It's been a little while since I've had breakfast out but when our foodie friend Mr J had his birthday celebration, we headed over to Pick a Cake at Hamilton for a catch up. Being located on Park Road, it was inevitably super busy and parking was very difficult.
There were a few seats inside and a few more outside but the store was undoubtedly quite small. Menus were provided with a selection of drinks and desserts. Options were very extensive.
If the menu options didn't give you enough decision paralysis, there were also three display cabinets of cakes, cookies and pastries to choose from.
As usual, Dr L had an iced chocolate. This was a bit on the petite side but he said it was rich and chocolate-y. There was a notable absence of ice cream but given the price, it was a very reasonable serve.
Spying a Thai Milk Tea Latte on the menu, I opted for it instead of my usual cappuccino. Expecting an intense tea hit, I was surprised that it was very weak. The milk was frothy and the size was good but I would definitely have enjoyed a stronger tea.
Dr L had two small desserts for brunch as I am not a huge fan of sweet brunches. Both were petite and cute but also inexpensive.
For the particularly indecisive, this was the half half cookie. Comprising of half choc chip cookie and half red velvet cookie, it was a steal for $6 (by commercial standards). He said it was very decadent and enjoyable with high quality ingredients and a good choc chip to cookie ratio.
Dr L also had a salty egg yolk taro tart. This was warmed up and the salty egg yolk was served runny. It had a generous portion of taro, a flaky pastry base and delicious salty egg yolk. It was definitely a highlight of his meal and inexpensive for what it was. Something to definitely come back for next time we are back.
We didn't order anything on their paper menu but this was their special mango sticky rice. It was really well received and came highly recommended from our foodie friend.
It would hardly be a birthday without birthday cake. We ordered this adorable cake from their chiffon selection. This was outstanding. The three flavours we had, pandan, taro and thai milk tea were fantastic and each cake was infused with respective flavours. My highlight was the pandan cake which was fragrant and fluffy. It was delicious and I would definitely come back for more cake, probably not for brunch but perhaps as an afternoon tea.
Taste: 8/10
Value: 8/10
Service: 8/10
Environment: 8/10
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