Showing posts with label strawberries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strawberries. Show all posts
Thursday, March 29, 2012
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.
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.
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!
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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.
Labels:
apple,
Artisan/Packaging,
cakes,
Causeway Bay,
raspberry,
strawberries
Desserts buffet at $98 per person @ Kaneda
I have been wanting to go to Ant One’s for the dessert buffet, but it is only available in the evenings, however when I walked past Kaneda, I saw the dessert buffet for only $98 per person including bottomless drinks.
There are a total of 22 desserts to choose from which is about the same as Ant One, however Ant One offers Chinese desserts as well. Although Kaneda doesn’t have Chinese desserts such as fried sweet dumplings, it was not a loss to me since I do not like Chinese desserts. The items that I wanted to try at Ant One were also available at Kaneda.
The desserts available were:
1) Chocolate cake with molten chocolate filling 2) Baked walnut cake 3) Italian cheese cake 4) Mango puff pastry 5) Green tea and red bean mousse 6) Strawberry pancake with custard cream 7) Ice-cream skewer 8) Serradura pudding 9) Creme brulee 10) Honey milk pudding 11) Apple crumble 12) Mango souffle 13) Mango pudding 14) Fruit profiteroles 15) Banana pancake with custard 16) Baked egg white with almond 17) Almond sorbet 18) Assorted cakes of the day 19) Chocolate milk pudding
20) Various ice-creams 21) Mango pancake with custard 22) Strawberry yoghurt mousse
23) Blueberry cheesecake nice sour berries 24) Mango cheesecake 25) Mango cake
1) Chocolate cake with molten chocolate filling
This was piping hot and the size of the ice-cream scoop and chocolate cake was super mini, it was slightly smaller than a tablespoon.
2) Baked walnut cake
This was not too sweet, nice and chewy, it was made of 90% walnuts and sweet syrup.
3) Italian cheese cake
Didn’t try.
4) Mango puff pastry
This was layers of puff pastry sandwiched with custard cream topped with mangoes.
5) Green tea and red bean mousse
didnt try
6) Strawberry pancake with custard cream
Didnt try, but tried the banana pancake.
7) Ice-cream skewer
Didn’t try
8) Serradura pudding
This tasted like the usual serradura pudding, very creamy.
9) Creme brulee
This tasted how it should
10) Honey milk pudding
Nice and creamy but the taste of honey was light
11) Apple crumble
Nice, but too many raisins.
12) Mango souffle
My favourite, but slightly too sweet, there were small pieces of real mango fruit
13) Mango pudding
Didn’t try
14) Fruit profiteroles
Didnt try
15) Banana pancake with custard
The custard cream in it tasted fake and floury
16) Baked egg white with almond
Tasted ok.
17) Almond sorbet
This was my favourite, nutty with plenty of almonds and a rich cake base
18) Assorted cakes of the day
19) Chocolate milk pudding
didnt try
20) Various ice-creams
didnt try
21) Mango pancake with custard
22) Strawberry yoghurt mousse
Another one of my favourites, the strawberry flavouring wasn’t fake and it was refreshing with the yogurt ingredient.
23) Blueberry cheesecake
nice sour berries
24) Mango cheesecake
Didnt try.
25) Mango cake
The desserts were served in tiny cups and dishes, there was a fresh plastic spoon every time, which not that environmentally friendly.
There were metal cutleries too, but the spoon couldn’t fit in the tiny dessert cups.
Improvements:
It would be good if there was a side plate to rest my used cutlery rather than directly on the table.
There are a total of 22 desserts to choose from which is about the same as Ant One, however Ant One offers Chinese desserts as well. Although Kaneda doesn’t have Chinese desserts such as fried sweet dumplings, it was not a loss to me since I do not like Chinese desserts. The items that I wanted to try at Ant One were also available at Kaneda.
The desserts available were:
1) Chocolate cake with molten chocolate filling 2) Baked walnut cake 3) Italian cheese cake 4) Mango puff pastry 5) Green tea and red bean mousse 6) Strawberry pancake with custard cream 7) Ice-cream skewer 8) Serradura pudding 9) Creme brulee 10) Honey milk pudding 11) Apple crumble 12) Mango souffle 13) Mango pudding 14) Fruit profiteroles 15) Banana pancake with custard 16) Baked egg white with almond 17) Almond sorbet 18) Assorted cakes of the day 19) Chocolate milk pudding
20) Various ice-creams 21) Mango pancake with custard 22) Strawberry yoghurt mousse
23) Blueberry cheesecake nice sour berries 24) Mango cheesecake 25) Mango cake
1) Chocolate cake with molten chocolate filling
This was piping hot and the size of the ice-cream scoop and chocolate cake was super mini, it was slightly smaller than a tablespoon.
This was not too sweet, nice and chewy, it was made of 90% walnuts and sweet syrup.
Didn’t try.
4) Mango puff pastry
This was layers of puff pastry sandwiched with custard cream topped with mangoes.
5) Green tea and red bean mousse
didnt try
6) Strawberry pancake with custard cream
Didnt try, but tried the banana pancake.
7) Ice-cream skewer
Didn’t try
8) Serradura pudding
This tasted like the usual serradura pudding, very creamy.
This tasted how it should
10) Honey milk pudding
Nice and creamy but the taste of honey was light
11) Apple crumble
Nice, but too many raisins.
12) Mango souffle
My favourite, but slightly too sweet, there were small pieces of real mango fruit
Didn’t try
14) Fruit profiteroles
Didnt try
15) Banana pancake with custard
The custard cream in it tasted fake and floury
Tasted ok.
17) Almond sorbet
This was my favourite, nutty with plenty of almonds and a rich cake base
19) Chocolate milk pudding
didnt try
20) Various ice-creams
didnt try
21) Mango pancake with custard
22) Strawberry yoghurt mousse
Another one of my favourites, the strawberry flavouring wasn’t fake and it was refreshing with the yogurt ingredient.
23) Blueberry cheesecake
nice sour berries
Didnt try.
25) Mango cake
There were metal cutleries too, but the spoon couldn’t fit in the tiny dessert cups.
Improvements:
It would be good if there was a side plate to rest my used cutlery rather than directly on the table.
Labels:
Apple Crumble,
blueberries,
buffet,
cheesecake,
Chocolate,
Dessert,
Green tea,
ice-cream,
Japanese,
mousse,
Pancakes,
Profiteroles,
souffle,
strawberries,
yoghurt
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