After spending more than an hour at the two islands in the heart of Paris, we continued our walking tour of the city by venturing over to the Marais next. This was when we stumbled upon Fu Castella, a boutique-tea salon which was recently opened to much fanfare.
Fu Castella serves up exotic sweets, ice creams, hot and cold drinks at their modernly designed tea salon but it was the patisserie section that really caught my eyes.
Their bread and butter, these moist and airy Castella cakes. While I have seen them in different countries I visited in the past but have never bothered to check out its origin. As it turned out, the Castella cakes came to Korea by way of Japan, but they were originated from Portugal and best known for the deliciously light and fluffy texture.
Pandan coconut roll cake (€6) – The roll cake was made with coconut panda castella cake with delicate coconut cream sandwiched in between.
We could smell the pandan flavors from miles away. As expected, it was light, airy and full of flavors!
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Well, I think I have just enough sweet treats this afternoon. No more sweet stuff for me in the next 24 hours (Easier said than done in a city like Paris!).
Food Rating: 6/10
Price: €€€
Address: 28 Rue du Pont Louis-Philippe, 75004 Paris, France
Closest Metro Station: Hôtel de Ville / Saint Paul
Tel: +33 (0)1 8381-9588
Website: www.fucastella.com
Opening Hours: 10:00am - 8:00pm daily
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