Spoil Cafe - spoil yourself with no guilt feelings

Star Street Precinct in Wan Chai is famed for restaurants and gourmet. Going further into the neighborhood, you could find even friendlier eateries - Spoil Cafe is one of them. Situated at a little lovely corner on Sun Street, diners could have themselves spoiled by some seriously tasty food.

The ambiance
Spoil is a small restaurant with no more than 20 seats. Despite the small seating area, the high ceiling and full height glass walls create space and make the room look and feel relaxing.

Tiger prawn pasta with Thai style cream sauce
I highly recommend this personally, the sauce resembles the texture of carbonara but with an overwhelming taste of shrimp instead of bacon..absolutely delicious!

 Grilled spring chicken with orange citrus seasoning
The spring chicken was juicy and scrumptious, marinated with an appetizing citrus mix with lemon peel and orange juice.

Their bread loafs were homemade too! Like ciabatta bread but more moist and cake-like, not bad!

Desserts!! Spoil is famous for its crunch cake, but it's so popular that advance reservation is a MUST in order to get a piece...obviously my friend and I didn't due to our impromptu visit >< anyway, the desserts we ordered were delicious too :)

Signature rich chocolate cake & New York cheese cake
New York cheese cake was good, not disappointing, we know it's easier to make tasty NY cheese cakes than awful ones ;) In contrast, the 75% chocolate cake was extraordinary - very rich (didn't get to ask which chocolate they used, Valrhona?), not too sweet and has a lovely texture.

Spoil Cafe, like some of its counterparts in the Star Street Precinct, is good for diners with a quest for good taste, and for those who'd appreciate a relatively quiet neighborhood to take a stroll after dinner.

Spoil Cafe
Address: Shop A, G/F, Shun Ho Building, 1 Sun Street
Tel: 3589 5678

My Father's Day Weekend with Vero's Chocolates

 

Went to the Landmark for Father's Day cake hunting (I was thinking about Sift's Father's Day special - CARAMOCHA but it was closed the time I got there, so I ended up in Vero). Its Signature Dark 70% chocolate is something I always wanted to try, so glad about the unexpected visit yesterday :) 

As a chocolate drink, Vero's Signature Dark 70% is intense as it's basically a cup of melted 70% dark chocolate. Taking a sip, you'd find it smooth and velvety in the mouth with a balanced bitterness and a slightly nutty flavor, and the fine and subtle sweetness kicks in as the finish - 70% is just a right number. The drink is more a generous portion of molten chocolate tasting than a "chocolate drink" - this expectation has to be set so you could enjoy the most out of it :)

Apart from a variety of chocolates, Vero also has a selection of patisseries. Except a couple (don't really remember which), all others have 1lb size to order. Wherein the "Chuao" was highly recommended by the shop manager. The patisserie is made of one of the best chocolate varieties in the world, Chuao, and chocolate and caramel mousse with fleur de sel, almond praline and chocolate flourless sponge - would love to try it next time! 

 

Okay, here comes the Chocolate Mud Cake I chose for Father's Day. It's one of Vero's best sellers and indeed it's a rich and delightful chocolate cake with consistent texture, one you could imagine as a moist soft brownie with smooth luscious chocolate throughout, in every bite. It's totally addictive and more importantly, my dad loves it :)

The service was incredible too. I visited at their closing time but the staff was still fun and welcoming. When I told them the cake was for Father's Day, the supervisor even offered to write a chocolate "Happy Father's Day" tag for me! It took them an additional 5 min to prepare so - really appreciate that not only because they made this cake special, also because of their spirits to serve. 

Highly recommend Vero for chocolate lovers!

Vero Chocolates

Central

Address: Shop 236, 2/F, The Landmark, 12-16 Des Voeux Road Central, Central 

Tel: 2559 5810

Tsim Sha Tsui

Address: Shop 23, Kiosk, G/F, K11 Art Mall, 18 Hanoi Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

Tel: 9709 4868

 

Another beautiful piece of shop display...