Sunday, May 22, 2005

don't ever hate lollies


SUGA CANDY KITCHENS. QV, Lonsdale Street.
Royal Arcade, Bourke Street.

Suga sells nothing BUT lollies and candies.
The main attraction of this candy kitchen is that all the candies are hand made freshly everyday. On the spot.
You can see the candy cooks mixing and meshing and shaping and cutting the candies away while you shop around the shop.
Of course, as a lolly shop the varieties and flavours are countless. They sell candies in bags, in jars, or in big tins. They sell small lollies, big lollies, and REALLY big lollies. Then again, they're all candies.
Recently they started on personalising the candies. So you have 'get well soon' or 'thank you' notes tatooed on the small candies.
If you look closely you can actually see 'welcome' written in chinese on one of the giant candies behind counter in the picture.
Most of the candies have this sour powder wrapped in them. Some like it, some doesn't. I say it's an experience trying out freshly made candies. In the end, they're still candies anyway.
Suga Candy Kitchens are around Melbourne, yet those in the city are quite discreet. I really like the atmosphere of the Royal Arcade branch.
While I was scouting for raffle prizes two years ago, the lady actually gave me 2 giant lollies on the spot, which was really rare.
So I'd say the people in RA branch are cool.

Quality: 8 Service: 8 Value: 7 Variety: 7
Score: 7.5