So, I went to Bravery Cafe about 2 weeks ago at Lavender. Initially, Hun and I wanted to go to Windowsill Pie Cafe but just our damn luck that it is closed on Mondays' . Mind you, my journey to the city area takes 45 minutes plus to walk to the cafe, JUST to find out that it is CLOSED well makes me wanna scream because his colleague was raving about how good the pies were. The cafe ( Windowsill Pies Cafe is known for their pies, hence the name. ) I don't work on Mondays and every good cafe I know is closed on Mondays, just awesome.
We continued walking along the road near by the Cafe that was closed and we spotted this cafe which has no board or whatsoever, just a number 66. Well, I did not know that it was Bravery Cafe until I matched the Horse statue to the photo while I was scrolling thru some food blog. The cafe deco was so simple, not the kind of cafe you would go " oh wow, that's some pretty furniture ..." when you step in you know? Hun was actually the one who convinced me to stay and try it out since we don't really have any idea where to go. Best decision ever made, I fell in love with the desserts, though they did not have much choices but that inspired me to make my own Brownies.
I don't know about the other cafes but to me, this is the first cafe that I see serving their brownies in the smallest portion and I really appreciate that. I had their French Sea Salt Brownies and their Marshmallow Chocolate Tart. When I placed my order for the Brownies, I was really hoping that it would be chewy and crunchy because that is how I love my brownies to be.
I had a good cup of Ginger Lily Tea to accompany my sweet treats. I am a fan of Gryphon Tea, they have some awesome fragrant teas. My personal favourite is Nymph of the Nile & Hanami. Now, this Ginger Lily tea is on my favourite list. Anyways, the brownie I had a coconut-ish flavour to it, I did not mind that. I love it. I might be wrong tho, maybe it was not coconut oil. However, I savour every bit of the Brownie because of the portion. After I had that Brownie at Bravery Cafe, I told myself it's about time that I bake.
My baby kitchen aid is all the way in Malaysia but lucky me, Hun's Aunt has a mixer at home.
I decided to make plain Brownies first before I get adventurous. I wanted to soak raisins in Bourbon and add it into my brownies but that will be next time. I have not baked for so many months, ever since the last time I helped my chef in Uni on weekends. Positive thoughts while baking my Brownies even though I was so tired from work.
I think this is probably the third or fourth time in my life in baking Brownies. The first time I ever baked Brownies was during High School, I remembered that because I baked them for an Interact Club event. The second time was during one of the pastry lessons I had during my Diploma days.
Anyways, I used 100 % unsweetened chocolate because of the amount of sugar that I had to put into the batter. According to the recipe I found.
The outcome was just lovely, Crunchy and chewy. Plus! it is not that sweet or bitter. Next time, I will modify or just carry on with more experiments.
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