Manne et Sante’
Add: 96 Shaoxing Lu, near Shanxi Nan Lu / 绍兴路96号, 近陕西南路
Tel: 5465 6297
Hours: 8am~10pm
Price: ~40 RMB/coffee, 40~60 RMB/dessert
Visited: Aug 2010
The first floor bakery of Manne et Sante’ looks decent enough, but I would’ve never ventured upstairs to the second floor cafe if not led by a friend. The small doorway, the shabby and twisting staircase, the dark interior…there is nothing delightful about the route leading up. Once I pushed open the wooden door to the second floor, however, the sweet aroma of fresh pastry and coffee convinced me immediately that this is a good place to be.
The cafe owner is an acquaintance of my friend, and he came out to personally brew coffee for us. The guy at the next table is obviously jealous that we got special treatment.
Mille Feuille, a three-tier puff pastry tower with cream, fresh grapes, and blueberries sandwiched in between.
Tiramisu.
What a pleasant little space. Opt for window seats on a nice day, open the windows and let the cool breeze fill the space. Will come back again for the valrhona chocolate pizza that we wanted to try but didn’t have any room for.
again, i like your pix!
very nicely done blog, will definitely visit again.
especially before we gonna visit SH again.
or we will just bother you.
btw, this is Jimmy Chu.
thanks jimmy! definitely come visit again, as you can see there are plenty of nice places to explore in shanghai.
your comments are greatly appreciated :) do stop by often!
Hey 王姐姐! I went to this place with my friend last week! The mille feuille was very pretty indeed :)
Love your blog, keep it uppp!
Thanks Jenny :) keep reading!
brewing coffee is like a physics experiment…maybe I can do it
try it and let me know how it goes