Since I was in the area, I decided to check out Leaf Dessert, a compact restaurant (if you can even call it that) plunked on the end of Elgin Lane. Although I was still stuffed from eating at Mak's Noodles AND Tsim Chai Kee (that probably wasn't the best idea), I just couldn't end my meal without a dessert to satisfy my raging sweet tooth. So Leaf Dessert it was, which, like I said before, is tiny! I almost missed it while attempting to slowly manoeuvre my way down the small and scarily steep side street. My confusion mostly stemmed from the fact that the 'restaurant' is merely a stall with a couple of tables and chairs under a tarpaulin awning. More than half the tables were occupied and there were a couple of open seats, perfect for my friend and I. Now, the service wasn't great as expected but the desserts came very quickly. We ordered both the hot seaweed green bean soup and rice dumplings topped with toasted sesame, coconut and sugar. All desserts were $13 hot and $14 cold, super cheap! 'Why the $1 difference?' you may ask, well, I have no idea either. Anyway, I liked the dumplings, they were really soft, fluffy and chewy. I feel there was a bit too much topping though, consisting mostly of sugar. I tried the soup as well and it didn't go down so well. I enjoyed the texture of the barley and bean medley but was a bit thrown off by the seaweed. Maybe it's just me, since I'm not really used to seaweed in desserts. The soup was good but again, a tad too sweet for me. My friend was delighted though judging from the way she downed the whole bowl. Leaf Dessert serves decent enough Cantonese desserts and I dig the whole atmosphere but there are better places. Not to mention the hazardous positioning of the seats! No, seriously, I almost backflipped after my chair tilted backwards and went through an entire work out just to avoid my chair falling over (remember the whole situated on a hill thing?). I did hear the noodles are quite good too so maybe I'll try them next. In the meantime, onto the next restaurant!
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