SPD4459 [Dessert 甜品篇] petite Amanda - by Jun

Hey, dessert time again!! Do you wanna have some "simple, and not too sweet, like authentic French pastries"?! (YES!!!) 

Alright, then let me introduce a dessert store called petite Amanda.

petite Amanda is established by Amanda S, a well-known model of French-Taiwanese. Amanda’s passion for pastries began in 2005 when she started her training at the renowned school of culinary arts, Le Cordon Bleu in Paris where she got her first certificate.

Amanda then went on to gain further accreditations including a diploma in pastry. She gained on-the-job experience over the past six years by serving as an apprentice at Caprice in Hong Kong's Four Season Hotel, Ladurée in Paris and Jacques Genin, a small Parisian chocolatier.

And so, with all the practical skills on hand, Amanda decided to follow her childhood dream and opened petite Amanda. Her dream shop took a year of hard work to put together and today she is proud to share with you her passion for pastries at petite Amanda.

Amanda S

Let's see what does petite Amanda have!

Looks delicious and attractive, right? Now, I am going to introduce three types of desserts which gave me a delightful dessert experience!

Mille Feuille

The Mille Feuille is really good! It is made with Puff Pastry & Light Pastry Cream. I would like to recommend you to eat this first since it is light but surprisingly not as light as those tasteless desserts. Fortunately, it is not too sweet so I was not guilty after eating these 3 layers.. Haha!!

Plasir Sucre

After having a light dessert, maybe you can move on to a heavier one. I highly recommend this Plasir Sucre, which is Amanda's favourite pick. It is a heavier dessert since it is made with crunchy wafer-thin chocolate and hazelnut concoction. Not only did it give me a richer flavor, each layer also gave me different texture and melted in my mouth, what an irresistible and pleasant taste! 

One more little thing I would like to share with you guys --- the package design.

The package for take-away desserts looks like a pyramid. I really appreciate this design since it makes me think of the Egyptian Pyramid. Is there any mystery inside the pyramid? What will I see when I open the pyramid? Perhaps.. the mysteriously delicious desserts are already a kind of mystery... 


It's not surprising to see petite Amanda's desserts on magazines or newspapers.

Foodie Magazine May, 2013

Orient Sunday, Sunday Kiss 851, March 31, 2014

Rather than watching these photos, why don't you go there and try in person? Maybe you will find your favorite pick!
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petite Amanda

Address: 

Shop 2096, Podium Level 2, International Finance Centre Mall, 1 Harbour View Street, Central 

中環港景街1號國際金融中心商場二期2樓2096號舖

Website:
http://www.petiteamanda.com/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/PetiteAmanda

OpenRice's reviews:

http://www.openrice.com/english/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=54166

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Edited by Jun Pang
Student of SPD4459 Internet Marketing & Public Relations

SPD4459 [Nostalgia懷舊篇] 泰昌餅家Tai Cheong Bakery - by Natalie

近來最熱門的議題，非雨傘運動(Umbrella Revolution)莫屬

 很多人都說很懷念1997年未回歸前的時光，很想念我們的末代港督彭定康

今天就讓我帶大家去肥彭在香港最常光顧的泰昌餅家吧！

自1954年起建立的懷舊品牌，人情味濃~

泰昌餅家的必食推介當然是連肥彭都讚好的蛋撻啦~雖然不是我最愛的酥皮，但這餅皮鬆脆，新鮮出爐就聞到一陣牛油香，的確非常吸引！難怪這款地道香港小食深得本地人及外國遊客的青睞

一出爐就很快賣光!!

 除了蛋撻外，大家還有其他選擇的~

例如茉莉合桃包，茉莉味不算太強，但裡面加入了合桃增加口感，而且價錢大眾化~

茉莉合桃包

甜甜的沙翁，不過不失

黃糖糕，足料厚身，黃糖味亦很重，唯吃多一點點便覺得有點甜...

新鮮焗好的雞批令人滿心期待

一咬開就看到裡面滿滿的餡料，真心正!

回家時，當然要多買幾個蛋撻與家人分享!獨樂樂不如眾樂樂!!

P.S:: 提提你，泰昌餅家已經在港九各區開了數間分店，要試最傳統的味道，當然要到擺花街這間啦!



地址: 中環擺花街35號地下
電話: 2544 3475
營業時間: 星期一至日: 07:30-21:00

SPD4459 [Dessert甜品篇] Leisure Time Crêpe 優閑甜品班戟店 - by Jun (SPD4459)

Previously, I introduced Sweet Classroom甜品堂. Just as Sweet Classroom, Leisure Time Crêpe 優閑甜品班戟店 is a tiny dessert store. It has only 8 seats inside. However, it isn't directly proportional to its desserts' taste and quality. Leisure Time Crêpe 優閑甜品班戟店 is in the top 10 of the best dessert stores on OpenRice recently. And now, sometimes it is filled with crowds of people who want to try its delicious desserts.

