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2017-01-06
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It's not easy to find a place to relax in Times Square. After a battle style shopping, we have stopped by Petite House for a quite dessert fix before we can move again! Located on the 3rd floor, the restaurant is open but the seating is behind the kitchen so that customers may enjoy more privacy with their friends and families. At the door front, there is a good display of the topping ingredients and some swirling ice cream. We were told that those ice cream machines are automated and they would
It's not easy to find a place to relax in Times Square. After a battle style shopping, we have stopped by Petite House for a quite dessert fix before we can move again!
Located on the 3rd floor, the restaurant is open but the seating is behind the kitchen so that customers may enjoy more privacy with their friends and families.
At the door front, there is a good display of the topping ingredients and some swirling ice cream. We were told that those ice cream machines are automated and they would spin when the ice cream is not cold enough to form that elastic gelato texture. I think there are 15-20 flavours for you to choose and it's not easy to make up our mind without trying.
Their drinks are at around $50 price range, while some food items are also available for around $60-$70 price range, which I think is quite affordable for Times Square.
There are some new savoury items like paninis and salad but most of them are sweet dishes like waffles, eggettes, pancakes, and hot molten cookies. We are here for a treat so we are to try their fresh made-to-order eggettes! Not only we can smell the traditional egg flavour from the hot pan, we can even peer at kitchen to find out how do the tricks!
Egg Puffs (devil) $78We haven't had eggette for ages because it's actually not so easy to find quality ones in Hong Kong nowadays because small eggette shops tend to use less quality egg mixture to make this very traditional Hong Kong street food. Most of them out there are each too watery, too chewy, or lack of flavour. Instant, at Petite House, they are very confident with the basic! The eggette itself is really delicious with just the right amount of crunchiness especially on the edges. The egg flavour is strong and you can even smell it when they are making it. The firmness is so good so it can hold the very generous filling in middle, which includes chocolate gelato, chocolate sauce, chocolate brownies, and pretz!
The dessert comes in a big corn paper container and a parchment paper is also used inside just to hold everything in place because this thing is stuffed with different goodness including some good fresh whipped cream at the bottom!
You may just go right into it or you can use a spoon to enjoy the thing lying down. We tried to enjoy the thing piece by piece. Firstly, their chocolate gelato is simply amazing without being too sweet and it has a very enjoyable indulging chocolaty bittersweet aftertaste, while the chocolate sauce intensify the richness of the cocoa. The fluffy soft smooth cream is at the bottom of for you to counterbalance the richness from the chocolate.
That's not it! 3 big pieces of brownies cakes are also put on top of the devil with 2 sticks of pretz to create that extra crunch. With no disappointment, the brownies have a good bittersweet taste and it is moist in the centre, showing that they are fresh and not hardened. Even 3 pieces are not enough for us and we kind of want more!
Lastly, the eggette is a bomb because it is airy fluffy but it is also very crunchy at the same time. It's prepared until slightly golden brownie with a bright yellowish centre. The almost custardy taste from the eggette is a beautiful match with the chocolate flavour. In short, I think it kills 2 birds with 1 stone as it cures my craving for both eggette and good chocolate at the same time!
One flavour $35 , two flavours $55, three flavours $65, family size $85Dragonfruit Gelato
Meanwhile, we cannot leave Petite House without trying their gelato so we were recommended with 2 different flavours and they are both fruit base sine we have already tried the chocolate one. Dragonfruit looks pretty interesting and rare and it has an attractive bright almost violet purple colour to it. You can even see the seeds from the fruit in every bite of that gelato.
We actually did question if they are sorbet and we were told that they are all prepared using gelato method although they look like sorbet. Undoubtedly, you can see even fruit base gelato has a better elasticity when comparing to any normal sorbet and they look a lot smoother without lumpy chunks of ice it in.
Pineapple GelatoThe pineapple gelato has a sweeter taste when compared to the dragonfruit one just because pineapple generally is sweeter and more sour. It is also very smooth and elastic. It's very silky that it would melt in your mouth almost instantly.
By the way, we have also ordered a Coconut Gelato Smoothie so we did try to make our own virgin pina colada by mixing coconut and pineapple gelato in a single bite ! Mix and Match is fun!
Mango Gelato Smoothie $48Coconut Gelato Smoothie $48
We have ordered two different fruit base smoothie and they are all made by real fruit and real ingredients. The mango one is one of their new products. It is very milky with some small pieces of freshly chopped mango sitting on top.
Meanwhile, for the coconut one, you can also find a lot of coconut flakes in the drink and they are absolutely delightful if you like coconut milk in general. Both coconut and mango drinks are very filling and they are actually quite big in serving portion. You may also order a larger one if you are sharing with your friends and families!
I think it really comes down to personal preferences when it comes to gelato or smoothies. Just come and experience yourself and find out our personal favourite! You may be surprised by their inventions like "Lemon ginger" flavour! Don't forget to play some mix and match yourself! It is indeed fun and delicious!
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