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About this place
One diner who tried a small serving of the pork belly curry recalled tender chunks of pork and a comforting, nostalgic flavour. The menu describes it as a café-style curry with slightly larger ingredients: “home-style curry, dressed up a little.” For a hearty meal, there is the curry; for a classic café dish, consider the ketchup-rich Napolitan. The Half-Burger Napolitan, topped with a small hamburger patty, is another option if you would like something more substantial on the plate.
After your meal, you can choose the house special blend, based on Ethiopian beans and combined with Colombian and Tanzanian coffee, or select beans by origin. The menu describes the Tanzania as full-bodied, with gentle dried-berry notes, and the Colombia as having fine acidity and a chocolate-like aroma. One diner who enjoyed Napolitan with Colombian coffee said both seemed carefully prepared. Other choices include Marco Polo tea and a café au lait made with specialty coffee and milk.
Books, manga and records line the room, and guests are welcome to pick them up and browse—a distinctive part of the experience here. The atmosphere is described as quiet and relaxed, making Halftime seem well suited to a meal alone or coffee with a book after eating.
