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State 88

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State 88 has just opened about two months ago by two brothers who love sandwiches and wanted to create something unique.  They love the number '8', and it also happens to look like a rotated infinity sign - and that is the limit for their menu items - infinite. Their restaurant is based on a few values or what they call 'articles of constitution' just like a state would; and that's where the name comes from. I got an invite from the restaurant and at first when I saw this place online, I though it's just another sandwich place, but the photos were tempting and they had some innovative items, which is why I was looking forward to it.  Upon entering, I was greeted by a waiter called James. He was friendly and showed us to a table.  The place is rustic, yet classy. It has interesting qoutations written everywhere.  They've got a good selection of sandwiches and also have salads, drinks and dessert.  We decided to start with a salad and a coupl...

Molten Me

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This dessert place has an interesting concept where they've got molten cakes. You basically select the cake, or what they call the "base", and then you select your filling which is molten hot inside.  A friend of mine had praised this place a lot and I was really curious to try out what it is like. This is a small place with amazing interiors. You feel like an upmarket old British cafe once you're here.  The three bases that they have are : chocolate, white chocolate and red velvet. You also choose what filling you'd like.  I chose the Red Velvet base with white chocolate inside whereas my friend took the chocolate base with marshmallow inside.  They serve it in a little jar and I just couldn't wait to have it. One dig, and you see the molten filling inside. The red velvet cake along with the white chocolate filling tasted extremely delicious. The cake was fresh and hot, and the white chocolate was molten.  The one that my friend had, had molten mar...