Saturday, October 30, 2010
Hi! Before I do a mini review for Canele Patisserie, here's 2 pics of melting sweet from Sticky which I saw on my sis' desk!
She doesn't believe in placing them in the fridge =S
Ok! Right to the topic of the day! Went out w/MN & YongHan on Weds, 271010 to celebrate MN's move from temp to perm staff in a gahmen sector! We went off to Canele Patisserie at Paragon for dinner!
A pic of the menu XD
The, um, serviette haha =X 
Here's YH's main course! Pasta alla carbonara! Nestled atop a pile of pasta, cream sauce n ham is the poached egg! I found the sauce to be a tad salty, possibly from the addition of salt when there's already the briny ham in the pasta =S Otherwise it'd have tasted good! YH didn't ask them to recook it though =(
MN's! Spaghetti bolognese! Tasty cheese haha! Didn't try much of the sauce though =S
MN & I while waiting for my doria!
Random pic of smiley YH!
A vegetarian doria...and not because I'm turning vegetarian haha! I ordered this as it's easier to consume...I think by now everyone knows that I can't really bite noodles in my current state! Presentation wise...the cut veggies are kinda haphazardly placed, which, to honestly speak, neither looks professional nor appealing! This cost me $14.50 or so, which I didn't think was worth it. There's a layer of tomato, brinjal, courgette & sauteed mushrooms, which were unevenly scattered beneath the uppermost layer of tomato. Taste wise...hmm...I don't remember much about it now. Doubt I'd be ordering this again!
For dessert, we shared a "L'amour"($8), which consisted of rose petal icecream with raspberry swirl, rose meringue and lychee pieces! YH said that it was like bandung, except that it's an icecream =S I don't drink bandung but I've certainly tried it before! Far from bandung haha! Presentation wise...do you readers notice that they tried to save on meringue(those pink sticks in the pic)? Don't know what happened back in the kitchen, but I feel a little insulted by the lack of pride placed in arranging the meringue, the blended raspberries & the lychees! I took 3 pics just to prove my point. Pardon me for all these griping, but I like my food to look (and taste, but that's not impt right now in this reason) good if I'm seated in a restaurant charging 10% for service charge and 7%. gst.
The crisp meringue went well with the rose icecream and the raspberries tasted sweet, which is a good thing! I'd rate this...7/10? Lost some points from the presentation, oh well. I certainly hope that there'd be more heart into the presentation when I return to try other desserts!
Pic of me & L'amour(French for "love")
Rows of macarons! I bought 2 types, 1 of each...Milk Chocolate Passion Fruit & Caramel Sel! Reviews are below =) Paid $4.90 in total =X Ah well. Could have bought 6 or 9, which would be cheaper, but apparently they didn't have the chart like they have in Shaw Centre, and was a teensy bit shy to ask for it! I wanted a bag, and was given a standard sized Canele Patisserie paper bag O.o
To kinokuniya! Showed both a book on the collection of ninja stories which included their diet, weapons, real life ninjas & tactics! Spotted this interesting book(priced at $27!!!)the last time I was there buying my macaron recipe book XD Heard from YH on an interesting fact surrounding Jamie Oliver...which I'll go try out myself =D
Walking home, MN and I received a call from ZR, who spotted us while in Justus' car! Justus picked us up and we almost went for bowling. Off to macs at Jurong Spring CC for "supper", and such a pity that they didn't serve icecream at that hour! Straw above was ripped apart by the two violently strong people in our group, ZR & MN! Think I reached home at 11.40pm O.o
Macarons!! XD The funny smear that you see in the pic above is the salted caramel filling. Caused by the ones fighting...NOT!
Macarons on a plate...on the left is passionfruit, on the right's the caramel sel.
In half to show the cross section of the macarons!These are well made macs, as you can see that the little hump or base(or foot, as some call) is pretty much flushed against the rest of the top of the shell!Best of all, few air bubbles! Filling is sufficient! Pierre Hermé(a French Pastry chef ...google him yourself) approved this shop's macarons, so give it a go and try them! I loved the Caramel Sel (Salted Caramel)Macaron! This was what I experienced- Alternate tastes of salty and sweet caramel, followed by the sugar in the meringue macaron...and lastly, the hint of almond cookie(macaron shell). Didn't like the passionfruit much since the tartness didn't contrast well with the choc ganache filling, in my opinion. Perhaps it's an acquired taste! Can't wait to try the others soon XD
Ok! Right to the topic of the day!
Went out w/MN & YongHan on Weds, 271010 to celebrate MN's move from temp to perm staff in a gahmen sector! We went off to Canele Patisserie at Paragon for dinner!
