Showing posts with label Dessert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dessert. Show all posts

Thursday, March 19, 2020

[Review] Comforting school puddings at The Caramel Tart Company

I was on the 149 bus to London Bridge when I spotted this Caramel Tart shop on my left so took a picture of it.

At first, I thought it was just caramel tarts so I was thinking whether to check it out or not but then the foodie in me kicked in so I got off the next bus stop and literally walked back one stop to go to The Caramel Tart Company.

When I got there, it was definitely rewarding because it was not just caramel tarts but school pudding which got me excited!!

The amazing thing was that it had almost everything under the sun like crumble, cheesecakes, sponge puddings, tarts and vegan options with optional custard and cream.





On the first visit, I just got the Jam sponge with coconut and custard because I felt that it really represented my school puddings but to be honest it was really hard as the others choices were equally representative desserts like the Jam Tart, apple crumble, Chocolate sponge etc.

As well as the traditional choices, there were soda cakes which are made with fizzy drinks like Iron Bru and other flavours.

The jam sponge and custard definitely bought back school memories of the dinner ladies and the sponge was delicious as expected as it was fluffy and soft.



On the next visit, I decided to try something creative, so I had the mint chocolate aero sponge which was surprisingly good as it was chocolately with a minty kick.


Also had the cherry almond sponge which was visually nice with a lovely almond flavour to it.

Sadly, due to the Covid, I'm going to be stuck at home for a while so I stocked up on a lot of desserts from The Caramel Tart Company but in a way, the desserts will keep me happy for a few days.

Peach and pear crumble, cherry crumble and apple crumble:
The crumbles were amazing with cream and the crumble had a nice texture after it was reheated in the oven.
Cherry crumble:

Trio (Carrot Cake, Marble Cake, Red Velvet), Brownlicious, Upside down Pineapple sponge with treacle and Vegan Jam cake with coconut and Jam tart.

Trio (Carrot Cake, Marble Cake, Red Velvet):
The carrot cake was the best I've had in a while as it was moist with a lovely hint of cinnamon.
The red velvet was just as good.

Brownlicious:

Upside down Pineapple sponge with treacle:

Vegan Jam cake with coconut:

Jam tart:

All of them were amazing especially the brownlicious which was soft and chocolately and the pineapple one was sweet with maple syrup which goes well with custard.

I'm sure everyone knows about this company but if they don't I would definitely recommend it as they are on uber eats, just eat and deliveroo.

Locations:
Locations:
Aldgate - E1 2PS
Dalston - E8 4AA
Peckham - SE15 6TR
Tottenham - coming soon

Thursday, June 06, 2019

[Drink Puppet] Late night drinks and desserts in Central

Girls will always have a sweet tooth and room for dessert after dinner. At Drink Puppet, it is clearly successful as they have desserts as well drinks. Central simply lacks a dessert shop and DRINK PUPPET has filled the gap serving Chinese and Western desserts.

The joint is pink and girly so definitely the place to hang out before or after the a meal and they open till 1:30am.

Stylish neon pink logo:

Bar Table:



Pink Drinks vending machine:

There were so many drinks and desserts to choose from so tried the signature items since they highly recommended it. Started off with the Pink Sakura Latte which was dreamy with a subtle Sakura flavour without being too sweet.

Next was the Rose Lychee Waffle tart cup. Rose and Lychee always pair together well with its fragrant sweet scent and it is nice how it was presented in this crispy waffle tart cup topped with pieces of lychee.

The Sakura with cherries souffle pancake is another recommended item because the souffle pancake is soft and fluffy topped with Sakura cream and quality cherries.

Moving on to the Chinese dessert was the red beans soup with aged fruit peel and milk foam. There are two to choose from 10 years and 100 years, the older the better. I was really impressed with the 10 year one as it was strong and just as good as the aged one I tried a while ago. The best thing is the milk foam on top which makes the beans light and fluffy when you mix it together. Definitely the best red bean dessert I have ever had as the thick milk foam and aged fruit peel made it heavenly. As well as red beans, they also have pomelo mango and almond soup.

Can't wait to come back soon!

[Drink Puppet]
42 Aberdeen Street
Opening hours: 09:00 - 01:30
https://www.facebook.com/drinkpuppet/

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Hong Kong's smallest Pineapple bun 菠蘿油

Obviously I was here for the mini pineapple bun gimmick because the new Shades flavour is a really local flavour that locals will love since it has Italian low fat soft gelato, caramelized croutons, homemade milk tea gelato, meringue rocks, peanut butter sauce, candied peanuts topped with a cute pineapple bun 菠蘿油.



Anyway, I liked the cute pineapple bun which is a mini choux puff dusted with crumbs with a slice of cake in the middle but other than that, the rest is not my cup of tea because I don’t like local flavours such as HK style milk tea and peanut butter sauce.
Can’t wait to try other creations soon.




Monday, May 25, 2015

Gimmick only and great for IG likes

Initally I was going to dine here for the sweet purple potato dumplings but it was too hot and I don't like the dumplings made of translucent dumpling skins because it is too greasy.

There were other desserts which were presented in the form a meal such as the ramen, waffle and egg, fried chicken and beer.




Didn't choose the ramen because I don't like chestnut and didn't choose the waffle because I don't like mango.

So in the end I had the fried chicken and beer with some cumin chicken wings.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chicken wings with cumin:

I wished I had checked the reviews before because they were dry and tasteless as mentioned in the previous review.
The chicken was probably frozen chicken because it was not springy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Fried chicken with beer:



There were crispy puff slices (fries), jam (ketchup), and fried chicken (made of melted marshmallows with crispies mixed into it coated with cornflakes).
The crispies in the fried chicken weren't that crispy and it was quite sweet with a hint of lemon flavouring.

Chicken bone (biscuit)

The beer which was made of apple jelly was too sweet and tasted like Apple chews and apple flavoured hubba bubba with a sweet meringue top!
It looks exactly the same as the BEER JELLY at Prince bakery which tastes better because it tastes of beer!
http://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/review/sheung-wan-%E5%A4%AA%E5%AD%90%E9%A4%85%E5%BA%97/2399238



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The bill: $1xx
cheers dessert
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