Found out from of a friend ... research has shown that a female's tummy expands once they hear the word "dessert". I guess that explains my second appetite for sweets. It probably also explains why there was not a single male customer even though this place was almost full! Had lunch with girls then decided to properly end our meal with dessert at Sift. I've read reviews and have always wanted to try this place. Since I had lunch in Central, I took this perfect opportunity to try it out!Entering the restaurant, couldn't help but swoon at the sweet smell of baked goods. Got a table at the actual bar where we could watch the chefs prepare all of our desserts. I really liked the concept of a dessert bar: it's quite rare to get one of these in HKG so its a new experience coming here. The sight of chefs gradually folding dark, rich chocolate into silky smooth cream was a beautiful sight

The menu isn't big, as they only serve drinks and desserts. There is a minimum charge of $65 per head, so it's probably best to order a dessert each! We ordered 3 desserts:Sift Chocolate Cake, $72: This was impressive! I really enjoyed the flavour, texture and presentation of this dessert. A combination of chocolate fudge cake, layered with chocolate ganache, jivara cremeux and praline crunch, it was so satisfying . The presentation is simple - the cake itself placed on one side of a long, narrow plate, topped with some crunch flakes. The other side of the place was simply a line of crunch flakes - simple, elegant, lovely! The excess flakes on the side was perfect, because I love them and it adds crunch to the cake. Now, the cake itself. It was very chocolately, very rich yet not overwhelmingly sweet. The temeperature was good, cold enough and the texture was heavenly. The smooth chocolate mousse was greatly contrasted with the dense, moist cake and crunch. Yum!!!!!! For all you chocolate lovers out there, this is a recommended!Chocolate and Strawberry Pavlova, $90: This was also a delight to look at from start to finish. A beautiful piece of chocolate pavlova covered with some whipped cream then a generous layer of strawberries and a final sprinkle of grated chocolate. This is served with a little glass of Chardonnay Jelly. This was good in contrast with the chocolate dessert because it was lighter and more refreshing. This dessert was great too. The chocolate pavlova was light and airy. Crispy on the outside, moist and chewy in the middle. Paired with the whipped cream and strawberries (you can't really go wrong with strawberries and cream!), it was a great summer dessert. The strawberries were a little sour, but that didn't really matter because the pavlova was sweet and chocolatey. The jelly wasn't really my thing, don't really like such strong alcoholic flavour in my desserts. For those who do, might like it - was cold and light, interesting contrast in flavour and texture with the pavlova itself. Molten Chocolate Cake, $85: Only had one bite of this one, but it was a nice, satisfying bite! The cake was warm and the inside definitely molten. It was rich, dense, moist and chocolatey. Topped with some ice cold vanilla ice cream and chocolate almond crunch it was very warming. It's heavier than the other two dessert, maybe also due to the fact that it is served warm. For me, that's fine ... it is dessert afterall !

The place itself is quite cosy, since we chose to sit at the bar, I couldn't tell if the tables were too close to each other. Atmosphere was nice, quite good for chilling with the girls. Service was fine too, the chef behind the bar was the one who took our orders and he was quite friendly. Great place it you have time for a nice dessert, especially to all those girls with a sweet tooth like me!

Likes: Sift Chocolate Cake
Dislikes: -
Come Again? Yes
Room for Improvement: Their menu (physically) because it didn't really give a good first impression when you sit down, open the menu and the paper is slightly crumpled with some stains. They can do much better! Other than this, really quite a unique place they've got.

Came here with friends for dessert after a hot pot dinner. Entrance was crowded, but we wanted to try it so we stayed and waited. "Receptionist Man" was very enthusiastic, loud and motivated for his job, how fun to watch ! 10 mins wait wasn't too bad, for the amount of people waiting outside. They have quite a lot of tables inside.We ordered a few things to share. 咖啡果凍伴雪芭 was very smooth and rich! I am not a big fan of coffee, but really enjoyed this dessert. The scoops of ice-cream-like parfait was smooth and silky with some crunchy texture and bits of ice. Extremely like ! Along with the coffee jelly, it was a interesting combination of textures and temperature. Plus, can't get this anywhere else! The 芒果椰汁清心圓 was average. I think that the coconut base/soup was too watery. It would be better if they added some mango juice for more substance and taste. The 清心圓 was good, although not as good as 合成's. There was also sago and mango bits. Was an interesting combination but the coconut soup let it down! I didnt taste the Sesame Glutinous Ball, but I tried the Sesame Soup that went with it and it was definitely low sugar! Wasn't too sweet, but nothing special.The MALTESERS MOCHI!!!! Was my favourite dessert of the night! I've heard good things about it, finally got to try it! As I like things that come in small portions, these tiny chewy balls coated with cocoa powder hit the spot! A whole malteser in the centre, wrapped in a thin layer of chew glutinous layer then coated with cocoa powder. So simple but delicious! Chewy on the outside, followed by a chocolatey layer of maltesers then a crunchy malt centre. WOWWWW! They were so yummy I bought one box to takeaway and bring home to share with my lovely family! The Mango Mochi however, was slightly disappointing. Maybe a little biased as I didn't like them so big. But the mango seemed unfresh and the texture was slightly too soft. The glutinous layer was too thin compared to the big piece of mango and not chewy enough. The whole mochi was just soggy and soft. Boo!

