#40: Choccy Woccy Doo Dah

I went to Brighton last weekend to meet some guys from IRC - namely #linux on irc.netgamers.org. I’d met a few of them before (idimmu, SIR-Millar and HRH_H_Crab) but the others (Jeekay, RR|Away and queball) were all new faces to me. It was a good fun day though - we sat on the seafront and drank quite a few pints, visited a good chip shop and talked a lot about things.

One of the highlights of the day though was visiting Choccy Woccy Doo Dah, which is a rather flamboyant cake shop. They apparently made all the cakes in the recent Charlie and the Chocolate Factory film, and I have to say that when I set foot in the shop, it was quite apparent. The cakes were absolutely massive, and for £3.95 you got a huge slice, drizzled with chocolate sauce and garnished with strawberries. I selected a cake that was all chocolate, with chocolate buttons on the top, chocolate filling and chocolate icing. It was totally decadent and I did almost feel guilty afterwards, but I have to say it was totally delicious. I just about managed to finish the slice and felt there was just the right amount there. Unfortunately for queball his eyes were bigger than his stomach, and he ordered a chocolate sundae *and* a slice of cake with jelly babies on - this wasn’t bad in itself, but he got the biggest slice of cake I have ever seen! It was nearly the size of his head, and he didn’t manage more than half of it before having to give in through sheer sugar overload.

I heartily recommend the place though, although it’s so unbelievably over the top, the cake is delicious and really something to try if you ever visit Brighton.

Here’s me enjoying my cake…