Octie Appetie: 3 Days 2 Nights Eating Trip in Melbourne Part 3: Homm Dessert at Heart

08 November 2023

3 Days 2 Nights Eating Trip in Melbourne Part 3: Homm Dessert at Heart

Previously:

3 Days 2 Nights Eating Trip in Melbourne Part 2: Novotel South Wharf Hotel

Homm is a new hang-out hype for Melbournian. It is a Thai dessert cafe, which has just been opened early this year. This place is always busy and they always have a long queue lining up their front door. It was 4 in the afternoon when we arrived and look at those people were standing and waiting.

We got our seats upstairs and ordering food can be done through QR code. The order came in a jiffy. We ordered a few desserts and drinks. We went with a couple of most favourite items on their menu.

Thai tea bingsu $26.80 with extra coconut ice cream $6

This bingsu is the most popular menu in the house. The shaved ice is topped with cream, milk tea sauce and milk tea ice cream. To even add more sweetness to this already sweet dish, it also comes with more milk tea sauce, condensed milk and herbal jelly. But trust me, I needed those condiments. It was a good shaved ice and I like those crumbled biscuits that come with this bingsu to balance up the texture and elevate the taste as well. However, it is quite big in portion and definitely a dish to share around the table.

Salted egg shokupan $22.80

For me, I prefer this salted egg shokupan over bingsu. It has more flavour and the bread itself is nicely toasted.

Pandan kaya pain perdu katsu $21.80

I was looking forward to this dish. They called it katsu because they coated the bread with crumbs and pan-fry it. They have pandan filling inside the bread. It was served hot. However, I found that the pandan filling was too light for my liking.

Iced milo and nom yen (pink milk) $7.80 each

For the drinks, I was expecting something more as normally in Thai restaurants, they will serve a strong flavoured drink and well sweetened. But I couldn't find it in these drinks. They were quite bland. They kinda play it on the safe zone and lower down the sweetness level.

Overall, it was a nice experience and so appreciate to have people came up with creative ideas bringing the modern twist in Thai desserts. But in my opinion, they are slightly overpriced.