Leisure Time Crêpe 優閑甜品班戟店 is certainly a pleasant place to have your relaxing dessert moments since the whole shop is filled up with the smell of crepes which is all from the food ingredients, not any perfume. 

The shop is also decorated with warm colours so that everyone can enjoy the greatest feeling of comfort while having desserts.

The chef looks professional and pays attention to hygiene since she is wearing gloves while making desserts.

Leisure Time Crêpe 優閑甜品班戟店 is well-known for its crepe for sure just like its name. Here is the menu. You can see that there're different flavors of crepe and the prices are reasonable. :)

This is Banana and Hazelnut Ice Cream with Caramel Sauce. I love the ice cream because I like hazelnut and the sauce is delicious.  

Salty flavors crepes are also available. 

This is Lettuce, Tomato & Sweet Corn Crepe. I didn't eat it because I don't like eating sweet corn. It was eaten by my friend, and she said the flavor was good because it was like salad. So, I think who love salad will also love this crepe!

Other than crepes, it has other types of desserts such as brownies...

and cheese cake... It is a rich cheese cake, I love it!

Special drinks are also worth trying...

such as Purple Smoothie (It's also user's hot pick:D). Purple Smoothie contains 3 flavors including orange, blueberry, and banana. It is fresh and tastes like orange flavor is more notable.

Of course, there're still a lots to try, and it is not easy to run a tiny dessert shop in HK, so would you like to have a try and support it personally?

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Leisure Time Crêpe 優閑甜品班戟店
Address: 
Shop 6, G/F.,Yee Fung Court, 2 Sheung Fung Lane, 88 Second Street, Sai Ying Pun, Western District 
西環西營盤第二街88號常豐里2號怡豐閣6號地舖

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/leisuretimecrepe 

OpenRice's reviews:
http://www.openrice.com/english/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=142959 

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(Student of SPD4459 Internet Marketing and Public Relations)

SPD4459 [Dessert甜品篇] Cake's Secrets 詩餅坊 - by Jun

如果有家人/朋友/男女朋友生日, 過時過節想慶祝, 或者想慰勞一下自己平時返工返學辛苦既話, 你會去邊買蛋糕呢? 美心? 聖安娜? 東海堂? 又係呢D?! 不如試下 Cake's Secrets 詩餅坊 享受一下紫色既浪漫啦! :D

呢間餅店其實係由SEVVA前餅廚主理既, 所以用料品質有保證之餘, 仲不時有唔同款式既蛋糕推出, 保持客人新鮮感, 可以話係一間有誠意, 肯用心既餅店!

睇下個menu再睇下個櫥櫃先... 嘩...... 有好多款蛋糕, 到底食邊樣好呢?

今次就介紹大家幾款又好味又多好評又靚既蛋糕啦! 登登...第一款係主打: 紫蕃薯蛋糕(Purple Sweet Potato Cake)!!! 

鐘意蕃薯或者紫蕃薯既你千祈唔好錯過呢款, 因為呢個蛋糕係由海綿蛋糕同蕃薯蓉做成, 食落唔太甜但蕃薯味好濃郁, 鐘意蕃薯既話食完一定好滿足!

不過我最鐘意既就唔係蕃薯, 而係朱古力, 所以呢款朱古力慕絲紅梅流心蛋糕(Angela Cake)非常得我心! :)

外層係朱古力醬同朱古力薄片, 入面係朱古力慕絲同紅梅醬, 食落有朱古力既甜甜苦苦, 又有紅梅醬既酸酸甜甜, 開胃得黎大滿足!!

除左朱古力之外, 我都好鐘意綠茶味既甜品, 所以呢款綠茶紅豆蛋糕(Green Tea Red Bean Cake)都好岩我心水!

一條條又棟係到又訓係到既係綠茶蛋白脆條, 同其他甜品一樣, 唔太甜但味道好濃郁, 呢款就濃在綠茶味, 綠茶蛋白脆條圍住既就係綠茶海綿蛋糕同紅豆忌廉, 蛋糕夠鬆化, 大大粒既紅豆加埋蛋糕好好食, 兩樣味道加埋簡直係perfect match!! 

另外, 呢間餅店吸引食客之餘, 都吸引左唔少傳媒報導... 例如星島日報同U Magazine...

連英文媒體The Standard都有報導...

睇左咁多... 係咪心思思想去試下呢? Haha心動 不如行動啦! 減肥? 食完先減啦! 不過順帶一提, 如果想訂購磅裝蛋糕既話, 要3日前預訂架 :) 

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Cake's Secrets 詩餅坊

Address:

G/F, 43 Hau Wo Street, Kennedy Town, Western District 

西環堅尼地城厚和街43號地下

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/cakessecrets

OpenRice's reviews:

http://www.openrice.com/english/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=104925&tc=sr1