The restaurant itself is quite nicely decorated but the seating was very crowded. I guess this prevents the long wait. The service could be improved - our desserts came at very different times and we had to catch up on our mochi because they took so long. Logically, they could've given them to us first because they are already packed! When we paid on our way out, they even stacked up a few boxes of malteser mochi: I'm guessing a lot of people order takeaway! Anyway, I like the fact that this place is low sugar, providing feel-good desserts! A less sweet, more healthier option for dessert big menu too!Like: MALTESER MOCHI and Coffee Parfait
Dislike: Mango Mochi
Come again? Yes!

I really enjoy Shanghainese food, maybe because there is so much variety. This place takes full advantage of that my providing its customers with a big big menu, lots of pictures and things to choose from. I think this place is one of the better Shanghainese restaurants out of the bunch in its area, they seem to put more effort into making the food taste good. Ordered various things to share between us.燻魚: For appetizer, ordered this. Was my first time trying this dish, so I have nothing to compare it to. It's quite special - coldly served, sweet, a little hard and chewy. Although not really my type of dish, it was quite a nice start to the meal, especially on a hot day, to open our appetite for the rest of our meal! 霸王小籠包: This place does 小籠包 quite nicely. Of course, there are better places (still reminiscing Taipei's 鼎泰豐) but this I would consider one of the better ones. Freshly steamed, they were very hot! We ate it straight away so that it would retain its temperature. Together with some vinegar and ginger ... mmm ... the skin was very thin and soft, and the meat tender, juicy and fat! There was a lot of juice packed inside, made the whole thing very flavourful! Yum.擔擔麵: I am a big big fan of 擔擔麵! Well done at this place too, especially the texture of the noodles. It's such a happy thing when I find places which can do their noodles well. Its not rare for Shanghainese restaurants to freshly make their noodles and I think this place is no exception. They have three types to choose from and I think we chose the thick kind which is what most people choose for 擔擔麵. These were so chewy and smooth, super like! The soup was good too, quite spicy with some peanut flavour. Definitely would order this again if I'm here, but the temperature could be a little hotter!水煮牛: This was tasty as well, maybe not very authentic, not very spicy but the beef was very tender. The portion was very big and although not very spicy, it was flavourful. There was also a lot of vegetables, perfect for me! We ordered a bowl of plain rice to go with it, as there was lots of sauce (more like oil, hehe)! Not as spicy as I would've liked it, but the texture of the meat made it good .四季豆: Of course we'd order some greens. These were good, nicely seasoned. Also good with plain rice.

This restaurant is quite big. Lots of seats and quite spacious. We got a table with sofas so it was quite comfortable. The service was very efficient, but nothing spectacular. Great food and menu, would recommend to anyone who likes Shanghainese.

Likes: 擔擔麵, 小籠包
Dislikes: -
Come Again? Yes
Room for Improvement: Temperature of food (could be hotter) and their 水煮牛 spicier.

Late night snack .. deadly to my weight gain but unavoidable! This is such a bad habit of mine, but too bad! Chose this place because I wanted something savoury and they now provide tables and chairs for people to eat there instead of having to takeaway. 魚肉生菜, $12: I'm quite a big fan of this snack because I like vegetables, I like fish and I like soup, haha! You can't really go wrong with this unless the fish batter is done really bad. I think this was satisfactory, nothing too extraordinary though. The fish meat quite chewy and not too soft, the vegetables weren't overcooked and the portion was so big for the price! Not bad. 茶葉蛋, $3: This was really hot, I could barely remove the egg from its shell! The eggs itself absorbed a lot of the sauce and was very dark in colour, also very flavourful. However, the texture was a little too hard for my liking.

豬頸肉, $8: I like to choose 豬頸肉 when eating 串燒 because it's a more tender meat. I asked for spicy so they sprinkled spicy seasoning powder on top. It was quite good, but nothing too special!

This place is quite good whenever I feel like a savoury snack, as they have wide variety. It's quite good value for money and now that they have seating, I might be coming back more often!

Likes: There wasn't anything too spectacular which I would return for or recommend, but everything was decent.
Dislikes: -
Come Again? Yes, when I need some street food!