Cafe Haiti [Mimi's World Tour]

Bakery: Cafe Haiti 
Address: Geirsgata 7c, Reykjavik
Website: http://www.cafehaiti.is/
Style: Icelandic
Price: $$$

Right in the heart of the old harbour is the colourful, somewhat eclectic Cafe Haiti, which I had known about since my first trip to Iceland but which I had never visited until now. I came here with an Icelandic friend at her suggestion and thought that hey, I might as well make a cake tour of it. :P In fact, having covered all the bakeries-proper in Reykjavik, and certainly in the 101, I thought it about time to delve into the plethora of cafes offering their homemade baked goods and cakes located throughout the city. And do note that I'm not normally a coffee drinker, so well, we can just take out that part of the review, though I will admit that after coming back from my trip of coffee and cakes, I was offered a cup back home and bleh! was it ever disgusting compared to the stuff on my tour.

Nevertheless, while the coffee may come from Haiti, the origin of the Mrs. of the business, the  cakes are what you'll find in most Icelandic cafes (perhaps I would have appreciated some Haitian baked goods too .__.;;;). [Edit: Please make sure that the cake says it's homemade! While there a few years ago now, there were three varieties, two of which explicitly said were theirs; doing research for my Iceland bakeries tour guide, I went back on their website and the cover picture for their cakes showed cakes that were very clearly NOT theirs (I now have insider information) I have yet to return to verify if anything has changed/they still have homemade goodies]  However, I am a fan of Scandinavian apple cakes and Cafe Haiti does a mean version of it, though at 1040kr per slice, it seemed painfully expensive to me... a couple hundred kronur more and I'd have dinner. I'm not yet sure how much other cafes charge, not to mention the fact that Iceland is very quickly becoming very expensive, but with a generous cup of coffee thrown into the mix, it hurt. x__x

There is, however, a cake to be reviewed: homemade apple cake with a generous portion of spiced whipped cream on the side... oh yeah! Delicious dough with slivered almonds and a tasty apple filling at just the right consistency, neither too chunky nor too mushy. Really good! Not sure if my pocket can afford such an extravagance on future returns and we'll have to see how it fares with other cafes in Reykjavik, but as it was, I was impressed.

Rating: ***1/2