Pretty patisserie @ Pantry bread and pastries

There are a lot of high end patisseries around, and there was one cake that really drew me here, the apple bavarois.
Previously I had a hazelnut bavarois at Chez Patrick Deli.
It seems to be spelt bava"r"ois but at Chez Patrick it is spelt bava"v"ois, but then Chez Patrick shouldnt be wrong as they have native French chefs there.

The display had a nice selection of cakes; I couldn’t decide between the carrot and yoghurt and the chocolate and raspberry, but in the end I picked the chocolate and raspberry.

 

 

The cakes that I got were the apple bavarois, strawberry macaroon and the chocolate and raspberry cake.

During transportation, the strawberry macaroon did a roly poly somersault and the top broke off and went backside down, while the apple bavarois skidded to the side and the chocolate and raspberry just fainted sideways on the apple bavarois toppling all the berry decorations all over the place!

 

Despite the disaster, all turned out well, all of them were delicious.

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Strawberry macaroon:In the patisserie, this was the prettiest of them all, it looked like a pink éclair, a macaroon extruded instead of the shape of a circle. There were five layers. I was expecting the macaroon layer to be extremely sweet but it wasn’t, the texture was slightly soft.
In between the macaroon layers were strawberry cream and strawberry jelly, fresh raspberries, which was very refreshing for a macaroon without that cloyingly sweet taste. Best of all the raspberries in the cake were kept very fresh.
The strawberry cream was intense in colour and it was interesting they had fresh raspberries as a layer when it was a strawberry macaroon.

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Apple bavarois:The taste reminded me of the apple yoghurt I had at Starbucks, very refreshing, with light whipped apple mousse and pieces of apple with a crisp texture.
There was a light green shell covering the cake, it was a bit like white chocolate but flavoured gently with apple. In the centre there was apple jelly and pieces of apple. I also found pieces of orange bits which were peach or mango, but not strong enough to be tasted.
Apple yoghurt at starbucks: http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2094952
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Chocolate and raspberry:A layer of thin chocolate sauce covered this cake and in-between were layers of chocolate cream and a layer of raspberry jelly.
The raspberry could have been strong, but the jelly layer tasted similar to the macaroon one.
The cake base was slightly hard though.

 

All the fruit cakes had a fruit flavoured jelly layer in them, next time I am going to try the carrot one because of the yoghurt layer on top. The cakes were all at the right sweetness, which was really good because you can try several cakes at one time without feeling sickly.

Getting “Dressed” with a Raspberry cheesecake Smoothie

Getting “Dressed” with a Raspberyy cheese Cake Smoothie.

Last time I tried the avocado smoothie, now the Raspberry cheesecake smoothie.

Again, the sweetness of their smoothies are worth commending, they are just right, not too sweet and you can still taste the tartness of the yoghurt.

The Raspberry cheese cake smoothie however didnt surprise me as much as the Avocado, the taste reminded me of the Raspberry Petit Filous by Yoplait.
The cream cheese was however surprisingly prominent in the drink, it was creamy, and slightly savoury, so its a bit like the Petit Filous with a slight savoury taste.
The cream cheese reminded me of Philadelphia spread!

Mint Avocado Smoothie
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2155207

 

 

Just another Froyo joint in Sai Kung @ Mr Froyo

This froyo shop has opened for quite a while.

It was the last thing on my mind when there is nothing else interesting to try.

I wanted to try Yogurtime but I have already tried the flavours they had that day.

Basically it tastes the same as other froyos, not very distinctive.
The raspberries were canned and not sweetened which was good, but it looks like...........

The toppings were better, they had berries, but I should have picked the raspberry crispies which are not commonly found in other Froyo shops.
They had pineapple crispies as well.

 

Chocolat-ier the new confectionary craze

Walked past and saw this cute shop selling confectionery and skin care products made of Chocolate.

 

 

It reminded me of LUSH and SKINFOOD.

Although they specialise in chocolate skin care, they have chocolate confectionery too such as chocolate and nuts, a big range on yoghurt covered berries, chocolate covered nuts and gift sets.

 

Gift sets

 

 

For the yoghurt-covered fruit, there were cranberries, strawberries, pineapples, cherries, blueberries, raspberries and nuts too.

The ones that had real dried fruit were pineapple, blueberry, cherry and raspberry, the strawberry and cranberry were like a berry version of maltesers.

They are said to be able to keep for a year without going off, but Hong Kong is a hot and humid place, which makes it difficult and the fact you cant stop eating them!
Yoghurt covered dried fruit and nuts are very common and cheap in the UK, infact you can get them at Pick and Mix stalls.

The staffs at the shop had pretty eyes and spoke good English.

Chocolate almond:
This was very impressive, there was a good ratio of chocolate and almond, and it was not too sweet, I was told it had a slight savoury taste. It is a good one to start off with, because the taste isn’t so intense.

Chocolate covered nuts:
My favourite was the brazilian nut, they had chocolate sunflower seeds too!

Yoghurt covered fruits:
Overall they were good, the texture of the yoghurt coating was a bit like marzipan, and sugary icing.
The taste was not too sweet or overpowering and it complements the fruit.
The pineapple was nice, but I found the texture of the pineapple bit too moist and soft.

L:cherry R:blueberry

 

The cherry and blueberry were the best, especially the blueberry because it had a strong taste, and it was slightly chewy too and the berries are not freeze dried.

 

For the raspberry it was a whole freeze-dried berry inside which gives it a different experience and the coating was decorative too. It is similar to the Japanese versions.

raspberry

 

The cranberry and strawberry ones were like berry maltesers!

L:cranberry R:strawberry

 

Anyway the white yoghurt covered ones are a must try, because the yoghurt covering is different from the Japanese sugary ones.

I was quite surprised there hadnt been any reviews and it wasnt listed, despite it is right next to Crumbs, Kami Teapresso, that new taiwanese grilled cakes and Roll across the road.

Bought them previously as written in the review below:
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2154243

This time they had coconut mushrooms from the pick n mix shops from UK.
Since I was homesick, I got some.

The rest of the chocolates tasted as good as before, I got the blackcurrant one which wasnt there before.
It is good to see that they are getting popular in Hong Kong.

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Price: Bit expensive
Service: OK
Yummy factor: OK
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They also had coconut mushrooms which you can get from Pick and mix shops in the UK.