13 St. Mark's Pl, East Village
This hidden café on St.Mark’s Place is very welcoming once you "spot" it. There are lots of yummy looking Japanese desserts on display. During my first visit, I chose the Vanilla Caramel Viatnamese Coffee cupcake. The coffee flavor was too domineering. For $2.75, I was not impressed. I commend their original flavors but I am a basic vanilla/vanilla kind of girl. The second time, I decided to give the cupcakes another try. I had the vanilla coconut almond cupcake. The cake part tasted like an irresistible sponge cake. Very different from the other vanilla cupcakes I’ve tried. I’m not really a fan of coconut but you could hardly taste it in the cupcake (is this good or bad? I’m not sure). I also had a bite of my friend’s cupcake…a Mocha Molden Salt Caramel cupcakes. I could taste the mocha part but not so much the salt/caramel-which, again, was fine with me. This cupcake, unlike the Viatnamese Coffee Cupcake, didn’t have such a potent coffee flavor which made the cupcake all the more edible. All of the cupcakes are very visually appealing-almost all of them have a pretty design make out of edible luxuries. Next time, I may cheat on my cupcake s and have an ice cream sundae-they looked absolutely sinful.
Peace, love, and cupcakes
Michy
