School has barely started after a prolonged holiday but the workload is piling up already. Amidst all the deadlines to meet and presentations to make, a favourite way to keep myself sane is to spend a quiet afternoon with tea and cakes. Yes, mugger me still bring lecture notes along to read, but at least they seemed to make more sense after a sugar rush!
Located at Duxton Hill, Flor Patisserie specialized in French pastries with a Japanese touch. Helmed by Chef Yamashita, who was previously at Patisserie Glace, the little bakery mainly has customers doing takeaways, though there are several tables and a bar top counter available if you can’t wait to get home to savour the cakes! Service was sincerely friendly, as staffs made prompt recommendations when asked. I also overheard them chatting enthusiastically in Japanese with their other customers!
As with all things Japanese, aesthetic presentation plays a very important role as my Napoleon ($6.20) was looking oh-so-pretty with its different layers. In between flaky pastry skin, the sponge cake and whipped cream were light and airy, while a thin spread of sweet custard was nicely balanced with a tinge of sourness from the strawberry. Tempted to have seconds!
I tried their new creation of Mont Blanc ($6.30), which uses French chestnut cream as topping on a sponge cake. Again, it went easy on the palate with the little chocolate balls adding an interesting crunch, though I wished the cream could be a little richer in flavour and with more chunks of chestnuts!
They also have a small drink list available, as I chose a Hot Strawberry Tea ($4.00) to go with my cakes. Served with a mini butter cookie, the natural fragrance was a nice change from the usual teabags.
Though the location might be slightly inconvenient for non-drivers, Flor Patisserie is one of those little places with a cheerful atmosphere that will easily make an afternoon fly by, indulging in tasty little sweets and girly Japanese pop songs in the background. With so many other attractive choices (Mango Pie, anyone?), return trips are in the making already!
Flor Patisserie
#01-01, 2 Duxton Hill, Singapore 089588
Tel: 6223 8628
Business hours:
Monday to Saturday: 11am- 7pm
Sunday: 11am- 6pm
Website: http://www.cakeflor.com.sg
Taken with Nikon D70
7 comments:
Wonderful the strawberry cake!
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Have you tried Kki's Mont Blanc? The chestnut swirls is so pure and richly chestnutty. But I love Napoleon!
TheStigg: Hi, sorry for being rude, but you kinda sound like a spambot..
ice: ahh not yet, but I have heard so much about them and their easily-sold-out cakes! Mmm.. the Mont Blanc sounds good!
I talked to Heldi of Flor and suggested a Mango Napoleon to her. Hee.. hope Chef Yamashita likes the idea!
You've landed at Flor too! I wish I'm in Singapore to step into that patisserie.
Hi Daniel! Beautiful blog here. Thank you for the review and lovely pictures!
See you soon!
Yum yum, nice post!
And I see you're talking to irritating spambots like me too lol.
Lorraine: haha, yup Flor is a great place for a lazy afternoon, but im sure you are having plenty fun exploring patisseries in NL!
Heidi: Heya! Thanks for dropping by! Sure, I will be back for the gorgeous mango pies! =)
Harris: The busy diplomat speaks! hahaha.. Do take some time to drop by Flor to relax yourself!
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