Wait out rush hour in style at Café Julia

By Nadine Kam

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 27, 2013

~~<p>Cafe Julia opened at the Richards Street YWCA last summer for breakfast and lunch with the ambition of one day adding dinner service. That hasn't happened, but the next best thing is their pau hana menu with all the heft of a dinner without the hassle of commitment. Stay for 20 minutes while waiting for rush-hour traffic to die down, or gather your associates and friends for a three-hour session. There's no pressure.</p>
<p>Food isn't the cheapest, but on a recent evening, that didn't seem to dampen the enthusiasm of four kids studying over a plateful of garlic fries ($10), nor a trio of businessmen ordering the works: escargot ($11), a roasted beet salad ($12), Singapore clams with lup cheong in a chili broth ($12), guava BBQ ribs ($16) and ahi sashimi (market price).</p>
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Cafe Julia opened at the Richards Street YWCA last summer for breakfast and lunch with the ambition of one day adding dinner service. That hasn't happened, but the next best thing is their pau hana menu with all the heft of a dinner without the hassle of commitment. Stay for 20 minutes while waiting for rush-hour traffic to die down, or gather your associates and friends for a three-hour session. There's no pressure.

Food isn't the cheapest, but on a recent evening, that didn't seem to dampen the enthusiasm of four kids studying over a plateful of garlic fries ($10), nor a trio of businessmen ordering the works: escargot ($11), a roasted beet salad ($12), Singapore clams with lup cheong in a chili broth ($12), guava BBQ ribs ($16) and ahi sashimi (market price). Login for more...