Sugar Hit 2011 - Sydney Harbour Marriott

Sugar Hits is on for 2011! It is the best time of the year as every foodie gets to satisfy their sweet tooth cravings. The list of sugar hit places change every year and as always some places are already fully booked out.

A list of all the sugar hit places for 2011 can be found at http://www.cravesydney.com/events.php?intcategoryid=127&linkid=583 . Dessert and a glass of brown brothers wine will set you back at $20.

On the spur of the moment we randomly chose Sydney Harbour Marriott for sugar hits tonight and surprisingly we were able to make an instant reservation. On the website the Marriott offered:

"milk chocolate and hazelnut tower, white chocolate mousse and rich mud cake"

The dessert doesn't sound overly exciting and somewhat over-the-top chocolatey but nonetheless we gave it a go.



Service was attentive as there were only a few occupied tables at 9pm (we were the only table ordering Sugar Hit). We were offered a choice of the brown brothers moscato or coffee/tea.



When the plate arrived, it looked like a dessert tasting plate with pieces orderly placed - maybe a bit too orderly? A caramel lattice is suspended between the two chocolate 'towers' with rasberry coulis zigzagged between the items.

The milk chocolate and hazelnut tower is not a tower at all, merely dense chocolate mousse on a layer of chocolate cake. I can only describe it as uneventful except for the dollop of chocolate rice puff resting on top which gave it the much needed crunch. The chocolate cake is then replicated as the mud cake which was rich but a bit dry and overly sticky. The white chocolate mousse is piped into a chocolate laced basket topped with a slice of mandarin. The white chocolate could easily have be mistaken as cream - it was light and fluffy but lacked taste.

Overall a disappointing experience and disheartening start to sugar hit 2011.

Sydney Harbour Marriott
30 Pitt Street
Sydney
NSW 2000
tel - 02 9259 7279