The 2-part (bi?) monthly food bloggers’ gathering took place at Marriott Hotel on Easter Day! It was either Marriott or L’Espresso at Goodwood Park Hotel and we decided to just stay put after checking out the desserts at Marriott. The cakes look pretty decent and it’s somewhat reassuring that there’s a constant (really constant!) inflow of people streaming in to take away their cakes from the pastry counter at the lobby.
If you have been following this blog for awhile, you would know that I don’t post any personal pic of me or anyone else. But there’s always an exception cuz I really like how happy all of us look in this (self-timed!) photo, probably the after-effect of having too much sugar swimming in our systems haha.
Who’s who:
Daniel from Memoirs of Food;
Fen & Yuan from Indulgence after Work-Out;
Harris from The Simplest Aphrodisiac; and
Phoebe from The Food Chapter.
Ok, pretty/handsome faces aside, let’s take a look at the cakes now! Food bloggers being food bloggers, we showed no mercy (as usual) and ordered almost all the cakes displayed at the counter.
Maybe cuz previous encounters with tarts from other hotels were less than promising, this Strawberry Tart ($6.90++) surprises me. This is lovely, with huge and sweet strawberries sitting on a nice crunchy shortcrust base filled with creamy frangipane. I hate to say this, but I like this even more than K ki’s version! -don’t shoot me pls, fans of K ki, I’m just an amateur tart eater-
Rich Chocolate ($5.90++) is indeed rich and smooth. The hint of alcohol in the milk and dark chocolate mousse is so slight that it takes intense concentration to detect it. But it’s there, alright.
So there you go, these were my two personal favourites that day. And alas, the ugliest photos too!
Lychee Mousse ($6.90++) is quite a delight with its light mousse and sufficiently moist sponge fingers. There’s supposedly kirsch in it, but this time, even my 101% focus on it can’t pick out any inkling of said alcohol.
Opera ($7.90++) is as opera should be, very thin layers of almond sponge cake, ganache and coffee buttercream, covered in a chocolate glaze. Good, though I’d still prefer a stronger coffee flavour.
Cherry Michelle ($5.90++) has a nice name but not-so-nice chocolate almond cake crumbs. If not for the embedded dark cherries, I’d have mistook this for a banana cake.
Easter bun ($3++) in honour of Easter Day! We were all amused that actual hard boiled eggs are used to decorate the buns. How weird is that? Luckily, we had one with a (hollow) chocolate egg instead, hah.
Strawberry Cheese ($5.90++) ends up at the bottom of my list by default. Nothing personal, it’s just that I don’t like cheesecakes =p
This pastry shop is an unexpectedly good find! Prices are reasonable, there’s proper napkins and service is great. Compared to Bakerzin, Marriott takes the cake.
I have tried the ”Rich chocolate” and The strawberry cheesecake from marriott.
I like the strawberry cheesecake as it is very rich in taste. The pastry chef is Irene… something, quite popular in the pastry baking industry.
Ugliest photos? I thought they were pretty well taken, good lighting too 🙂
Seems now you’re the fast one haha, interesting to see Marriott hopping over all the “coming up nexts”! I like the lychee mousse by the way, tart was not too bad either.
Well done on your 100% attendance! 🙂
my vote goes to strawberry tart and lychee mousse! can’t wait for the next outing~~
mann i actually missed sucha calorific time with u guys. LOL. the strawberries are huge. nice group picture! =)
The Opera looks really tantalizing! *drools*
And the Easter Bun is so cute. Come to think of it, I didnt receive any easter eggs this year 😦
Seems like u guys had fun! 🙂
Wow, that is fast… Can’t wait for the next meetup… Nice to laze around and chat…
I do like the strawberry tart too, somehow or rather, the exterior of the tart is crisp and crunchy but Yuan finds Kki’s.
@huiyuan89: Irene Soh.
@thisisyummy: I agree! Both on missing the event and excellent group photo!
@Fen: Yuan finds Kki’s ……..? Hahah!
Must be sleeping… should be *prefers* Kki’s strawberry tart…
How’s your trip? Still waiting for your HK entries 😀
haha.. I recalled the moment when all of you rushed to see the new selection of cakes while i stayed behind to slowly poked ours. Spotted some passerbys giving me puzzled looks. lolx
Huiyuan: Heh, to my chagrin, I’ve never heard of Irene before.. But now I do and I like her pastries!
Harris: Yay me for the perfect attendance so far! But if there’s a may outing, I can’t go =( June June! Anyway I thought the lighting in the background looks too harsh that’s why it’s ugly ha.
Phoebe & Fen: I quote Phoebe: “More, more!” =D
thisisyummy & foodoshoot: Join us on the next one ok!
Glenn: You asked what I wanna ask Fen too haha. I think it’s “but Yuan finds Kki’s nicer”.
Daniel: Haha they are probably thinking “this guy has such a SWEET tooth!”
Yeaps, I told Foodoshoot I’ll invite her for the next one 🙂
Wheeee! Yeah i certainly hope that i can make it! 😀
the group pic is so nice!! (:
i miss dessert-ing out with u guys… ):
We miss you too!! Hope to see u soon ya =)
dessert’s are very good.