Agnes b.

It’s pronounced Agnes «Bay», like in French. Taiwanese 1 — 0 Hong Kongers this time.
For all these years, I never got the hype of Agnes b. in Asia. It’s never a big name out there in French or the rest of the world. It’s like the fashion-​equivalent of Michael Learns to Rock. People in Hong Kong really love it back in early 2000s, and now I barely know anyone that likes this brand in particular.
Now Agnes b. may or may not notice the same, but they have their strategy — leverage its brand, and diversify. This particular shop is a café and a florist. While the food is nothing near amazing or authentic, and the flowers at the florist is just above par (hey I have a high standard), the décor makes up for everything and some more.
It’s enough to attract first timers but not enough to keep returning customers. Which, ironically, is perfect on Gough Street, while nowadays consists of only tourists and hipsters. Agnes b. is too mainstream to attract hipsters anyway compared to other shops, and you don’t really have to care about returning tourists… so yeah, it can and probably will excel very well here but I have other options for sure.