Date Visited: 10th of November, 2011
Name:
Pierre Marcolini
Hours:
Mon-Sun 11:00AM~9:30PM
Outer display/sale counter…
Entering the dining area…
Someone buy this for me…I swear I’ll learn how to read French one day!!
Hot Latte (160NT)
PM Cocoa Tea (140NT)
Just as the name says…the initial taste of the tea is that of cocoa. It quite titillates the taste buds.
Les Delvaux (320NT)
I WANT MY MONEY BACK! Shit like this is unacceptable in a pastry competition!
So if you buy it alone, it’s 320NT. If you dine in, you have the choice to get your dessert with the PM cocoa tea, which comes to a total of 480NT + 10% service fee = 528NT. People like to spend their money on different things…I just happen to spend all my money on good food haha.
The dessert itself is delicious! Chocolate glaze with milk chocolate mousse, cherry flavored ganache, rich chocolate cake. A macaron cookie and hazelnut mousse sitting beautifully like a cherry on a sundae.
According to my server, all chocolates and ingredients are flown in from Belgium. But the construction of the pastry is performed locally. Fresh fruits are the only local products used.
I believe this pastry is named after the Belgian luxury leather designer, Delvaux, who designed the boxes for Pierre Marcolini.
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Who is Pierre Marcolini?
At the age of thirty, in 1995, Marcolini won the World Champion of Pastry competition and world fame. Chocolate artistry followed; and while fresh pastries can’t travel successfully beyond Belgium, Marcolini now has chocolate salons in London, Moscow, New York City, Paris, and Tokyo.
Here’s a video of Chef Marcolini talking about his chocolates:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Hheq8DtlU&feature=player_embedded
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