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Hermé NOT Hermès

Fashion divas may pay homage to Hermès, but as food divas, the Skinny Epicurean and I had to pay homage to Hermé. Note the difference in the accent and the extra 's'!!! Those two elements make a whole lot of difference!

While the latter is a haute couture house, the one both of us paid homage to is a haute patisserie. Yes, judging by its prices, it is haute pastry alright.

Skinny Epicurean was utterly ecstatic and over the top when she saw this street sign. She couldn't wait to rush cross the road to get over to that street, because what lies there is famed patisserie Pierre Hermé.

With its very sleek signage, who would have guessed what lies inside are a heavenly assortment of cakes and pastries??? Just as Hermès boutiques are decked out in beautiful clothes and accessories, the cakes and pastries are equally gorgeous in their colours and appearance...a testament to the skilled pastry chefs who churn out these heavenly delights!

The staff are all smartly dressed in black, immaculately tailored uniform and they handle the cakes and pastries with the utmost care. It's almost like some venerable touch!

Go on, feast your eyes!!!

I tried the Praline MilleFeuille (5 Euros) which had so many fine and delicate layers of pastry that were freshly crunchy. The richly flavoured praline mousse just melted in the mouth. It can rival Sadaharu Aoki's Macha MilleFeuille for my favourite MilleFeuille so far. I think both are on equal standing 'cos they are very different in their own right!

Anyway, as you can guess, the Skinny Epicurean and I were very happy about having our teatime pastry fix!

Posted by DSD at October 5, 2007 8:08 AM