Posts Tagged ‘Patisserie’

September 16, 2011 Off

Chantal Guillon (SF: Hayes Valley)

By in 04: SF+Bay Area

Really good Macaron at this pretty shop called Chantal Guillon at the high end neighborhood. The flavors taste natural and subtle and the textures are consistent. Chantal Guillon (415) 864-2400 437A Hayes Street San Francisco, CA 94102

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June 18, 2010 1

Tartes (Philadelphia)

By in 11: Philadelphia

Tartes is a bakery in a pink little shack with a walked-up window at Old city. As their name suggests, they made gorgeous looking tarts plus other baked goods as well (brownies, cookies and cupcakes). When you walked up to their window, you can see their kitchen clearly. The window displays looked absolutely mouth-watering. I […]

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June 16, 2010 Off

Flying Monkey (Philadelphia)

By in 11: Philadelphia

Also on the pretty Locust street is the cupcake teahouse Flying Monkey. They have a shop at the Reading Terminal Market as well. The space is too lovely~ The walls are decorated with paintings of monkey interpreted by different artists. I love the mismatch pillows. You can select tea from the jars. They played good […]

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April 14, 2010 3

Frosted Cupcakery (Hollywood)

By in 08: Hollywood

My coworker got me these delicious cupcakes from Frosted Cupcakery for my birthday. It was opened recently in Hollywood but the original branch was from Long Beach. The cupcakes are so pretty! I like the broad strokes on the icing which has a nice graphical quality to them. The decorations on the cakes were tastier […]

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November 6, 2009 2

Hof (Shanghai)

By in 08: Shanghai

Our tired feet brought us to another afternoon tea break, this time at Hof, a dessert + cocktail lounge on a pretty small street called Sinan Lu that’s just off a big main street of glitzy malls. As we first step in, we noticed the slick interior and wondered if this is an overprice place […]

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