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2013-01-10
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Initial contact was inadvertent. Went out for a breath of fresh air on a certain weekday a couple weeks ago and stumbled upon Po's Atelier. I heard of it but didn't know it was so close by. It's good to live near sheung wan. Wasn't really hungry at that time but just had to try something. Environment:This is the store front. Usually there is a large heavy automatic metallic door right in the middle of the 3 panes. You press a button and it automatically slides open. There were quite a number of
Environment:
This is the store front. Usually there is a large heavy automatic metallic door right in the middle of the 3 panes. You press a button and it automatically slides open. There were quite a number of people milling about on my first visit. On my second visit there weren't any, probably because it was somewhere between lunch and afternoon tea. It's surprisingly quiet and serene inside the bakery. Open, airy kitchen opening up to a large, full-length window. It's a very modern bakery and there is very little clutter.
Service:
Pretty non-intrusive, which is much appreciated. I must spend lots of time going back and forth between strong contenders. When it comes to decision-making in terms of food I am severely handicapped. It is not good. Keeps people waiting hm.
Food:
Grilled cheese stick $25
I somehow thought it would resemble the two types of cheesy bread, which I like. One type you can find at bakeries with a bit of grilled cheese on top and a really soft body. The other type is grissini topped with melted/grilled cheese. As it turned out, this grilled cheese stick was nothing like what I'd expected.
Quite a let down actually. It was too tough, like a jerky, which almost gave me a headache. I had to painfully discard half of the stick because it wasn't worth more headache. Also, it was tooo salty. The grilling intensified the savoury cheesy flavours significantly. If this crisp crust appeared on the edges of pizzas or onion soup, it would be delicious. But an entire stick of bread coated in grilled cheese is a bit too much. Plus the bag in which the halved sticks were placed became soaked in oil shortly after. Brioche with hazelnut cream, baked cream/custard topped with sugar-roasted hazelnuts...I have forgotten its name $32
This was shared with a friend on another occasion. It was....too cloyingly sweet. The hazelnut cream was smooth and substantial. Tasted pretty alright, but the brioche was quite sweet too and with the generous sprinkling of sugar-roasted hazelnuts....it was a bit too much for me. Oh and I forgot to mention the baked custard topping which, was well done....and also sweet. All in all, too sweet. And oily. Gotta mention the oil absorbed by the paper bag. another interestingly shaped item I didn't buy:
Yunnan ham bread, interestingly-shaped. Rationale..?Conclusion:
I have heard good things about the chocolate croissant and the other loaves (something to do with fig/fruit/dates). Will see if I can pop down for tea or something after this stressful period. I think this bakery has much potential, and quality ingredients - looking forward to new and improved products!
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