Escape Caffe on Bree

A friend told us about a coffee place he had just discovered on Bree street which does coffee tastings every first Saturday of the month. Naturally we decided to go check it out this morning. The place is called Escape Caffe and its looks quite small from the outside. Inside is a pleasant surprise and it opens up into a cosy area with books and magazines everywhere and lots of yummy looking patisserie and a gorgeous coffee smell!

The owner Muhammed Lameen Abdul-Malik gave our group the explanation of all the coffees, their origin and history and was both friendly and interesting. His love of coffee and fine food comes through very strong and we got him to chat about his change of career. He was part of the IAEA team awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 2005, for their work in preventing nuclear energy being used for military purposes! I mean, what a difference! I had a latte (since as mentioned before I am not a big coffee drinker) and an Almond croissant which was sublime. While waiting for our friend to arrive we also had a chat with his wife, who is equally engaging. All in all, a very welcoming place with good pastry and excellent coffee, am starting to think I might have to become more of a coffee snob :).


Escape caffe: Manhatten Plaza, 130 Bree Street