SPD4459 [Dessert 甜品篇] Pierre Hermé + 壓軸推介: 英國傳統糖果店Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe - by Jun

Previously, I introduced a dessert store in IFC called petite Amanda, and of course, petite Amanda is not the only one dessert store in IFC. Since IFC is located in the heart of Hong Kong - Central, and includes a luxury shopping mall, a lot of famous restaurants have rented a place or even just a corner to sell their products. Pierre Hermé is one of them.

Pierre Hermé is a international leading group created by Pierre Hermé and Charles Znaty in 1997, and has been expanding its network strongly since 2010. That's the reason why today we can go to HK's IFC to purchase its products.

Pierre Hermé is well-known for its macarons. Therefore, this time I am going to introduce its macarons.

Among the different sets of macarons, I chose Hong Kong Landmark!

Hong Kong Landmark

There are 7 pieces in a box of Hong Kong Landmark. Here are the 4 flavors I love the most.

Macaron Veloutés Framboise 紅桑子乳酪

The first one is Macaron Veloutés Framboise. It's raspberry flavor. Sour and sweet tasting with some raspberry flesh and yogurt in between. I bet raspberry-holic will love it very much.

Macaron Veloutés Citron Vert 青檸乳酪

Macaron Veloutés Citron Vert is lime flavor. It also tastes sweet and sour but this mixture of taste is different from raspberry's. I like yogurt and the flavor of lime and thus I love this macaron.

Infiniment Chocolat Porcelana (Pure Origin Venezuela Porcelana Dark Chocolate) 白瓷黑朱古力

I am a chocoholic and this Infiniment Chocolat Porcelana is exactly my cup of tea! Fortunately it's made with dark chocolate, it's not too sweet and remains dark chocolate's fragrance and richness. 

Ispahan (Rose, Litchi, Raspberry) 玫瑰荔枝紅莓

Well, finally come to my favorite pick! Although I like the dark chocolate one, this Ispahan is the most satisfying macaron since it surprised me. The fresh-tasting rose perfectly matches with the sweet and sour litchi and raspberry. This mixture of flavors successfully creates different level of tastes. Therefore, this should be termed as a must-try item!

Hey! Are you still hesitating? What are you waiting for? Just go and try them now :D! Woohoo~

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Pierre Hermé

Address:

Shop 1019C, Podium Level 1, 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1樓1019C舖

Website:

http://www.pierreherme.com/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/PierreHermeHKG

OpenRice Reviews:

http://www.openrice.com/english/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=135630&tc=sr1

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{壓軸推介}

Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe

因為今篇係最後1篇[Dessert 甜品篇], 我決定為大家送上壓軸推介: Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe!!!!!

呢間充滿英國風既糖果店係非常強大既外國勢力, 因為係英國已經擁有超過百年歷史, 上個月尾先攻入香港既擺花街, 同英國店一樣, 呢間位於擺花街既首間香港分店亦沿用維多利亞式設計, 係咪好似哈利波特電影既場景咁呢? 仲有超過1000款糖果, 連懷舊既rhubarb, custards, 同handmade既Toffees, Fudges都有!! 

今次開業, 連政府都出press release介紹, 真係好巴閉架!

未去過英國或者去完返黎好掛住果到D糖果既話, 呢間店一定要去喇!

P.S. FB有好多糖既相, 慎入! 因為睇完會好心動!! :D

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Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe
Address:
37 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central, Hong Kong
中環擺花街37號

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/mrsimmshk/timeline

Website:
www.mrsimms.hk
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Edited by Jun Pang
Student of SPD4459 Internet Marketing & Public Relations

SPD4459 [Dessert甜品篇] Yuen Kee Dessert 源記甜品專家 - by Jun

之前一路都係介紹西式desserts, 主要都係cake, crepes, ice cream等等... 但其實desserts仲有糖水! 今次就介紹一間超過150年歷史, 依然長做長有既老字號糖水鋪 --- 源記甜品專家 (Yuen Kee Dessert).

間店既裝潢依舊保留左老香港特色同味道, 簡單既裝潢, 微黃既燈光, 加埋廚房工作既老員工伯伯, 更加令人覺得有人情味..

Menu一樣唔花巧, 簡簡單單, 有D似茶樓既menu..

源記既桑寄蓮子雞蛋茶出唒名, 係must try.. 一定要試下!

