Jessica, the owner of Zhaimen Coffee, in order to bid farewell to the cheongsam event "April on Earth" held in 2018, performed the "Boat Ticket" section of the movie "In the Mood for Love" in the store. Cheongsams of the same color and style.

(Photo by reporter Wang Jie)

[Reporter Wang Jie/Tainan Report] "Zhaimen" Coffee, the representative of Tainan Old House Cafe, has held the "April Day on Earth" event since 2018. At that time, Golden Bell Award winner Wang Haoyi was invited to play Xu Zhimo, and he was required to participate Male customers must wear formal attire, while female customers must wear cheongsam, but some female customers said that wearing cheongsam "shows flesh". Farewell to the "ticket" section.

"In the Mood for Love" is a romantic film directed by Wong Kar Wai. After its premiere at Cannes Film Festival in France, Tony Leung, who played the leading actor Zhou Muyun, became the first Hong Kong actor to win this award. It is also one of the most important films in Asia. A line said by the heroine, "It's me, if there is another ticket, will you go with me?" has become a classic.

Maggie Cheung, who plays the heroine Su Lizhen in the play, mostly wears a cheongsam, so the proprietress Jessica thinks it is suitable as a part of saying goodbye to the "April Day" event. Jessica even ordered a cheongsam with the same color and style as in the play , performing the bridge section of "Boat Ticket".

Jessica said that the main purpose of the event was to highlight the characteristics of the store environment, but many female customers were very resistant when they heard that they wanted to wear a cheongsam because they were worried that they would "show their flesh". Some writers even want to take the initiative to participate in guided readings.

Zhaimen Café is a representative of Tainan old house coffee. Many politicians, businessmen, and celebrities have been guests. Taiwanese literary writer Huang Chunming, Nobel Prize winner Gao Xingjian, and Derek Walker also appointed them when they visited Taiwan. to the cafe.

Zhaimen Café started in 2018 and held the "April on Earth" cheongsam event once a year. It will be closed after the last event this year.

(Photo by reporter Wang Jie)