Canele Patisserie Chocolaterie, Paragon
Canele belongs to the Les Amis group of restaurants, so you know you're in very good hands when you dine here. Although Canele is primarily a dessert place (their desserts are absolutely drool-worthy and almost too pretty to eat), it also serves up a selection of French and Italian bistro food.
Housed in the open-concept atrium of Paragon's basement, this is a place to chill, have a leisurely meal and people-watch. It's fairly noisy and boisterious, as there's a lot of foot traffic from the supermarket opposite, so it's really not a very "chi-chi" place.
We met up with Nate, who now lives in Shanghai, for Sunday tea when he dropped in on one of his bi-annual trips back to the motherland. It's really amazing how most of our friends are gradually moving to other countries to live and/or work. I guess it's one of the inevitable effects of globalization. We're going to have to start making new friends if this trend keeps up.
The Braised Beef in Red Wine ($18) classic country-style beef stew was hearty, rich and rustic. Beef was fork-tender, with just the right amount of fat to make it decadently flavoursome.
Crusty bread, drizzled with olive oil, was provided on the side to soak up the rich stew. These were good on their own, fragrant, warm and flavourful. I particularly liked the raisin wholemeal bread (top).
The Club Honey-Baked Ham ($14.50) with toasted pain de mie (that's French for white bread), omelette, mayonnaise, tomatoes, and lettuce served with a side of potato chips and mesclun salad dressed with house dressing was a lot more substantial than we thought. This was enough to feed a very hungry man, or 2 very slim women.
I would have preferred this without the mayo, though I'd admit it didn't quite have that annoyingly cloying aftertaste.
Canele Patisserie Chocolaterie
290 Orchard Road, Paragon
B1-25
Tel: 6733 8893
Open daily from 8.30am to 10pm
Website: www.canele.com.sg
Housed in the open-concept atrium of Paragon's basement, this is a place to chill, have a leisurely meal and people-watch. It's fairly noisy and boisterious, as there's a lot of foot traffic from the supermarket opposite, so it's really not a very "chi-chi" place.
We met up with Nate, who now lives in Shanghai, for Sunday tea when he dropped in on one of his bi-annual trips back to the motherland. It's really amazing how most of our friends are gradually moving to other countries to live and/or work. I guess it's one of the inevitable effects of globalization. We're going to have to start making new friends if this trend keeps up.
The Braised Beef in Red Wine ($18) classic country-style beef stew was hearty, rich and rustic. Beef was fork-tender, with just the right amount of fat to make it decadently flavoursome.
Crusty bread, drizzled with olive oil, was provided on the side to soak up the rich stew. These were good on their own, fragrant, warm and flavourful. I particularly liked the raisin wholemeal bread (top).
The Club Honey-Baked Ham ($14.50) with toasted pain de mie (that's French for white bread), omelette, mayonnaise, tomatoes, and lettuce served with a side of potato chips and mesclun salad dressed with house dressing was a lot more substantial than we thought. This was enough to feed a very hungry man, or 2 very slim women.
I would have preferred this without the mayo, though I'd admit it didn't quite have that annoyingly cloying aftertaste.
Canele Patisserie Chocolaterie
290 Orchard Road, Paragon
B1-25
Tel: 6733 8893
Open daily from 8.30am to 10pm
Website: www.canele.com.sg
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