After You Cafe: Decadent

Famed for it's Shibuya honey toast, After You is almost a must-visit for any tourist. From what I heard from my Thai friend, After You was opened by a Thai girl who was very passionate about baking. That's a success story.

After You is almost always crowded, and we had to wait for about 10-15mins for a table even though it was 8-9pm and we picked the branch at Siam Paragon. The original branch attracts the most tourists though, but the location itself is pretty inconvenient. Glad to have been told that there was one at Siam Paragon because we gave up the long trip to the original branch earlier on in the day.

I'm not really a huge fan of the shibuya honey toast though. I thought it was too sweet for my liking. The toast was salted with butter and sprinkled with sugar. It was slightly overwhelming. I had honey toast when I was in LA (trust me, it is sold in many Asian cafes and restaurants). They served larger servings of ice cream with just honey butter toast. The extra sugar was unnecessary. I am also not a fan of whipped cream. But these are all just personal preferences.

Shibuya Honey Toast

The chocolate mud pie was decadent. It was rich and heavenly, although I wouldn't recommend finishing all that by yourself. Share it so that it wouldn't be too overwhelming due to its portion and thick chocolate sauce.

Chocolate Mud Brownie

The earl grey squash jelly tea tasted like aiyu jelly in sweetened earl grey tea. Not really my thing because I prefer my tea pure without adding anything else. On the other hand, they named their iced chocolate 'the world's best iced chocolate' which I thought was a mistake. I dont know what kind of iced chocolate are available in Thailand, but to raise customers' expectations by claiming that it is the best is just a huge mistake. Godiva and even McCafe do iced chocolate better. But of course, some of you would refute that McCafe does not serve "real" iced chocolate (Habitat Cafe claims that the streaks of chocolate on the sides of the glass are indicative of a "real" iced chocolate). Fair enough, but I've even had thick hot chocolate in Europe where hot chocolate resembles pure melted chocolate. 

So what is the best hot chocolate in the world? Definitely not at After You. It was slightly bland as well, and I would have appreciated a strong dark chocolate taste that flows smoothly. 

Earl grey squash jelly tea & the world's best iced chocolate

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