Chocolate Mousse Cake Chocolate Mousse Cake

A rich and creamy chocolate mousse cake with layers of smooth chocolate filling and a light, fluffy texture.

Patisserie Valerie George Iv

Patisserie Valerie George Iv

25 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH11EN, United Kingdom

Cafe • Cakes • Coffee • Breakfast


"Prince Gastronome. Once again, I break form and review a chain. Patisserie Valerie locations can be found everywhere, but never outside of the UK, with most infesting London like one of those rashes which feel sooo good when you scratch them. Edinburgh has three.... Patisserie Valeries, not rashes. Why would I review such a location...maybe because I wish to support them. You see, if Patisserie Valerie (and you have to know I am copy/pasting each time I mention them) was coffee-centered like every café chain in North America, I wouldn’t give them a second glance. By default, I would have preferred to avoid a chain in favor of a local independent, but I am glad I was convinced otherwise. For one, Patisserie Valerie centers on cakes, fantastic cakes. They are all about their bakery, so that I can get behind. The service presents Patisserie Valerie as much a restaurant over a traditional café where you pick and choose pastries twisting in a display guarded by plexi. They even offered a winter menu which Savanna and I took advantage of. Three courses for $12.95, and while Savanna ordered the hummus with smoked paprika and warm pita bread with the roast butternut squash stuffed with mozzarella, peppers, basil, and sundried tomato, I had the chicken liver wild mushroom pate with crostini and sunflower shaped ravioli stuffed with asparagus, garden peas, butter and sage. And there will be cake. Or rather a slice of Valerie’s Gateaux. And they were amazing. We each chose one slice of different cakes, taken from a list of about twenty. I don’t know why anyone would want to visit Starbucks with awesome places like Patisserie Valerie sitting around. But, I guess, that’s the way of the world. When I was in London, my mother and I went into a Starbucks to buy a novelty souvenir for a family member. If I ever took her to Patisserie Valerie, that would pretty much be the end of her fascination with that—look, I don’t drink coffee, okay? I could never understand people’s fascination with it. I have tried it numerous times, with sugar, cream, vanilla, topped with chocolate and frothed to my desire, and I have never enjoyed a cup. Patisserie Valerie serves coffee and tea...and cake. So try Patisserie Valerie instead of ordering that double latte enema from the green siren for once. Green siren, you know, the symbol for Starbucks. By the way, did you know that the siren represents manic obsession and death? I’m not kidding; in myth, they murdered you for looking pretty. Still undecided, try this: Go to Google Images and just enter Starbucks. What do you get? You get twenty variations of the logo with the occasional paper cup. The dominant attribute they are trying to convey, which Starbucks promotes, is their logo, not their actual product, though one may argue their logo IS their product. Now, enter Patisserie Valerie and see what you get. Getting hungry aren’t you? Food: 3.5/5 Service: 3/5 Presentation: 3/5 Value: 4/5 Recommendation: 3.5/5"

Tower

Tower

Lake Vyrnwy, Powys, United Kingdom

Soup • Steak • Cheese • Salads


"So I start this seated in my room with the most beautiful view it’s one of my favourite hotels which I love so much since starting chemo it’s my local ‘go to’ as it makes the world I’m in go away so I write this honestly with such disappointment. We dined in the restaurant this evening food was spot on as always! My gripe was with the gentleman who I find is the manager in the dining area. On arrival we waited to be seated, the gentleman in question seated another customer and returned back to the plinth keying into his iPad making no eye contact nor acknowledging our presence he was clearly frustrated by his iPad and was struggling to input so overlooked his ignorance as could see stressed and felt a little sorry another gentleman seated us once our mains arrived I ordered a bottle of wine sadly this did not appear to our table once we finished I said excuse me to the First Gentleman to ask for bill/state wine not arrived he glared at me (admittedly his hands were full) but said nothing whatsoever a second waiter passed with equally full hands and again I spoke to him what a difference and so polite whilst I was complaining venomously about the first waiter he advised that was the manager he returned with equal arrogance to say I said I’d come back (he definitely had not) when challenged he said ‘well you could see my hands were full’ !!!!! Do your hands operate your mouth and tongue!! Learn humility and manners from your junior colleagues however stressed you are customers deserve respect the young man could stop to speak yet you were ignorant and rude!!!"