Le Gouter Bernardaud (Hong Kong, CHINA) ★★☆☆☆

Le Goûter Bernardaud has long been a great place for coffee and high tea since its opening in 2004 but surprisingly this is my first time to take on their French pastries. 

First time in 10 years!?



We picked two of them to share as usual and first up for us was this bright-colored peach champagne, a mousse cake made with ripe blushing peaches and topped by a layer of champagne jelly.

Despite that lovely combination of colors, I thought the taste was very one-dimensional and the technique was surprisingly poor - how could the base be about 1-2cm longer than the layers of mousse and jelly? 



The Caracas turned out to be a lot better. The combination of milk creme brulee, pear and vanilla tiramisu mousse on top of an almond biscuit base was attractive enough to at least warrant a passing grade.


 

Le Goûter Bernardaud is a great tea salon but if we rate it as a patisserie, it still has a lot of work to do.


Food Rating: 4/10
Price: $$$
Address: Shop 2028-2029, Podium Level 2, ifc mall, 8 Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong
Closest Metro Station: Central / Hong Kong Station
Tel: +852 2295-3955
Website: www.legouter.com



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