It's 12 a.m., and here I am contemplating about life... or cake I had just now.

Espresso and Single Origin is a cafe that has been open for 3 weeks at the time of writing. And while I don't know the meaning behind the name, I can tell you having a date here will probably make you single the next day. At least I would end it if you told me to come back here twice. Maybe it's where people turn single. Where singles orginate. Single. Origin.

Enter the Dark-Cafe-thingy-cake-which-it's-name-I-cannot-recall, picture for reference (RM 13.50). I have a soft spot for Secret Recipe's Chocolate Indulgence (yes judge me all you want you cake snobs. I eat at Secret Recipe too!) And this tasted like it. Taste-wise. Texture wise is another story. The cake was dry, the "mousse" (I assume it should be mousse) was too dense and had the texture if creamy tofu. Go on, whip up some cream, refrigerate it. The contrast in textures just didn't work for me. It didn't feel like a cake. It felt like a multi-layered pudding. And the name, I remember them saying while the name had espressor in it, the dark chocolate's taste would cover it so the coffee taste would be barely there. If by dark chocolate you mean 3% cocoa dark chocolate that is. Barely was there any bitterness associated with dark chocolate, and the ganache tasted like anything but dark chocolate.

The Le' Royale (uh... I think I got this right) was described as tasting like ferrero rocher. I guess it would sound better than saying it tasted like Nutella. It did slightly taste like it with even the crunch that I associate with the famous chocolate's wafer inside. It wasn't bad but something still felt off. Perhps the creamy layer was pretty dense as well.

So dense that you wouldn't know the girl you brought here had a crush on you. And so you continue to be single.