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] 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)