Cakes in HK in western style

robzieg · #1 (**permalink**) 4th August 2009, 05:35 AM

Hi Everybody,
can you please suggest me where buying a good western style cake?
Let me underline western style cause i'm totally not into chinese cakes,
i need to find a cake as per Italian/French/Swiss/Austrian/German taste,
please do not suggest those terrible local bakeries where the sponge cake
is a real sponge, that seems pvc and so on...
Guess in Central there should be something, if you have any news, let me know,
thanks!

Let me know if there is possibility to find:
-Sacher
-Black Forrest (Schwarzwaelderkirschtorte)
-Pastiera Napoletana
-Profiterol
-Cassata Siciliana

Roberto

Dave O'Dottu · #2 (**permalink**) 4th August 2009, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by robzieg

Hi Everybody,
can you please suggest me where buying a good western style cake?
. . .
-Sacher
-Black Forrest (Schwarzwaelderkirschtorte)
-Pastiera Napoletana
-Profiterol
-Cassata Siciliana

Roberto

sorry I cannot give you an exact answer yet.

I am in Tsim Sha Tsui and though it is a tourist area, it is not an expat residential ghetto. This is the area you need in order to find a real western pastry bakery. Central is your best bet for this.

The chinese have a type of bakery in which they make certain forms of western baked goods, but they are seldom really the same as their western prototypes. One thing the chinese make a lot of are custard tarts. I see these offered around Nathan road.

You might also try going into an upscale department store. As you probably know, Starbucks sells blueberry cheesecake, and a western-style chocolate cake, but this will probably not be satisfactory for you, since it appears you are planning for an event.

tintin · #3 (**permalink**) 5th August 2009, 02:09 PM

Roberto

I think you would like the cakes in the Mandarin Oriental hotel's bakery. Actually most top hotels have good patisseries attached.

Dave O'Dottu · #4 (**permalink**) 5th August 2009, 02:27 PM

There is a haagen daz on Hankow or Lock road between Peking and Haiphong roads. this is very close to Nathan road. At the Haagen daz they have "german cheesecake" and tiramisu.

On one of the same streets there is a chinese bakery that has some fairly elaborate and well made stuff, like rolls with jam or pastry cream.

They have a "cheesecake" tart although some might not call it cheesecake, but it is of good quality. They also have a chocolate mousse tart with passion fruit.

efreisone · #5 (**permalink**) 8th August 2009, 10:06 AM

Hi there!! I personally would suggest u the followings:

Chocolat Debauve et Gallais (3F Lee Gardens I) - My fav. Chocolatier, finest Truffle Cake in town, superior quality.

L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon (4/F, LandMark) - Superb desserts, cakes, Macarons (Pistachio!)

Antique Patisserie (46 Lyndhurst Tr.) - Macarons, Belgium Chocolates....Try "Death by Cocoa", is pretty good

Vanilla ( 33 Mosque Street) - Great truffle cake, chef used to work in a leading hotel in London.

Local cake shops are run by locals for the 85%+ of the locals, so they have to make it the way locals like it so it sells and make millions...I do agree that the sponge cakes are "too spongy"..... But u know stuff like heavily food colored iced cakes are too sweet not only for locals, but 50% of the ladies in the world nowadays...lol