I'm one of those people who don't drink coffee. But I still go to Starbucks, only for desserts, not for drinks. I crave for Mango fruit juice every now and then, yes, but it's the pastries that I keep coming back to. I was also once addicted to Valencia Iced tea, but it's already faced out in the Philippines, which is sad!
Anyway, one of my favorites from Starbucks is the cinnamon roll. Not only is it tasty, but super affordable as well. Sometimes, when I feel like it's okay to indulge in sweets, I can finish two, even three, rolls in just one sitting. That's how much I love it.
So I order for it most of the time, but how come I only noticed now? It looks like a giant poop! Damn it! Now I need to close my eyes and forget about this idea the next time I devour this
heavenly roll. Don't get turned off, okay? Believe me, it's so worth the try!
I've got a box of surprise for you!!!!
Yes, it's cupcake! Cupcakes!!!! Yay!!!! Remember that time I blogged about my disappointed visit to
Little Cupcakes with Yvonne? On my last visit to Melbourne, they were closed for Easter. This time, I was a little lucky. But not really that lucky.
I've bought 20 cupcakes, which cost $40. And I tried four cupcakes. Only 4. The one I had was cookies & cream, vanilla cupcake with cheese topping (it wouldn't be called icing right?), double chocolate and coffee with chocolate icing.
I brought the rest back to Hobart. As usual, the flight was delayed and I was way too tired to eat them when I came back home. I put the box of cupcakes on my kitchen table and the next morning, ants were on the cupcakes. I guess they love it too. I had no choice but to throw away all the cupcakes :(
It's really sad indeed. I didn't know the ants took over my house while I was away. Anyway, remember this, throw your rubbish before you go for holiday. Or else, you won't get to eat your cupcakes.
Little Cupcakes
Shop 7, Degraves St.
Melbourne
VIC Australia
Sick and tired of Western dessert? Here's some Chinese dessert for you. Chinese dessert is always perfect for winter - hot and sweet.
I've ordered this glutinous rice ball with black sesame inside. This was in........ oh, I forgot the place. Anyway, it's in one of the Chinese restaurant in Melbourne. The soup is made out of rock sugar syrup and ginger. Really good in cold weather.
If you're in Malaysia, this taste exactly like the one in KTZ.
Like I've said a few weeks ago, there is a mushroom growth of chocolate cafe everywhere in Melbourne. Chocolate (with a mirrored C in the middle) is one of them. Few decades ago, we have coffee mania, where Coffee Bean, Starbucks, San Francisco Coffee, Gloria Jeans, Hudsons, Coffee Republic, etc. was the hottest hang out spot. Right now, Starbucks is totally outdated. No wonder they had to shut down hundreds of branch throughout the world. Right now, chocolate cafe is taking over the world.
Chocolate is situated at the corner of DFO Southern Cross, the exact spot where Starbucks used to be. I'm sure Chocolate have other branches in Melbourne, but it was just convenient for me to sit there and write up my thesis before my friend could pick me up from the station.
I ordered the Belgian hot chocolate. This is so far the best hot chocolate I had. You can get good hot chocolate everywhere, but the difference is the chocolate it is made of. Max Brenner's ain't so good. Chocolate makes it so thick, but yet not too sweet. I love it how they coat some chocolate on the wall of the mug. The one I choose is made out of pure dark chocolate, you can hardly taste the sugar. It's sweet but yet a little bitter at the end. It's really smooth.
The downfall of Chocolate is its outdoor seating. They didn't bother to close the door. It's really bad when cigarette smell was fuming into the indoor seating. I'm a smoker myself. But at times when I'm enjoying some hot chocolate, I just don't want to be interrupted by other stuff like cigarette smoke.
