Le Petit Four, dessert, Seoul

Le Petit Four serves macaroons and cakes/dessert. (The name of the shop sounds not so original but I am not complaining) The chef is said to have trained at Paul Bocuse in France and worked under Alain Ducasse. I had tea and coffee at the store and brought macaroons back.


Chocolate popping pie (?)
A layer of hazelnut brownie, marshmallow, mousse, crispy chocolate biscuit coated in thick chocolate. If I weren't so full, I would have finished the whole thing. It can be eaten like a lolipop.



Petit gateau au kaka, a.k.a. s**t cake.
The base is hazelnut cake layered with pineapple compote and then covered with whipped cream. The chef uses special cream, which is thicker but less fattening. I don't know how that works, but anyways, it tastes like whipped fromage blanc. It was very nice.




I don't remember what is called, but basically, it is fondant au chocolat, but not too sweet. It has runny centre.


Macaroons...
I don't think I like macarrons any more. They are pretty to look at, but too sweet for me.
But still, the macarrons at Le Petit Four was nice.

Banana and chocolate macaroon, vanilla macaroon.
I liked the chcolate ganache in B/C macaroon, but I did not like banana macarron part. But that is because I am not a fan of banana.
Vanilla macaroon was nice and chewy.








I am not sure what flavour is the macarron on top, but I smelled rum in the frosting.
Pink one is vitamin mixer, green is pistachio and the bottom one is coconut. They were all nice. Probably the best one I tried in Korea.





Cakes are priced somewhere between 2500KRW to 4500KRW.
Macaroon is 1800KRW each.
Americano: 2500KRW. A bargain!
The portion is small but the quality was very good, which is perfect for me.

Le Petit Four
Tel: 02 322 2669
Mon~Thu:10am-11pm
Fri~Sat: 10am-12am
Tube: Line 2 Hongdae station, exit 5. Walk towards the main gate of Hongdae university. On your left, there is a shopping arcade called Purugio. The shop is on the second floor.

Waiters were very friendly.

75015. French Bistro, Seoul

I was toldby a girl with who I attend a cookery class with told me that her friend opened a bistro in Hongdae, so I decided to check it out.
The bistro is called "75015". Sounds familiar? Anyone who has been to Paris would know that it is area code/zip code for each arrondissement in Paris, and this case, the 15th arrondsement where Le Coron Bleu is. 75015 is run by three friends who studied at Le Cordon Bleu together.

Having studied at Le Cordon Bleu, making crêpe and gallette may sound like a waste, but I am glad that they are.

Everything on the menu is zipcoded like 75001 Gallete aux etc etc and I ordered 75003 which is gallete aux jambons, oeuf et fromage, a buckwheat pancake with ham, egg and cheese. On the top, a dollop each of pesto and tomato sauce are served.It is served with homefries/cubed potatoes cooked in rosemary and olive oil, green salad with olives and sliced almonds and a slice of bread.



I was advised to mix egg yolk, pesto and tomatoe sauce to achieve a gooey sauce to dip in. It went very nicely with gallete.



I wanted to try their crêpe, caramelized banana crêpe to be exact, but the waiter said that it may be too much after a gallete. He advised me to try their fondant au chocolat.




It was not bad. I would have gone gaga over this 10 years ago, but I think I tried something better over the years. This one definitely reminds me that what I had at Jean-George Shanghai was a good one, though a bit boring. (I mean, it was as good as it can be, and like crème brûlée, I am sick of it. Yes, I should really stop eating it. )




It is a bit of a walk to find the place. FYI, this is what the bistro looks like.






Tel) (02)332 1113