Bakerzin - Stick to the Desserts

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This is kind of like the long overdue post because I had visited this cafe way before Izy Dining & Bar, Nakhon Kitchen and even Chateraise. But the motivation to translate the experience into words is not that strong. How things have changed. Bakerzin is the cafe that introduced me to the world of premium desserts. The first time I tried the Jivara cake, the pure chocolatey richness of the cake blew me away. And from there, I went on the quest to try out as many delectable desserts as possible. But as tough competitors join the local culinary scene, raising up the bar, I no longer patronize Bakerzin anymore, especially after the awful service I had encountered at Paragon. A sure fire way to get me to boycott eateries is very bad service, including those of hawker stalls.

Bakerzin still holds a special place in my heart though. My guy and I did go there often for dates. And he still believes that Jivara is the best chocolate cake he ever has. So when I passed by the cafe in Vivocity, I decided to take the plunge and try out their offerings.

The Pineapple Rice with Chicken is quite a disaster in my opinion. Being very particular about quality of rice, I find the rice here to be lacking in aroma of rice, and the surface is dull, having no shine. Saved for the yellow colour and few cubes of pineapple, there is nothing about the taste and smell that deem it as pineapple rice. The chicken is not fresh. I can taste it, even with that lacklustre sauce, since I am sensitive to this. It is quite a torture to finish it actually.

The new creation, Lychee Rose Cake, redeems things a lot though. Rose and Lychee is a match made in heaven. Both have very distinctive fragrance, but in this cake, they complement each other to take sweetness to greater heights. The sweetness I am referring to here is in terms of the smell. Taste wise, it is just right in sweetness, not cloyingly. The shortbread base does well to add variation in taste and texture through a bit of butter flavour and crunchiness to the two types of mousses.

Service is not bad, but not great either. They get all the basics done: responding promptly to requests, etc. But there is this lingering air of coldness about them. Does not help that when I first entered the cafe, the two staff just looked at me, doing nothing, like they thought I was taking a tour of the cafe?

So conclusion is this place can still be considered for a get-together to enjoy desserts and cakes. Just don't have high expectations if one is ordering the pineapple rice. And based on the standard of this dish, I am not expecting the other savoury dishes to be good.

My Thoughts: Well ...

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