Canele Patisserie Chocolateria (Raffles City Shopping Centre)

i've been to canele 5 times and prior to that, the first 3 times i felt didn't quite make it. was only after about 1 year later i went for my 4th & 5th. i feel that they've improved, or maybe it was just a matter of ordering the right/wrong desserts. i had :

le royale - chocolate mousse 66% layered with hazelnut feuillitine, almond success (not sure what almond success is. in my opinion its some kind of almond paste/marzipan) and chocolate genoise with rum. i like this alot, tho' its really sweet and i can hardly taste any rum. the feuillitine is really crunchy and overall, its very fresh.

cafe caramel - milk chocolate coffee mousse, chocolate genoise with expresso, salty caramel and hazelnut feuillitine. this is nice but quite dry and the layers fell apart easily but overall its not too bad.

tarte au citron - lemon tart with meringue topping & candied lemon peel. the lemon was really subtle but quite good, however i'm not really comfortable with eating raw meringue.

macarons (violette, bergamote, salted caramel, pistachio, feuillitine choc), $2.30 ea - feuillitine choc, violet & bergamote macarons. so far i've tried macarons from there, bakerzin, twelve one & amande, a little heartland bakery in toa payoh and i must say the ones from canele are by far the best among the lot. crisp on the outside, and chewy on the insides. my favorite must be the salted caramel macaron, its really good!

am definitely going back again to try their other desserts, and i think by far the branch at raffles city has the best ambience!