Twelve + One Patisserie

the moment we stepped inside this quaint little cafe, i was immediately greeted by what seemed like a dollhouse/little girl's bedroom - shades of white, sweet pink & baby blue...it was the prettiest cafe i've ever seen! and so happened that pink is my favorite color, i fell in love with the place almost instantly and afterwards couldn't stop thinking about it. we ordered :

the petits fours sampler at 6 pcs for $7. on our plate - mini blackberry & figue tartlet, pistache & passionfruit macarons, mini opera, mini religeuse (choux puff).

tiramisu, $5.60. i think its definitely worth it, since the portion is really big! tastewise not bad too, thought the sponge was really well soaked, just pity there wasn't any alcohol taste. mistral, $7 - a pistachio & apricot entremet of some sort, and i feel this is the best among all the desserts we had. couldn't exactly make out the layers, but i'm pretty sure there's almond biscuit joconde layer, pistachio cremeux/mousse & apricot preserves. very good indeed.

chocolate tarte, $6.50 and chocolate eclair $6.05. both are quite good too, except i like my choux pastry 2b really fresh, like freshly baked. due to the texture of the choux, i find that it absorbs odor really quickly so they're best filled and eaten immediately :p

morgane, $7 - an entremet made up of blackberry, cassis & champagne and i chose this coz it looks pretty. too bad looks can be deceiving, i thought it tasted mediocre and pretty bland! but i kinda like the decor which made up of pistolet chocolate (sprayed on choc to create the velvety effect).

l'opera, $7. this was good tho'. the biscuit joconde were well soaked and the coffee buttercream was a good too, overall fragrant & creamy. but i've always loved opera so i guess i could be biased?

emilie, $7 - a chocolate raspberry gateau. i had high hopes on this coz i feel you could never go wrong with chocolate & raspberry. but apart from the whole raspberry & raspberry coulis decor, there was hardly any raspberry inside, no gelee, no preserves, nothing! the whole thing was just chocolate. the chocolate mousse also reeked strongly of dairy whipping cream which is expected, but maybe if they used more dark chocolate the smell of whipping cream wouldn't be so apparent. this is based on my own experience.

i was there on two separate occasions and the total bill was $70 for the first (5 entremets, 1 sampler platter & 3 drinks) and $44 for 2nd (3 entremets, 1 sampler platter & 2 cappuccinos). overall i think the ambience is really good, as for the desserts, it would be better to go during the weekends. the ones during weekdays are presumably leftovers from the previous weekends as some items were stale & dry. not at all suprising since the location's pretty unaccessible hence there's less crowd/demand.