A pic of the menu XDThe, um, serviette haha =X 
Here's YH's main course! Pasta alla carbonara! Nestled atop a pile of pasta, cream sauce n ham is the poached egg! I found the sauce to be a tad salty, possibly from the addition of salt when there's already the briny ham in the pasta =S Otherwise it'd have tasted good! YH didn't ask them to recook it though =(
MN's! Spaghetti bolognese! Tasty cheese haha! Didn't try much of the sauce though =S MN & I while waiting for my doria!
Random pic of smiley YH!
A vegetarian doria...and not because I'm turning vegetarian haha! I ordered this as it's easier to consume...I think by now everyone knows that I can't really bite noodles in my current state! Presentation wise...the cut veggies are kinda haphazardly placed, which, to honestly speak, neither looks professional nor appealing! This cost me $14.50 or so, which I didn't think was worth it. There's a layer of tomato, brinjal, courgette & sauteed mushrooms, which were unevenly scattered beneath the uppermost layer of tomato. Taste wise...hmm...I don't remember much about it now. Doubt I'd be ordering this again!
For dessert, we shared a "L'amour"($8), which consisted of rose petal icecream with raspberry swirl, rose meringue and lychee pieces! YH said that it was like bandung, except that it's an icecream =S I don't drink bandung but I've certainly tried it before! Far from bandung haha! Presentation wise...do you readers notice that they tried to save on meringue(those pink sticks in the pic)? Don't know what happened back in the kitchen, but I feel a little insulted by the lack of pride placed in arranging the meringue, the blended raspberries & the lychees! I took 3 pics just to prove my point. Pardon me for all these griping, but I like my food to look (and taste, but that's not impt right now in this reason) good if I'm seated in a restaurant charging 10% for service charge and 7%. gst.
The crisp meringue went well with the rose icecream and the raspberries tasted sweet, which is a good thing! I'd rate this...7/10? Lost some points from the presentation, oh well. I certainly hope that there'd be more heart into the presentation when I return to try other desserts! Pic of me & L'amour(French for "love")
Rows of macarons! I bought 2 types, 1 of each...Milk Chocolate Passion Fruit & Caramel Sel! Reviews are below =) Paid $4.90 in total =X Ah well. Could have bought 6 or 9, which would be cheaper, but apparently they didn't have the chart like they have in Shaw Centre, and was a teensy bit shy to ask for it! I wanted a bag, and was given a standard sized Canele Patisserie paper bag O.oTo kinokuniya! Showed both a book on the collection of ninja stories which included their diet, weapons, real life ninjas & tactics! Spotted this interesting book(priced at $27!!!)the last time I was there buying my macaron recipe book XD Heard from YH on an interesting fact surrounding Jamie Oliver...which I'll go try out myself =D
Walking home, MN and I received a call from ZR, who spotted us while in Justus' car! Justus picked us up and we almost went for bowling. Off to macs at Jurong Spring CC for "supper", and such a pity that they didn't serve icecream at that hour! Straw above was ripped apart by the two violently strong people in our group, ZR & MN! Think I reached home at 11.40pm O.o Macarons!! XD The funny smear that you see in the pic above is the salted caramel filling. Caused by the ones fighting...NOT!
Macarons on a plate...on the left is passionfruit, on the right's the caramel sel.
Walking home, MN and I received a call from ZR, who spotted us while in Justus' car! Justus picked us up and we almost went for bowling. Off to macs at Jurong Spring CC for "supper", and such a pity that they didn't serve icecream at that hour! Straw above was ripped apart by the two violently strong people in our group, ZR & MN! Think I reached home at 11.40pm O.o
Macarons!! XD The funny smear that you see in the pic above is the salted caramel filling. Caused by the ones fighting...NOT!
Macarons on a plate...on the left is passionfruit, on the right's the caramel sel.
In half to show the cross section of the macarons!These are well made macs, as you can see that the little hump or base(or foot, as some call) is pretty much flushed against the rest of the top of the shell!Best of all, few air bubbles! Filling is sufficient! Pierre Hermé(a French Pastry chef ...google him yourself) approved this shop's macarons, so give it a go and try them! I loved the Caramel Sel (Salted Caramel)Macaron! This was what I experienced- Alternate tastes of salty and sweet caramel, followed by the sugar in the meringue macaron...and lastly, the hint of almond cookie(macaron shell). Didn't like the passionfruit much since the tartness didn't contrast well with the choc ganache filling, in my opinion. Perhaps it's an acquired taste! Can't wait to try the others soon XD
Aww you're so cute!!
