Eating this brownie with itās (I assume) unprocessed cocoa gave my companion an almost perfectly lined lip. Mildly sweetened and slightly crumbly, this brownie came recommended by the server.
On a diet? This Chocolate Flourless Cake ($10) was light and not sweet. It felt healthy š but personally I would like it a tad sweeter to give the cake a good taste balance.
Paired with the autumn tea ($5.50) was a worthy match.
Craving Molten Lava Cake at 8.30am in the morning on a weekday? I satisfied mine at Clap Cafe with a warm oozy molten lava cake ($12) served with a cold gelato and topped with a biscotti.
This is a breakfast of champions!
First, Paris Baguette is not a French-owned - itās Korean.
Ok, now that that shocker is out of the way, I order 4 cakes ($10.60 ea) , two of which are chocolate.
The Double Choc fudge cake (left) is the older matured sister for taste buds that like the softness texture and a slight bitterness with the cocoa powder top layer. Iāve been told by a staff that a secret tip to eat it is to warm it in the microwave so that the fudge melts just a tinnnnnnny bit for that melty moment.
The Paris Rocher (right) is the perky young sister that is sweet and filled with a spongy centre and the nutty crunch surrounding. Iāve been told thereās a liquor in it so may not be suitable for kids.
So overall, double choc fudge gets my vote between the two. But price wise, they could do better.
(P.s I also tried the strawberry yogurt cheese cake and fresh strawberry yogurt cake. The former is richer and slightly sweet while the latter is more subdued)
*Note: my taste palate leans towards dark bitter chocolate at a sweet spot of 65%-72% cocoa. So please use that as a gauge of my taste perspective.
Anyone that calls itās called a Devilās Flourless Cake ($9) means some serious chocolate business. Either the gao-gao jelat kind or the kind that makes one put on calories just by looking at it.
This one was the latter as the base was a chocolate cake atop a fruity Valrhona chocolate mousse with a thin chocolate ganache. I loved it but wished the cake part could reduce itās height by 30-50%.
ROI: 80%
* Note: my taste palate leans towards dark bitter chocolate at a sweet spot of 65%-72% cocoa. So please use that as a gauge of my taste perspective.
A slice of signature momās fudge cake ($8.50) is made up of a soft sponges interlaced with decent layer of fudge in between.
Neither sweet nor bitter, itās a relatively subtle fudge cake that meets the expectation of what a fudge cake off the block would be.
ROI: 69%
* Note: my taste palate leans towards dark bitter chocolate at a sweet spot of 65%-72% cocoa. So please use that as a gauge of my taste perspective.
Their signature Etoile ($5.50) for a slice was marketed as āvelvety bittersweet chocolate mousse between layers of sponge cakeā. Their chocolate mouse was neither bittersweet nor velvety. Came across more like a firm Kingās milk chocolate scooped ice cream between some breaded sponge that I would buy from the ice cream Uncle at orchard road.
Is it possible to resist this temptation? Absolutely yes.
ROI: 35%
* Note: my taste palate leans towards dark bitter chocolate at a sweet spot of 65%-72% cocoa. So please use that as a gauge of my taste perspective.
The conditions under which I would buy this
$8 chocolate mousse cake:
Condition 1: if their eggless truffle was not available..
Condition 2: ā¦and I was desperate for chocolate.
*Note: my taste palate leans towards dark bitter chocolate at a sweet spot of 65%-72% cocoa. So please use that as a gauge of my taste perspective.
I did WUNDER why their tarts ($8) are sold individually even through it was never available. So I bit the bullet and preordered (the earliest was 4 days later) their bundle of 6 @ $42 I.e $7 per tart.
Lots of anticipationā¦. And hereās my verdict.
1. Their tart base quite nice.. but went really soft when out of the fridge.
2. Lemon as well as the Lychee rose were refreshing. So was the fruit tart. But all melted pretty fast once out of the fridge.
3. Chocolate tart - which was what made we excited - was so-so. It was a light milk chocolate.
*Note: my taste palate leans towards dark bitter chocolate at a sweet spot of 65%-72% cocoa. So please use that as a gauge of my taste perspective.
Their tarts were sold out by 3pm on a Saturday so the Bombe (a chocolate mousse with scattered blue berries) ($6.50) was the next best thing.
The chocolate mousse was milk chocolate and the blue berries still crunchy. The crispy base was a little weird that detached from the rest of the dessert so had to eat that separately. (7.5 out of 10)
*Note: my taste palate leans towards dark bitter chocolate at a sweet spot of 65%-72% cocoa. So please use that as a gauge of my taste perspective.
I love a chocolate tart erring on the side of slightly bitter, so this hazelnut chocolate ($7.50) wasnāt all too bad.
But Meghan Trainor wasnāt wrong when she sang āitās all about the base*, about the baseā, and this tart base was way too hard like a biscuit and too much in proportion to the chocolate.
(*I know la, the correct lyric is ābassā)
*Note: my taste palate leans towards dark bitter chocolate at a sweet spot of 65%-72% cocoa. So please use that as a gauge of my taste perspective.
Letās address the elephant in the room - Yes, at $6.50 a piece, itās probably one of the more expensive cookies out there and it does put a dent to the wallet, especially if it becomes an addition.
That said, itās also a good cookie.
I tried the cookies: chunky chocolate, dark chocolate and the hojicha lava. They are all on the sweet* side, even the dark chocolate. After being heated up, it has a nice crusty outer layer, softer inner texture and a lava flow core. The latter was most evident when I ate it at the shop, as I didnāt achieve the lava flow core when I brought it home and tried to follow the instructions.
The sole brownie I got - Gimme Sāmores - was nice but not comparable to their cookies.
*Note: my taste palate leans towards dark bitter chocolate at a sweet spot of 65%-72% cocoa. So please use that as a gauge of my taste perspective.