Patisserie Mellowdays 沐曦 (Hong Kong, CHINA) ★★★☆☆

A number of French patisseries have tackled the idea of incorporating elements of Chinese desserts into French pastries over the years but very few (if any) were able to make it fully work. Patisserie Mellowdays (沐曦) was the latest to experiment what they called "Chinese x French Fusion Pastry (中法融合甜品)" and while they are doing a pop-up at the basement of Hysan Place, I decided to come over for a look.

They had some really interesting pastries out there on display including their double-boiled coconut egg white mousse cake (椰皇燉蛋白慕斯蛋糕) and Ginger milk pudding / curd mousse cake (薑汁撞奶慕斯蛋糕).

All of these were beautifully decorated creating a visual presentation that was out right eye- catching.

I ended up getting a couple of these home for little nugget's mid-night munchies.

Ginger milk pudding / curd mousse cake (薑汁撞奶慕斯蛋糕) – The cloud-shaped desserts came with a combination of a base of pâte sablée and ladyfinger sponge and a centre of ginger crémeux and vanilla mousse, finished off with a crispy white chocolate crust.

This really tasted like having double skin milk (雙皮奶) with some serious heat of ginger. 

Lychee Oolong tea mousse cake (荔枝烏龍慕斯蛋糕) – Underneath the red-colored crust made with white chocolate, there were confit lychee and Oolong tea mousse with a bit of Oolong tea dacquoise and strawberry chocolate crisps providing some extra crunch. 

This wasn't bad but I like the ginger milk pudding one a little more.

Little nugget and I both love the fusion dessert concept but like everything else in life, there's room for improvement.

Food Rating: 6/10

Price: $$$$

Address: Shop B117B, B1F Hysan Place, 500 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Closest Metro Station: Causeway Bay

Tel: +852 6760-0257

Opening Hours: 12:00pm - 9:00pm daily