I have walked past this dessert place so many times but I have never noticed
it.
After having a lovely dinner, this dessert place suddenly stood out
that night so we went there.
The decor inside was really special, I felt
like I was in one of the Chinese dynasties but I do not know which one as I have
never studied Chinese history.
Anyway, as this dessert
place is called Ching Ching Dessert, which is why I keep thinking it is the
Ching Dynasty because of those bamboo matts and the Chinese
characters.
There was one modern element to this place, the clock, and
that was interesting too!
The choice of desserts
were good good too, I thought they were going to be very traditional but they
had snowflake ice as well.
In the end I chose the ginger tea because it
had toasted rice and I also chose the dumplings in custard
sauce.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Dumplings in custard sauce:
Usually Chinese dessert
dumplings are filled with custard and in some sweet watery soup.
The ones
here looked like gnocchi in cheese sauce!
Anyway, the custard sauce was
piping hot, so it tastes better when it has cooled down.
The custard sauce
was surprisingly light and whipped, it was foamed up which was interesting
because this is more of a Western cooking technique.
The dumplings were just
right as well and not too soft and when they were eaten with the custard sauce,
it was a perfect match.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Ginger tea with crispy
brown rice:
I liked this one because
there was crispy brown rice on the top.
The ginger tea was very spicy and I
liked the brown rice because it gave it hints of roasted aroma to
it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
On a second visit, the restaurant annoyed
me, because my friend could not finish one of her desserts, and they offered to
put it in a bowl and let her take it away but they did not mention the extra
charges for the bowl.
Initially you would think they are being nice but it was more money.
As with most Chinese people, there are always reasons behind for favours.
