Fruits Crepe Cake from PG

I returned to PG today with Elise. A new place, a new counter. Yet the cakes still familiar.

This time, i tried the new items and forgo the old favorites. My purchase and calorie damage for the day included Charlotte Ami, Chocolat De Noeh and Fruits Crepe.

I liked the fresh strawberry mousse taste of Charlotte Ami and even more the layers of sponge cake which surrounded the mousse and cream.. feels like i am back to those days of the strawberry shortcake cartoons and definitely how every girl always love the pink and sweetness of everything that is strawberries! hehe. the mousse, light and slightly sour and very very fragrant. the surrounding layer of spongy cake, so soft, so fluffy, so very melt in your mouth. what's wonderful, the outer part/crust of the spongy cake is slightly crispy!! gosh, i soooo melted when i ate the whole thing. Lurve, lurve, lurve it!!

and then i couldn't resist and had to have the remaining two cakes after the day's events. bought CDN because there were nuts inside. almond and walnuts. interestingly, it tasted like something very familiar. it's not exactly soft. somehow, keeping it in the fridge kinda partially harden a certain layer of the cake (i think it's the ganache). Rich, yes but definitely not the richest i have had for a choc cake. nothing beats the one from pan pac bakery. that one is super duper awesome, and i must stress i am not exactly a chocolate fan. out of the 3, it's not my favourite though i think it'd be a bit too light for choc lovers.. hmm.. it's definitely bitter sweet. so i guess it depends.

last but not least, my favorite for the day. i have finally found something which can rival Arinco's swissroll. this fruits crepe cake is creamy creamy, light light creamy to the max. on the surface of the signature soft spongy cake, it was covered with super thin layer of crepe skin. Within the bravarian cream, super uber fresh fruits. there's grapes and i wonder if it's THAT kind of korean grape (you know the super huge ones where the skin separates easily from the flesh) and peach and pear cubes. the best best best surprise of this cake is that bit of burnt caramel towards the middle part of the cake nestled in the baravian cream. it was awesome!!!! i prefer this more than Arinco's swiss roll. unforgettable and i am sooo going to go back to get it. wasted as i didn't take pics of this yummy cake!!

PG has relocated to Icon Village and it looks like a pretty exciting place with so many restaurants opening up, i can't wait to see what IV has to offer. People working in the CBD area sure are spoilt for choices and the occasional indulgence.

*green with envy*!!

La France

La france

when i was at Glace yesterday, i didn't know what to buy. i went with the intention of getting the souffle and they were well stocked yesterday. braving the heat and ultimately crazy hot sun, my brains must have been fried to make a wise decision.


so visualisation took over and La France looked uber appealing! it's a tart with it's middle entirely filled by a quarter of pear. i love pear - cooked in the form of a dessert. i am ok with eating it fresh and crunchy. the thing about me is i like food with texture. Crunchy, chewy, Q, crispy.. anything that needs me to really chewy, it's top on my list. so what do i like about cooked pears when they already lost most of their crunchy texture and are softer by the time they are cooked?


i love the part when i bite into the cooked pear, the coarse texture becomes more prominent. every bite makes the pear more and more powdery. it becomes a joy to chew it. haha.. funny as it sounds.


anyway, back to la france. i found it too sweet to my liking. the top of the tart is covered with custard and a layer of jelly glaze was on top of the custard to make it glossily appealing. there was also some caramelized sugar on top of the custard. the pear in the middle was actually quite big. it's very neatly sliced into thin slices but it looked like it was a quarter slice of pear. Very generous.


i guess my tooth is just not that sweet to enjoy it.

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took this when i was on my way to Glace from another route. i love the white against the blacks and the browns. one part of the building house xi yan, and i dunno what's the other side. I think the CBD and tanjong pagar area is a very interesting place. i would love to go again for another photo trip erm, when the weather is not as hot though..

Strawberry Souffle - Patisserie Glace

at $5.50, i'd say it's a good cheap indulgence!

amongst the strawberry related cakes which Patisserie Glace has to offer, i have to say that the strawberry souffle is my favourite.


i like it coz the taste is clean. strawberry on top, in the middle and the light, creamy enough cheese cake that makes it whole. there's not too many things to complicate the overall taste, so i simply enjoy it! it's a good balance of all the ingredients. Go figure out the bits which covers the site. it's uber tasty! :D


my only complain? hmm coz i like to eat my cake with a bit of everything so i tend to eat my cake top down and i hate it when my cake topples. in this case, the strawberry souffle has some sliced strawberry beneath the strawberry topping so it's difficult to eat it top down.


anyway, i am missing my cakes. hopefully, i'd head there next week with the girls!

