Châteraisé
I am in love with their Double Cream Puff ($1.90), with an extremely addictive cream puff filling that surpasses Beard Papa. Move over, old man. There's a new player in town.
Miss XS introduced this delight to me. The choux pastry isn't particularly remarkable on its own, a little flat and chewy, like of the supermarket variety. I hear that their pastries are flown from Japan into this store every couple of days. Maybe the pastry would have tasted fresher if I timed my purchases correctly? But it's a small matter. The true joy is found within the pastry, with the fresh milk cream layered over the sunshine-yellow egg custard cream.
Their no. 1 best-seller is the Legendary Fresh Cream Cake ($5.10), but the cake was pretty underwhelming. The sponge layers are too coarse.
A kudos goes out to Châteraisé's great and friendly service.
Johan Paris
Situated smack-dab next to Châteraisé, they sell tiny cream puffs ($3.70 for 100g - about 5 cream puffs). Kudos to their impressive service: they had samples lined up for most of their pastries, but not for the cream puffs. We asked jokingly whether they had any more for cream puffs, and the lady behind the counter promptly opened a new bag for us, and handled us one cream puff each. With generosity like this, how not to buy?
Unlike Châteraisé's choux pastry (which quality varies according to their shipping schedule from Japan), the choux pastry here seems fresher. The cream inside wasn't as spectacular as Châteraisé's, but it's a happy trade for me. Choose your dealbreaker.
Another pastry that has caught Miss XS's fancy is their cheesecakes ($3.70 for 100g). They come in bite-size, which allows each bite surprisingly rich. But because each portion is tiny, you can finish one without feeling they are overwhelmingly rich. So you can reach for another, and then another. Before we knew it, the bag was gone. Not my fault.
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3 Gateway Drive
B2 Basement Jurong East Store, Westgate
Singapore 608532
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