cream puffs | idea rabbit

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Zomato and Chewy Junior partnered up to offer food bloggers a complimentary one puff and one coffee. I had never been to it, so I was curious to what they’re puffs were like.

Since our weekends are always busy, I decided to grab a bite and coffee first thing in the morning. I normally don’t drink coffee because of caffeine (if I drink even a cup in the afternoon, be ready to be up till 4or 5am…)

We arrived at the tiny cafe around 10:30am. We were on our way to PoCo, so we didn’t have all the time in the world. I was kind of worried after reading Simon’s review on Chewy Junior’s where they opened an hour late. Luckily, I saw a person ahead of us go in, and saw two staff. However, it was like they had just opened 5 minutes ago. Most of the shelves were empty, and after showing my coupon from Zomato, the staff told us they had other flavours coming, but it would take a while.

I have worked in the food industry before (several actually), and we had to come at least, minimum an hour before to prepare the food. It seemed they came in at 10 and not even ready 30 minutes later isn’t such a good business model. You are going to disappoint many people looking for some sweet bites with their morning coffee. I’m not sure if it was because it was a slow Saturday that they weren’t all ready, but it was a bit of an unfortunate start to our experience. But that’s just my opinion.

I was curious in trying the Matcha, but they didn’t have any, so I had the Double Chocolate Crunch, which I also wanted to try anyways, so it worked out. I had one with a small coffee. I knew to be prepared with the fillings from the reviews I read, so I was careful. We were originally going to take it with us and eat in the car, but I thought that would be dangerous in his new car…so we stayed.

Nothing fancy about the packaging.Their logo is stamped onto a standard take-out box.I was just warning Sheepie about the cream when it oozed out onto the table as Sheepie took a bite. However, no big disaster The bread was chewy, and the
cream was delightful. Not super sweet and dense. I liked it, though a bit pricey.

I guess the lesson learnt here and from Simon’s is not to go until noon if you want to make sure your puffs are available. Not much to say about the service. The staff weren’t super friendly or anything – just served us. Maybe I’ll return to try some other flavours with friends next time.

Taste: Price for Value:

Atmosphere: Service:
Location:

A chocolate shop out in the middle of nowhere by Terminal. Located around the industrial area, I was surprised to see a number of people lined up to purchase – quite a bit actually. The shop is actually a garage transformed into a chocolate making store. They have a counter with the chocolates, and a table in the middle with packaged chocolates. On the right side, the different cream puffs available.

I was surprised to see Sheepie buying some chocolate considering he didn’t really like any of the pieces he bought last time. The Jasmine Tea was ok, though the taste was really faint. But we both didn’t like the olive oil. It literally tasted like you were biting into a cream of olive oil.

Some of the chocolates were however very pretty. I was very attracted to the cute Valentine special that was all red with a velvet like texture and cute little hearts on it. I also like the green tennis ball looking one. Both I like for visual beauty. As for taste, I can’t comment as I haven’t tried them yet.

Their packaging is minimal or with simple patterns – just the kind of packaging I love! The texture is similar to my business card that is almost silk-like and thick.

I tried their Vanilla cream puff $4.50 per puff! As the name suggest, it’s all cream inside. It’s really good, and although I do love cream, the size is too big. Half would have been good for me. Perhaps they can start ‘mini’ puffs in the future. I do find it a bit too pricey for cream puffs, but I guess if you’re paying $1-2 for a small chocolate piece, it’s not that expensive in comparison.

This is only a ‘buy and go’ place. No place to sit or have tea with your desserts, so not a place for you to meet up with friends and chit chat. I think many were there to buy gifts for their friends and family.

A Birthday Gift

A friend gave me a box of Beta 5 chocolates. They were so pretty!! It’s too bad I didn’t take a photo of each one…I started eating and forgot >_<

Imperial Stout: love the blue colour! So beautiful! Very pleasing to the eyes. It’s an award-winning filling made by blending Green Flash Brewing Co.’s Double Stout with a 45% milk chocolate. I’m not a beer fan, so can’t really say it was my favourite.

Crispy Praline: this had hazelnuts. Being allergic to nuts, I gave this to Sheepie.
Fisherman’s Friend: it’s a filling with the couch candy and 67% dark chocolate. It wasn’t as terrible as I though it would be. LOL. But it’s not something you can eat a lot of. Very interesting to have it in chocolate.

Earl Grey: it’s very soft inside. The Earl Grey flavour is very subtle.

Banana: I couldn’t really detect the banana flavour, but tasted good.
Pear & Praline: the milk chocolate ganache flavoured with fresh pear and eau-de-vie sits on a layer of crispy ilk chocolate praline. Interesting crunchy bits.

Coconut – Lime: The white chocolate filling was really coconut-ty. The hint of lime and texture of shredded coconut was really nice. Shell was super thin.

Salted Chocolate Caramel: it was chewy and the salt complimented the caramel.
Bay Leaf: I call it the tennis ball lol. Very beautiful and love the fuzzy surface texture.