of birthday cakes and bars

My boyfriend recently celebrated his birthday and we decided that this year we would have a night out with some of his friends, family and co-workers, and of course we did all the birthday formalities with speeches and cake.

The location - Macau Gaming Lounge and Bar

When I was looking for a location I was told about a new bar (soon to add gaming lounge) - Macau with pretty good food for reasonable prices. The space was nice and open and all in all the decor and atmosphere is on point. The place was pretty packed for a Saturday night.....considering that they pretty much just opened and in my mind 'nobody know's about them yet.' Clearly I was so wrong!

As expected the food is good, the drink mixes are nice and the prices are very reasonable.....especially in comparison to other bars and clubs in Kingston. Sadly the service was kinda blah, but that could have been because we were a pretty large group, or maybe it's because they didn't expect that big a crowd for that night. On the bright side, the waitresses were polite and that's a major plus considering how lax customer service is generally!

I can definitely say I'll be back there some time to chill and unwind with friends especially with the holidays coming up!


The cake - Sweet Mischief Jamaica

Now my boyfriend loves cake...chocolate cake to be exact. So on the day of his birthday my Mom and I made him the special family recipe for the super moist choco-chocolate cake. But I also needed a cake for the get together that happened on the weekend.

So with a desire to be different and Mommy putting ideas in my mind I got connected with Sweet Mischief Jamaica - a home-based bakery that makes specialty cakes. I send them the info and told them that I wanted to put small pictures on the cake that kinda picked up different things about the birthday boy.

I was  really nervous at first because although I saw their amazing work before, I thought I was asking for too much. When I spoke to them and they made it seem like it was nice and simple...that's where my excitement started. =]

When they delivered the cake I was close to bouncing off the wall. I was so happy with how it all came out that I was tempted to send it to everyone on my BBM list. lol Of course though the way the cake looks is only half of it all.....and for those asking....yes the cake was moist and delicious.

It was definitely worth the price and the waiting, and I know for sure that the next time I need a specialty cake I'll be giving them a call! Come to think of it I'm already conceptualizing my next cake =]