Canelé Patisserie II: You know I love you

March 16, 2009 | 17 Comments

You know in life, there’s usually only one opportunity, and like they say, if you missed the train, it’s gonna be gone forever. That is why, gracious and forgiving, as cliché as it may sound, is important. Second chance.

Making the wrong choices once is bad enough, this time, we are going for the safe option. What better than their signature Le Royale ($7). If I’m to be a scientist, all the cures and breakthrough will never occur. But call me a mathematician, the cake had 64% of dark chocolate mousse. Of hazelnut feullitine and praline, I could never differentiate them apart. But I love them both, yes I do. So it doesn’t matter, anything with hazelnut & feullitine works for me. You know I love you, xoxo Le Royale.

Some of the female companions that I know, does not like to drink coffee. Yet they always frequent Starbucks, well just for their green tea frapp. Yes, call it irresistible, healthy, or whatever, our ladies love their macha. The lovely light shade of green tea mascarpone mousse was appealing. I’m no expert when it comes to green tea, but what I do know, the macha was very subtle. And the chestnut cremeuex was an interesting choice for the middle layer. Not that i’m a fan of chestnut. Oh yes, simply named, the macha ($7)

Oh dear, if looks can kill, so can Tarte Citron ($5.50). The beautifully burnt effects from the blow torch was a sight to behold. Italian meringue with lemon cream on almond tart. My, my. This really is a beauty. And if you think she is a bimbo, the taste was as good as the looks too.

I never know Canelé has good ice cream. Well, they are known for their cakes, and chocolates, but ice cream! I love surprises. And Nougatine ($8) is all about that. Praline ice cream with hazelnut nougatine was always my beloved. But it was the salty caramel dripped alongside the ice cream, which really made it so good.

Total bill was $33 for three cakes and one ice cream. Well I thought that the ice cream was pretty decent even at eight dollars per pop since it was more than the size of two scoops elsewhere. The raffles city branch is canelé restaurant instead of patisserie, since they offered main course as well. But I resisted putting the word restaurant on my title since we didn’t try any of their main course. That will be another time of course.

Usually opportunities only come knocking once, but I’m gonna knock on the door a few more times.

Canelé Restaurant
252 North Bridge Road
#B1-81 Raffles City shopping centre
tel: 63347377

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17 Responses to “Canelé Patisserie II: You know I love you”

Evan
March 16th, 2009 @ 12:16 am

stunning shots of the cakes i think you managed well w/o natural lighting. and the last pic was the one i “peeped” from your cam haha!

i agree the macha was really subtle, didn’t like it. but yes, u can’t go wrong with the green tea frapp from starbucks haha. i think i’m addicted to it already :p am going for the hazelnut ice cream nx time, it sounds really good!

right now, my favorite from canele is still le royale, as well as salted caramel & violette macarons!
layla
March 16th, 2009 @ 1:17 am

oooooooo the le royale I LOVE THAT ONE! worth the eat anytime! yum yum. now i’m hungry. haha!
Shirin
March 16th, 2009 @ 8:18 am

OMG. haha. the more you take pictures, the more i miss singapore! seriously, your pictures are SO Good. you’ve to teach me or something. hehe. and yeah, i’ve been baking lots! and lots! x
Fen
March 16th, 2009 @ 2:47 pm

Le Royale is definitely one that will never go wrong… but Yuan is finding his preference inclining towards Caraibe…

Matcha, liked on the first bite but finding it hard to finish it… Starbucks green tea latte, something I was once addicted till I was drinking more than one cup everyday… “Iced Tall Green Tea Latte with 5 scoops of green tea powder, no classic syrup”

Haven’t tried the Tarte Citron but as what Evan has mentioned about Aerin’s and Sihan & Ice have mentioned about Double Bay’s, my opinion towards this dessert has changed… Looks like I shouldn’t miss out Canele’s too…

Haven’t tried Nougatine but I was impressed by their 66% and L’amour ice-cream… Relatively smooth but nothing beats their macarons… Always my favourite…
pammiez
March 16th, 2009 @ 7:52 pm

haha i saw the xoxo! LOL
ladyironchef
March 16th, 2009 @ 10:08 pm

evan: hahaha thanks i’m quite pleased with the photos too! lol! i’m not much of a green tea person, haven try the green tea frapp before! i like the ice cream cos it got salted caramel to go along with it.

layla: lol! how many can you eat? : p yeah that’s the purpose of the post ma, to make you hungry. hahahahaha

Shirin: When are you coming back! thanks for the compliment, but there’s still room for improvements. haha. get a dslr!! and blog more about your bakes

Fen: I haven tried caraibe yet. Your obsession with anything is scary. lol! yeah try nougatine and let me know what u think of it

pammiez: lol! you let out my little secret! nobody else saw it. HA
michie
March 18th, 2009 @ 1:24 pm

When dining out, I cannot don’t order some sweets to refresh the palate! Desserts have to come right after dinner and those looked just perfect! Maybe I’ll diet tomorrow, lol.

michies last blog post..My Pressie from Malacca : Pulut Tekan
My Sweet & Saucy
March 18th, 2009 @ 2:24 pm

All of those photos are just incredible! I wish I could taste each one of them!

My Sweet & Saucys last blog post..Lots of Goodies
lauffabug
March 18th, 2009 @ 10:25 pm

my fave’s the exotique coz of the passion fruit and banana flavour which goes so well together hehe
ladyironchef
March 18th, 2009 @ 10:55 pm

michie: hahahaha yeah i also need some sweets to complete the meal! always on the lookout for good desserts : )

My sweet & saucy: haha thanks for the compliment! i love the photos too!

lauffabug: ah, i never try that yet. But passion fruit eh? i got bad experience with it. haha
pixen
March 21st, 2009 @ 1:04 am

Goodieeee! Finally they operates! Last time I was there, the place was under renovation. I don’t need to go so far from Royal Plaza on Scott yea!!! I tasted the dessert of the hotel – Carousel as well. I think I preferred Canelé. The choice of pastries is lesser at the Restaurant? Thank you for the info. Cheers.

pixens last blog post..Pine ‘n’ Coconut Pancake Rolls
ladyironchef
March 22nd, 2009 @ 10:33 pm

pixens: hahahaha really eh? when did they close down for renovation? hmm, i think the choices of desserts are the same for both the restaurant and their patisserie? Not very sure, but i always see the same cakes around. lol
Foodieah
April 1st, 2009 @ 2:13 am

These are some real ecstatic shots! My favourite remains their Mont Blanc.
ladyironchef
April 1st, 2009 @ 7:29 pm

foodieah: hahahah i must try their Mont Blanc next time! Come to think of it, i never try any Mont Blanc before!
hayley
October 13th, 2009 @ 4:07 pm

hahaha! looks nice!
ladyironchef
October 13th, 2009 @ 4:13 pm

hayley: Cakes are good, they make you happy!
missyeley
March 27th, 2010 @ 8:38 pm

YUM!!!!!!!!!

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