in sadly, and the lonely little flowers in the window looked out of the window, and the withered vines and old trees were faint.

Independent large package room on the third floor of ▲

Turn around and walk up the stairs. The third floor has a different charm from the second floor, where there are several private rooms that can close the curtain, and there is a large table under the beam, which is enough to hold a small party.

▲ three-story ceiling

After browsing the third floor, in my mind, the feeling and seats on the second floor are more beautiful and lasting than the third floor. The slow and melodious music and soft-spoken guests are suitable for parties like me, that is, the master who is too busy to leave. At the same time, I would also like to remind you that the afternoon is full of guests, either early, or leave, or come back with a quick meal, then the guests of leisure afternoon tea will leave and have a seat.

▲ cheese 36 yuan

Before we came here, we called that there was no place in the store, so we were hungry and cold, so we ate the next Spicy Hot Pot, and then used the rest of the food to order a pot of rose milk tea, French fries, and our favorite cheese. As a reward for me who worked for 13 days in a row, and my sister who was frozen for 40 minutes (I repent because I was late).

The cheese here is 36 yuan, the price is on the high side, the color is light, I thought it was yogurt, but in fact, there is no, the waiter said it is a kind of cream, I do not do baking do not understand, but also ask people who know how to tell. The taste is mediocre, not very mellow.

▲ rose tea 78

Rose tea has a large cup of 48 and a pot of 78. I really don't think there are two cups in a pot.

▲ Pudin fries 38 yuan

This is a snack invented in Quebec in the 1950s. It is said that a truck driver asked the shopkeeper to mix the small pieces of cheese on the table with his French fries while eating in a restaurant. The shopkeeper thought his request was incredible, so he said, "Ca va faire une maudite poutine" (French, meaning: it's going to make a mess). The food was later named "Poutine", which means "mixed, hodgepodge" in French slang. Later, after evolution, the salty chopped cheese covered with water and sprinkled with spicy hot gravy was Puding.

French fries with mozzarella and brisket mushroom sauce, and a little taste of ketchup, French fries are not greasy, plenty. But I didn't think it was delicious. In the end, I asked for ketchup, which had to be the original.

▲ color tile

The time of the party is limited, and there are times when they have to go. The colorful tiles on the ground were found in the doorway, which were very beautiful.

▲ looked out the window from the door of the store.

Standing in the foyer reluctant to walk, there is a sense of being driven out of the door, this is not mine, love, can only wait and see.

The doorstep of ▲ after nightfall

Source: Luxin.com