Even if you can resist the temptation of chocolate’s dark color and sweet taste, as soon as you try the goodies at this store, you will become adicted to it.
Awfully Chocolate makes chocolate cakes, available in four sizes. Its specialty is the dark chocolate-flavored all-chocolate cake (140-560 yuan). Another customer favorite is chocolate banana cake (170-680 yuan), which has two layers of fresh bananas. The store does not sell its cakes per slice, but it offers ice cream if you are stopping by after a meal.
If you are tired of looking at the same color and flavor of moon cakes around town, why not try the store’s chocolate crust-covered moon cake (128 yuan for a box).Founded in Singapore and with franchises across Asia, Awfully Chocolate is guided by the philosophy, “absolutely only chcolate cakes.” The store’s interior is white and sparsely decorated, as if to say, The cakes are the stars; everything else is secondary. To keeps its cakes fresh, Awfully Chocolate bakes a limited number of them each day, so get there early to grab one. The staff suggests ordering two days ahead.
Awfully Chocolate
Where: Room 1-08, Building 2, Wanda Plaza, 87 Jianguo Lu, Chaoyang District
Open: 10 am – 9 pmTel: 5820 5856
By Huang Xiao
No wonder Koto is always busy: men are as eager as women to visit this warehouse-looking shop. It is the epitome of a creative boutique with its quirky collection of office supplies, household items and toys. Even window shoppers will have a fun and rewarding experience.
