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It was my second time here and same as the first, I was here for their cupcakes. It is very natural for people to compare the cupcakes here with
Sift's but since I am yet to try Sift, it is really hard for me to do a comparison. What I can do is a simple comparison between my previous visit with this one. First of all, a lot of advertisement have been done for this small cake shops in various food magazines in Hong Kong recently but it is rather hard to attract a great crowd in my opinion because of the limited space and seats available. The outlet is basically in the corner of lobby with only a few stools around a high circular table. Not an idea place to spend the afternoon or even a chit chat session especially when there are people constantly walking around the lobby and coming in/out to the lobby restaurant
Yamm located right across from the food counter.
(1) Black Pearl Cupcakes (Chocolate and Black Sesame)![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uy3sHfTejTs/SmQOTT62vCI/AAAAAAAAAzM/wel6woN50kQ/s200/P1020834.JPG)
Unlike traditional / American style cupcakes, the toppings were made of buttery cream instead of sugar icing. I personally prefer the sugar icing but it was alright the way they did it. However, the cupcake itself seemed a bit hard to me and too chilled for some reasons. It was slightly better the last time I was here. I did like the inner fillings of the cupcake which consisted of some crunchy chocolate waffle pieces.
(2) Mango Margarita Cupcakes![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uy3sHfTejTs/SmQObhwAQwI/AAAAAAAAAzU/k-JT9BAoMeg/s200/P1020832.JPG)
Nothing special about this cupcake. The same buttery cream was used instead of icing. Most of the flavors were within the cream; but rather light in my opinion. Diced mangoes were fresh and sweet but the cupcake itself was again too hard and overly chilled. Disappointing indeed. I think it is time for me to give
Sift and
Antique a try and do a comparison among them.
Likes: - nice toppings decoration for the cupcakes
- tentative service (well, not many tables or seating to serve anyhow)
Dislikes: - Lack of proper seats
- Noisy, right at the middle of the lobby
- overly hard cupcakes
CoCoLobby level, The Mira,
118 Nathan Road, TST
Tel: 2315 5566
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