Looking for a Romatic Dinner in Wan Chai?

Was looking for service apartment for a friend with Momz in Wan Chai, it was getting late and I have no idea where to grab dinner on the island side. Then Spoil Cafe hit my mind, a little hole in wall cafe hidden in the corner of Sun St. A little dead end alleywall lined with old chinese food distributors and a refuse collection center, kind of an akward place to open a trendy cafe. By the time we got there, the street was dark and was lined with metal gates of the closed distributors. A tiny light in the distant corner assured us that the place was still open.

The joint itself is TINY, barely enough to fit a party of 10, with a couple of tables and a tiny display of their cake selection. It is ran by a staff of four, 2 in the kitchen and 2 as waiters. Honestly, I have no clue how this place makes money with such a small space. The waiter greeted us at the door and told us we were lucky to come at this time of the night, usually customers need to book for a table in advance. We ended up sitting elbow to elbow between a party of people sipping red wine and a table fucking loud yuppies girls. Hmmmmm posh crowd

The menu itself is lined with dishes of random italian and french ingredients that I never heard of. Most of them are pricey too, coming to around $100-$200 HKD each :/ Value meals don;t exist here, so coffee and soup are ordered separately.
Seafood Gnocchi with Cherry Tomatoes. Gnocchi is little lumps of pasta mixed with potatoes, giving it a very chewy texture. When you look at it from afar it actually looks like little cooked maggots *shiver*.....ANYWAYS....the dish itself was pretty good. It had little minced bits of salmon mixed together with the gnocchi, giving each bite a gush of seafood freshness. It comes with a scallop and prawn, each done perfectly to a point where it melts in your mouth slowly....hmmmmm. The gnocchi itself were alittle disappointing, it was little too undercooked and lacked a bit of texture and flavor.

Spoil's King Prawn Linguine. The better of the two dish. I got it with red Thai curry sauce. This dish was amazingggggggg. The thai curry gave the linguine a hint of coconut, and mixed together with sauce very well. The linguine was not too dry to a point its out of flavour, and not too wet as in swimming in a pool of sauce. Similar to before, the King pawn melts in your mouth as it touches your saliva. And the dish was madd spicy, making each bite more refreshing...and dangerous.

I ordered soup and coffee as well, nothing exciting there. They served soup in these ridiculously small espressos cups, the soup didnt have much flavour and its defintely not worth $40. The coffee redemmed the soup, a very dark roast but nothing too special.

We couldn't help ourselves but to order their deliciously looking cake selection, and their very own house special Crunch Cake. A fine mix of cream, cake and littered with bits of caramel crunches. The point of is to eat the cake with the bits of crunch in every bite, and feel as the caramel sublimes in your mouth. Crunch cake comes rare in HK and This cake was seriously the highlight of the night. Excellent way to end the meal.

Final Verdict: The portions were a little small, and bill was rather pricey ($400 HKD for 2). But judging from the location and the crowd, this place is really targeted towards for couples looking for a romatic dinner. Highly recommend couples looking for something different. A little lame that I ate it with mom....well at least she paid for the bill :P

For people low on dough, I suggest coming here for afternoon tea, the crunch cake is seriously worth a try. And if you are single, skip the dinner.

WARNING: This place do not accept card. CASH ONLY. Bleeding Wallet Syndrome will occur. Expect to PACK HEAT.

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