Double Rare Cheese Mango - Pattiserie Glace

is your idea of cheesecake something completely cheesy? thick, heavy, creamy cheese which you can savour in your mouth and thereafter leaves a strong after taste even when the cake is swallowed?


that's what i thought a cheesecake to be.. normally.


eating this cake brought a whole new perspective to eating cheesecakes. more often than not, the cheesecakes i have eaten are a proportionate blend of thick cheesy taste with just enough if not too much sweetness to hide the cheese taste. that's the taste of the cheese itself. thereafter, the sponge cake is also sweet and the toppings are also sweet, or sour at times. so complex...


then came the DRCM. (yep, i am lazy so i like to give my own abbreviations to lengthy stuff)


what struck me about the cake is how fragile it is. removing the plastic cover surrounding the cake, it started to bend within minutes not sure if it's due to the weather or what.. in any case, i realise i must eat the cake soonest.


the top part of the cake is a layer of fluffy, soft, white cream drizzled with a generous amount of mango puree. the cheese filling is next and a layer of sponge cake. the combi is being repeated and it makes up the whole DRCM.


if you have tried PG's cakes, the cream taste is very much the same. light, melts in the mouth and goes well with anything sour. but of course, eating it by itself has no kicks. so the star for this cake is the cheese. the cheese taste is definitely there, the chef doesn't try to mask it with sugar or any further sweetness. you taste it as it is. cheese with tinges of saltiness in every bite. doesn't leave too strong an after taste.


thus it is unlike any cheesecakes i have eaten. thick cheese with proportionate blend of sweetness making some of them heavy and jelat after half a slice is being eaten. Worse, cannot run away from the sinfulness of eating those cakes.


DRCM doesn't give you the guilt and i think can eat at least 2 and maybe 1 more. Plus the sweet and sour mango puree goes so well with the cheese. at the same time, though the puree may seem a tad too little, i think it's a good portion to enjoy the whole slice of cake.


i'd definitely get it again. do try it even if you are not a cheesecake lover, it's easy to enjoy coz it's pretty light. :)

cakes from Patisserie Glace

and so, i finally made my way there. didn't expect it to be such a difficult place to find. like everyone else, i thought Chinatown Plaza was in the midst of Chinatown. Alas, it was way further than there. i was orchard and took bus 124 alighted opposite hong lim complex coz i wanted to try the bread from Barcook. after that, i headed to find Chinatown Plaza. it was a hot day, but i persisted coz i was there already, so i might as well. i asked around and was told that it was near cantonment road. i was like 'kaoz, cantonment road damn bloody far leh' but anyway, it's easier for me to get a bus home from there, so i might as well head over.

chinatown plaza is located at Craig Road

皇天不负苦心人.. i finally found it! tucked in an awfully quiet area on a weekend, CP is such an unlikely place to find such a gem. it is as everyone blogged. simple.

this is chinatown plaza, head to the entrance and Glace is on your left

it's a junction in front of chinatown plaza

when i reached, there was already a queue. two tables at the outside and the whole feel was quite dark. i think it's the only shop which opened today. the shop front displayed all the cakes and chef and wifey i supposed tended to the customers. behind the scenes was the kitchen where the staff baked the cakes. it's actually quite big.

Glace

the shop front

there were many cakes, many selections, i wanted to get everything. but i figured i couldnt eat so many so i bought back 5 instead. i managed to chat with chef's wifey and told her it was difficult to find the place and she apologised. she asked me where i came from and i told her i was at Barcook earlier. She said she also like the raisin cream bun and i told her that i was super lucky that i managed to get it fresh from the oven. she was very friendly and i have a wonderful time chatting with her!


she also told me that they are encouraging customers to order online as the shop supplies are unable to meet the overwhelming demand. she mentioned that they have been busy since morning and have yet taken any lunch!! she also said that they get a lot of calls asking for directions. so i told her i'd put up in my blog where exactly it is located. hopefully, it reduces the calls asking for location.


i packed back 5 cakes and so far tried 2 and are pretty pleased with what i bought :D i will definitely go back to buy their new creations and more!

Strawberry Hill

Strawberry Mille-feuille

Rin Rin Cheese Tart - Honey Dew

Mont Blanc

Marron Pie

p/s: if like me you don't have the luxury of a car or prefer to take public transport, what you can do is to take 197 coming from bedok interchange and alight before it turns down the slope after maxwell market. alternatively, you can take 196 or trans 75 ot 167 and stop at cantonment road. it's a bit of a walk from the bus stop though. the nearest mrt station would be Outram, but it's still quite a distance away. have fun finding! :D