桑寄蓮子雞蛋茶

桑寄蓮子雞蛋茶

桑寄蓮子雞蛋茶

蓮子既份量唔少, 幾足料下, 加上無芯, 綿到有入口即溶既感覺, 水準依然係咁高, good! 個雞蛋吸收唒糖水既甜味, 又不失茶葉蛋本身既茶香味同鹹味, balance返..隻蛋唔會太甜:D

另外燉蛋都係must try!!

燉蛋

燉蛋岩岩新鮮燉起, 所以仲可以見到微微脹起左, 食落口非常軟滑, 有少少薑汁味但唔會over, 依然係好香蛋味! 不過要記得食快少少, 因為入面仲有熱力, 想keep住蛋既滑就唔好食得咁慢喇!

最後要介紹雞蛋糕!

雞蛋糕

雞蛋糕

有D人話雞蛋糕無乜特別, 但其實整體都算唔錯, 幾香幾鬆化, 只係有少少乾同甜.. 不過懷舊既包裝加一加分!!

懷舊包裝

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Yuen Kee Dessert 源記甜品專家

Address:

G/F, 32 Centre Street, Western District

西環正街32號地下

Facebook's reviews:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/%E6%BA%90%E8%A8%98%E7%94%9C%E5%93%81%E5%B0%88%E5%AE%B6/183729834996867

OpenRice's reviews:

http://www.openrice.com/english/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=4180&tc=sr1

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

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 [Dessert甜品篇] Häagen-Dazs - by Jun

Trick or treat?!!!!! LOL...

而家已經10月中喇!! 就到Halloween喇!! 想唔想食住甜品慶祝一下又可以同friends玩下過下癮呢? 位於蘭桂坊既專門店就搖身一變, 變成充滿神秘感既迷幻國度......

原本係咁既...

而家...

呢間專門店用唔同既奇幻植物改造成一個「鬼魅花園」, 櫥窗玻璃上既花係食人花, 佢地仲笑住咁向大家揮手, 叫大家快D入去添!! 如果要上樓上, 就要踏上由巨型書籍重叠成的奇妙階梯, 旁邊仲會有魔法蘑菇陪住你行上去, 係咪好吸引呢? :D 不過講到吸引, 又點及雪糕, 蛋糕, 形形色色既甜品吸引呢?

今年Halloween, Häagen-Dazs推出一款「鬼魅情謎」雪糕蛋糕 (Phantom Captivation Ice-cream Cake-Strawberry flavor), 外層其實係紅桑子醬混合朱古力醬造出既血紅色驚嚇效果, 再加上南瓜, 幽靈, 同蝙蝠形象做成既朱古力作為裝飾點綴, 更加能夠突顯鬼魅造型! 入面就係士多啤利味雪糕.. 朱古力加士多啤利, 係好難抗拒既配搭! 

除左Halloween蛋糕之外, 仲可以食埋Royal High Tea Set先走! 

同一般既tea set一樣, 有3層! 

上層就係你自己揀既6款味道既ice cream, 今次就揀左比利時朱古力夏威夷果仁, 士多啤梨芝士, 藍莓, 咖啡, 冧酒提子, 同埋焦糖脆皮.. 食過Häagen-Dazs都知幾好味啦! 仲有埋脆捧, 一啖雪糕一啖脆棒, 一啖軟一啖脆, 好味!

中層有4款desserts, 有puff有cake.. 特別想推介個Puff, 外脆內軟, 外層焗得好香口, 入面cream好滑又唔會好甜, 好好味好想再食! 

底層係水果, 食完咁多desserts之後食返清甜既水果無咁膩,  有D士多啤利用朱古力醬包住, 水果既鮮甜加埋朱古力既甜, perfect match好好味!


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Häagen-Dazs 

Address:

G/F, 24 D'Aguilar Street, Lan Kwai Fong, Central 

中環蘭桂坊德己立街24號地下

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/HaagenDazsHK

OpenRice's reviews:

http://www.openrice.com/english/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=5082

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另外，我地新增左友情連結(睇下右手邊＼(^o^)／)，大家除左去中西區飲飲食食之外，仲可以去其他地方玩下影下相架!!
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edited by Jun Pang
Student of SPD4459 Internet and Public Relations

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)