This is the story of how 4 friends ended up eating 5 cakes. We walked into Mad About Sucre after sharing 2 appetizers and 3 main courses at The Lokal on a Wednesday night, and two of our friends have pre-ordered 4 cakes because they have tried and loved it. We saw one more on display which looked delicious and figured that we'll try all of them.

The shophouse was decorated like a classic French cafe, with a little corner to sell knick knacks at the entrance. Very pleasant, not noisy and boisterous, perfect for tea and cakes after dinner.

Cakes are arranged by order of intensity, starting from the lightest to the heaviest (the chocolates), left to right. It's $10.80-$12.80 each, and you can pre-order them for special occasions by sizes - Small ($60), Medium ($90) and Large ($120). They also do custom cakes which you can check out their pricing here.

Also, the unique thing about Mad about Sucre is that every cake is paired with a cup of uniquely blended tea, meant to complement the cake. Now that's just heavenly matchmaking!

We started with the Coco Citron, made with coconut mousse, light lemon curd, shattered crystals and sablee tart. It was paired with a very delicate French pear with Japanese yuzu, white orchid and Tibetan chrysanthemum tea. I loved this cake very much because even though I normally dislike desiccated coconut, this was light, but blended so well with the lemon curd which did not overwhelm. I think that's what everyone likes about this! 4.5/5


Next, the Luna de Miele, also known as the Moon of the Honey. It consists of French spring honey mousse, blood orange caviar, grapefruit as a surprise, savore sponge and short pastry base. I like how this was inspired by the blood moon lunar eclipse. Very creative, and tasted pretty damn good! It was paired with a slightly lighter tea of French apple, Spanish blue ginger, Tibetan camomile and Cambodian honeycomb. 3.8/5


Then the best of the lot - the Passionne, made of light cheese with passionfruit, sponge soaked with dew of passionfruit, sweet short pastry and cocoa nip crunch. It was paired with tea of Spanish blood orange, California carrots, Cambodian mango, specifically to clash with the cake's strong flavours. The creamy but airy texture was enhanced when you have some of the husk of the cocoa nips that went with it. 4.8/5


Then we had the Almond and Vanilla (not actual name), which was paired with tea of African lychee and Moroccan roses. It was described by Eric, host of the cafe as, "Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston on the same stage. Because vanilla and almond are powerhouse flavours that they are bringing back."

Here's how it looks once you cut it open. Beautiful! We all enjoyed it, but truthfully when compared to all the other cakes, this would get voted off the stage, only because it's more appealing for almond lovers, and the center surprise was not as perceptible. 3.5/5

Lastly we had the piéce de resistance, the San Domingue ($12.80). There's a chocolate jewel box filled with rum that you break first so that it surrounds the sphere of 70% dark chocolate mousse that coats a caramelized plantain center. Bananas, chocolate and rum? Of course that is a sure win! It was paired with tea of Moroccan mint with Cambodian lemongrass and Japanese green tea with Vietnamese lotus flower to help cleanse your palate. If there's a third cake that I'd come back for, it will be this. 4/5


We might have had 5 of the best cakes in Singapore. It is really that good. If there is one cake shop that you have to try this year, go to Mad About Sucre, and be willing to spend because every penny is worth it.
Mad About Sucre
27 Teo Hong Road Singapore 088334
+65 6221 3969
Tue - Thu: 12:30 - 22:30, Fri - Sat: 12:30 - 23:00, Sun: 12:30 - 17:00
Last Orders 30 mins Before Closing
Closed Mondays

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Here's our tasting menu for the night. It was plentiful with 3 types of salads, 3 mains and a selection of pastries and tarts for dessert.


 I found the salads to be simple, but rather authentic. French cooking is similar to Italian in that aspect -- as long as the ingredients used are fresh, it will taste great. No need for bells and whistles.

The Cold Tofu Salad

The Grilled Beef Salad

The Salad Nicoise (with tuna!)

For mains, I truly enjoyed the Roulade au Poulet (the chicken), but there were also fans of the grilled eggplant with tomato sauce (vegetarian option too!). The Cod Fillet was also decent. 




Desserts were awesome, and tasted as good as they looked! PAUL is known for their breads and pastries, being a French bakery. The reason why there's also food was because in the past, the bakery in the village is the only place with an oven. So people will bring other things like chicken and fish for it to be cooked there. Isn't that cool?

I also "made" a fresh baguette from scratch under the tutelage of PAUL's Master Baker. It's amazing how a combination of flour and yeast can be transformed into a crackling good bread in an hour!


PAUL is a great place for simple, casual French cuisine. Don't expect fine dining or complicated gastronomical cooking -- it's really a bistro that you can get breads and food from when you need to grab a bite! 



PAUL 
8A Marina Boulevard,
#B2-07 Marina Bay Link Mall, Singapore 018984
Daily from 9am to 9.30pm
Tel Bakery Shop: +65 6509 8339
Tel Restaurant: +65 6509 8329

Thanks FoodNews PR and PAUL for the invite!

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