Tartine

Name:
Tartine Bakery

Address:
No.13-1, Lane 49, Anhe Rd. Sect. 1, DaAn District, Taipei City
台北市大安區安和路一段 49 巷 13-1 號

Hours:
Sun-Thurs     11:00am~8:00pm (Closed on Mondays)
Fri-Sat             11:00am~10:00pm

 

 

Il pleut comme vache qui pisse (It’s raining like a cow pissing) – French saying, in honor of going to a patisserie.

 

 

It’s pretty quaint. Only 4 tables and a bar seating. Notice how everyone is of the female gender…

 

 

Macarons!

 

 

Pastry shelf!

 

 

Genius behind it all – Melissa Chang.

 

 

So they offer two set menus – a savory set and a sweet set.

Soup-Sandwich Combo (295NT)
Soup  + Entree/Main + Drink + Macaron

Latte

 

 

Tomato Beef Soup + Smoked Salmon Sandwich with Lemon Caper Dressing

 

 

They included both set’s macarons on one plate. The left one is passion fruit and cream cheese. The right one is salted butter caramel.

 

 

Dessert Set (350NT)
Macaron + Cookie (value of 45NT) + Pastry (value of 150NT) + Drink

Mocha – looks like Christmas =)

 

 

Lemon Pound Cake

 

 

Pistachio St. Honoré Cake

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Of course you can individually order but you save a little bit with the set menus.

I love this place. The quality of the macaron and pastry is on par with any of the other big French patisseries. This is a perfect place for a mid-afternoon break.

Fun Fact! 

St. Honoré Cake is named for the French patron saint of bakers and pastry chefs, Saint Honoré or Honoratus (d. 600 AD), bishop of Amiens.

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Pierre Marcolini

Date Visited: 10th of November, 2011

Name: 
Pierre Marcolini

Address:
No. 19, SongGao Rd., XinYi District, Taipei City (Shin Kong Mitsukoshi A4, 2nd Floor)
台北市信義區松高路19號 (新光三越A4館店2F)

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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