If you’re super busy and don’t have the leisure to read this whole post, just know this: Awfully Chocolate serves the meanest chocolate cake in Jakarta. Period. Hands down. If you have the time to spare, then please be my guest and read the rest of this article.
First of all, Awfully Chocolate has been in Indonesia for quite some time now. We, too, have been two of their loyal fans since forever. We didn’t, however, use to indulge ourselves with these sinful delicacies before as we have been these few months. You see, due to their very strategic location (as in, close to our office), recently we have been purchasing their cakes for our colleagues’ birthdays (gaining more fans in the process; we should really start asking for commissions). We love all three of their cake variations: original (instant classic; not too sweet just how we like it), banana (a tad sweeter thanks to the two layers of fresh bananas), and rum and cherry (the ultimate cake, be prepared for lots of ‘oooh’s and ‘aaah’s).
A couple of months ago, we received one of the best news of our lives (this is no exaggeration): Awfully Chocolate’s Senopati Branch is starting its own dessert café. We couldn’t be more excited; we were to finally have what those lucky Singaporeans, Chinese, and Taiwanese have been enjoying!
So it’s sad that we missed their opening event in May and was only able to finally sit in their neat, petit café last week, along with two friends of ours. As we entered the store we didn’t waste any second and started ordering like crazy: two slices of super stacked chocolate cake (31K), a slice of white chocolate butterscotch roll (32K), one cold-poached chocolate with kahlua-infused cream (36K), and a few morsels of kahlua-infused truffles (9K each) (yes, we love kahlua, so what).
The super stacked chocolate cake was exactly what their website says: a richer, thicker, chocolatier version of their original chocolate cake. It was less sweet, denser (more fudge, less cake), and overall I prefer this to the original, although the lack of alcohol is quite a pity. A little rum (well, not so little) might go a long way.
The white chocolate butterscotch roll was sweet, sweet, sweet. From the start, we were no fans of white chocolate (white chocolate ain’t chocolate!), and this cake couldn’t make us cross over to the white side.
The kahlua-infused truffles were very rich; you might want to cut the small pieces to even smaller bits so you don’t feel overwhelmed.
Super Stacked Chocolate Cake
The white chocolate butterscotch roll was sweet, sweet, sweet. From the start, we were no fans of white chocolate (white chocolate ain’t chocolate!), and this cake couldn’t make us cross over to the white side.
White Chocolate Butterscotch
The kahlua-infused truffles were very rich; you might want to cut the small pieces to even smaller bits so you don’t feel overwhelmed.
Kahlua-infused Truffles
Now, the cold-poached chocolate was the highlight of that night. The soft, velvety dark chocolate just melted beautifully in our mouths along with the fresh, seductive kahlua-infused cream. Truly a brilliant concoction by the Awfully Chocolate kitchen. They had another version by the way, one with butterscotch cream instead of kahlua, which we didn’t get to try that night but would like to some other time.
Cold-poached Chocolate with Kahlua-infused Cream
The next day we tried their HEI chocolate ice cream (26K) (I seriously need to ask what HEI means next time) which proved to be scrumptious; perhaps the better choice for chocolate ice cream in town. Plus, they put these little scoops of heaven in cute Chinese-takeaway-esque boxes (yes, we will take pictures of it next time). Nice presentation never hurts.
Talking about presentation, the café itself is very charming, for me at least. Like I said, it’s pretty small, maybe only enough for twenty persons or so, with an open kitchen where you can watch the master chocolatiers at work. White dominates the interior. The staffs were helpful and friendly, and the (assumed) owner hopped in once in a while to lure her helpless customers to a chocolaty heaven.
The Looks
In conclusion, I will repeat the first sentence of this post: Awfully Chocolate serves the meanest chocolate cake in Jakarta. Period. Hands down.
Summary:
Food: Good
Ambience: Good
Value: Good
Jalan Senopati
No 41C Jalan Senopati Jakarta 12190Tel: +62 858 8015 8988, +62 21 573 1457
Food: Good
Ambience: Good
Value: Good
Jalan Senopati
No 41C Jalan Senopati Jakarta 12190Tel: +62 858 8015 8988, +62 21 573 1457
Plaza Indonesia
Level LB#31 Jalan M.H Thamrin Kav. 28-30
Level LB#31 Jalan M.H Thamrin Kav. 28-30
Jakarta,10350
Tel: +62 21 3199 0205
Tel: +62 21 3199 0205
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