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2013-05-08
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Despite passing by IFC Mall for perhaps the hundredth time I have waited until today to visit Fuel Espresso for the first time. Perhaps its because of the location on the 3/F which is outside the sphere of my usual activities, or the timing of my arrival at the mall which is usually in the afternoon, and sadly any sip of caffeine in the afternoon would drive me insomniac in the night. Hence when I was venturing the mall at ten ish in the morning I decided to give Fuel Espresso a go.Interestingly
Interestingly I notice how three cafes at IFC Mall have formed some sort of an iron triangle across the floors: Starbucks on 1/F, LGB on 2/F, and Fuel on 3/F. What is even more interesting is as I went upstairs on the escalators, I notice that Fuel is the most 'hidden' and yet the most popular amongst the triangle. It was literally bursted with white-collars who are having some leisurable coffee time with colleagues or bitter conferences with clients across the table.
The menu here is simple, just coffee and some simple pastries that do not look too fresh and appealing apart from the carrot cake toppled with a thick and promising layer of cream. However I was there just for a cuppa, and after struggling between the Piccolo Latte and Flat White (Both $48), i decided to give the former a go.
the cuppa came after 3 minutes of wait in a tall glass. As i was about to take out my phone I recalled the 'no photo allowed' rule at Fuel - but as i took my phone out and snap a pic, no one came over to stop me and ask me to delete the picture, as a matter of fact no one cared. Okay, perhaps if its a DSLR you produced then perhaps they would bother to intervene. But they just did'nt give a damn about what I was going before enjoying their coffee.
Back to the coffee - the first thing I noticed before drinking was, as some previous reviews have mentioned, the temperature which was way too high. I don't really have a thing for hot coffees of scalding temperatures and I was expecting something warmer of drinkable temperature. Luckily the milk (skimmed) was frothed just well and, albeit the messy heart-shaped 'latte' art, the texture was alright. The coffee they use (i guess) is a darker roast which luckily wasn't too sour but was quite heavy-bodied in the mouth, which i liked. The coffee does'nt come cheap ($20 more than average cafes), but if I were just having it once in a while, its still worth it.The coffee was short and managable within less than five sips. What I found even more enjoyable was the residue milk froths at the bottom of the cup, which was velvet-ly smooth & resembling very lightly whipped cream. I even spooned them out leaving nothing in the cup - it was that good.
All in all, a good coffee experience worthy of me breaking my de-caffeine plan and taking the risk of (yet another) insomniac night in bed...
张贴
