Something sweet tends to arrive at the end of a meal. But in a place like London, that is not always how it happens.
A slice of cake next to a speciality coffee mid morning, a cookie picked up after lunch, or something small on the walk home, the sort of thing you might expect to see in a good coffee shop. Over time we started noticing how often people looked for that kind of moment. Not quite dessert, and not quite a snack either.
That is where Real Bites begins.
Most desserts follow a familiar path: butter, refined sugar, and a sweetness that lands quickly and fades just as fast.
At Hg, these recipes take a different route. Dates, coconut sugar and agave bring the sweetness, while olive oil replaces butter. Many of the bakes are plant based, and several are naturally gluten free.
The result sits more comfortably on the table. A sweet bite that feels balanced enough to appear at different points in the day, closer to the kind of healthy desserts people increasingly look for.
A few cakes and cookies lead the way.
- Raspberry & Pistachio Cookie: with olive oil, coconut sugar, gluten-free flour blend.
- Yellow Carrot Chai Cake: with walnuts, vanilla glaze, pumpkin seeds, cacao nibs, olive oil, gluten-free flour blend.
- Marbled Chocolate & Tahini Cake: with coffee glaze, raspberries, olive oil, gluten-free flour blend.
Two pies join the line up as well.
- Shoyu Pecan Pie: with pecan nuts, shoyu caramel, buckwheat flour crust.
- Miso Koji Apple Pie: with hazelnuts, buckwheat flour crust.
And for something softer:
- Chocolate Avo Mousse with Olive Oil & Salt: avocado, chocolate, olive oil, rice crumble.
Some sweets appear in smaller form.
- Chocolate Chip Cookie: with olive oil, coconut sugar, gluten-free flour blend.
And three protein bites, each built around nuts, dates and plant-based protein:
- Orange protein power: with apricot, almond, date, carrot, coconut, orange, vanilla, turmeric, protein.
- Matcha Protein Power: with matcha, date, pistachio, almond, chia, vanilla, apple, protein.
- Cocoa Protein Power: with cacao, hazelnut, date, sweet potato, sesame, agave, coconut sugar, protein.
They travel easily between moments, with a coffee, after lunch, or on the way out the door.
At Hg Soho, these desserts sit alongside the rest of the menu rather than apart from it. The same ingredients appear again: olive oil, nuts, fruit, spices.
Nothing too heavy. Nothing that needs explaining. Just a small collection of sweets that fit naturally into the rhythm of the day.