A gorgeous new bakery in Roppongi put together by an all-star team. It’s where I’d go for breakfast once a week if I lived in Tokyo.
A bakery / ice-cream shop / cafe by some ex-Farine folks. Very very good.
New location of Pain Chaud, which had always been one of my favorite French bakeries in Shanghai even when it was just a lone shop on Yongkang Road.
La Ferme du Hameau de Roy
Add: Ch. de Bruxelles 70, 1472 Vieux-Gemappe, Belgique
Tel: 02 387 15 15
Website: fermeduhameauduroy.be
Price: [beer] €3.00 and up [food] €7.50 and up
Visited: Jul 2011
This rustic farm bakery near the Waterloo battlefield serves amazing quiches and fruit tarts. Perfect spot for breakfast or lunch.
Just looking at these fruit tarts and quiches made me very happy at heart.
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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.
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