On a Tuesday I ventured to Richmond to find William Curley's boutique. It was about a 5 minute walk from the station (probably less if we knew our way properly). I was so excited to be there seeing as I'm quite a big fan of his...I was honestly thinking if I should bring my book (well, his) just incase I see him and then hopefully return with a signature on the book haha. His boutique was among all these other cute shops, there was a tea and coffee specialist kind of shop next door, a restaurant opposite, a clothes boutique and various other shops. The whole atmosphere of the place was a calm, relaxed and jolly.
Honestly, it was very weird to see all the desserts displayed in front of me when I went into the boutique as I usually see them in his chocolate recipe book. It felt...surreal? haha. A bit like when I first went to a concert of this Korean pop band, a sort of 'wow, I never would have expected to have this kind of experience' feel. The boutique was actually smaller than I expected it to be, but it was better this way because I wouldn't feel overwhelmed and out of place in a high class environment. I felt like it was just right, it was in a cosy, small side street with a few seats outside. As I'm use to big restaurants and maybe some cafes (usually ones in central London) with various seating and huge spaces coming to this boutique felt like a special find, despite the fact that I had previously researched on how to get there exactly...hehe xD.
Anyways, these were the desserts we chose, also with a salted caramel bar and 2 scoops of ice-cream, but we never got to photograph it because we were lazy :D. My sister chose the top left, yuzu praline tart (if i remember correctly, forgive me if I'm wrong), I chose the top right, a raspberry and chocolate slice, a mango and passion fruit entremet and a cassis taecake. They were all so scrummy as I expected *-*, as a chocoholic and a huge lover of raspberry, the slice was just right for me, it was the right amount of indulgence though I should've ordered a colder, fresher drink to wash down the rich chocolate, Matcha latte would be better suited for a colder weather. The mango and passion fruit entremet was extremely light and flavoursome as well, it was sooo delicious.
The marshmellow in the teacake was so vibrant with a sprinkling of the purple/pink ish hisbicus powder (if that's correct?) was so pretty. And then deeper with a darker tone from the blackcurrant jam. Mmm yummyy~~
Later on the day we went to went to a restaurant in Piccadilly called Shoryu where they were doing a 2 week offer of only £5 a ramen bowl *0*, bargain! Usually everything in London is ridiculously overpriced. But of course, we ordered dessert which added to the overall bill. The starter and the main course was soo delicious. They even have garlic crushers on the table along side with fresh garlic bulbs for people to crush into their mains. I love it when restaurants do this haha, a kind of 'add your own touch' feel despite it just being raw garlic and maybe a splash of soy sauce... c:
The desserts? Not worth it in my opinion, the matcha roll cake was much too sweet from the anko and the matcha couldn't be tasted much since the cream was too much and it was rather hard to get into. The Japanese cheesecake, the cake should be light and fluffy but the cake was more damp than fluffy. The mochi however, was the best out of all the desserts as well as the matcha ice cream (didn't get to take a photo of it either), I guess the simpler desserts wins?
Hopefully I will be taking a trip to William Curley's boutique sometime soon, or maybe his dessert bar this time? Next place that I will most probably be visiting; Lanka in Finchley!
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