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2013-02-07
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After a ten-minute-walk from Shun Tak Centre, we arrived at this coxy cafe. FoodThere were 5 choices of cakes available, and we tried 4 of them. Each was $34, with a $10 deduction for every purchase of drink. Earl Grey Creme Brulee Highly recommended! Its appearance was not attractive to me- but its name was. And it did not disappoint me- it tasted better than it looked and it was awesome! It was a moist sponge cake with earl grey cream on top. All of us were indulged in the richness and the f
FoodThere were 5 choices of cakes available, and we tried 4 of them.
Each was $34, with a $10 deduction for every purchase of drink.
Earl Grey Creme Brulee
Highly recommended! Its appearance was not attractive to me- but its name was.
And it did not disappoint me- it tasted better than it looked and it was awesome!
It was a moist sponge cake with earl grey cream on top.
All of us were indulged in the richness and the freshness of the taste of earl grey, and we unanimously agreed that this was the dessert of the day!
Bitter choc mousse
(front)
It was named as 'Bitter choc brownie' in the display, but marked as 'Bitter choc mousse' on the receipt. I suppose the latter name was the appropriate one.
Under the chocolate crisp, there was chocolate mousse.
I think overall it was a bit too sweet; but it still had a good chocolate taste.
It was one of my friends T's favourite.
Forest noire
(back)It looked quite similar to Bitter choc mousse (above), except that the chocolate crisp was in darker colour with sugar frosting.
However its choc taste was overwhelmed by the sweetness of the icing sugar, and was not as rich as it appeared to be...
Underneath the choc crisp, it was just a very ordinary black forest cake- nothing surprising.
Choc ganache
I just tried a bite of it. It was a sandwich-like chocolate with cream.
There was a slice of cake in the middle layer, which was a bit... rough.
Beverage
Coffee mocha
Lovely latte art on my coffee mocha I could smell the choc- but I could not really taste it when I drank. But I still considered the coffee was nice.
My friend C ordered vanilla choc. She said it had a rich vanilla taste- but only in the first few slips.
My friend D ordered hazelnut choc. It had a good rich hazelnut flavour.
Environment/ service
Although we made a reservation for 4, it seemed that the waiter did not actually reserve a table for us.
Given that there were no seats available on the ground floor, we went upstairs, where the ventilation was poor.
We were fortunate enough that some customers left and we could get a seat on the ground floor later on.
It was a nice quiet place with some soft music.
Packages of coffee beans and accessories were neatly placed around the cafe.
The waiters were friendly- but could be more helpful by giving us a more detailed description of coffee when we asked. After all, I suppose this was a cafe specializing in coffee/ espresso.
Next?
We spent an enjoyable afternoon here.
The price was reasonable and the food and drinks were generally good.
I would probably return for its Earl Grey Creme Brulee, and would like to try if there are some other non-choc desserts.
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