Mon Paris Patisserie Inc

Absolutely wonderful coffee house in Vancouver! As if we visited Paris in France, but the taste of cakes is just unique and deserves all praise! I never tried such delicious cakes in Paris! Bravo chef, Elena Chernova, BRAVO! We certainly recommend to all your friends certainly visit Mon Paris Patisserie in Metrotown.

Recently, there are a lot of new cafes and dessert places opened in Burnaby, and one of my favorite would be Mon Paris Patisserie. It has a very classy and simple interior design. As soon as you step in the store, you can smell the aroma of chocolate. The pastries and sweets are displayed beautifully, and what always caught my attention are the bonbons!

This is a relatively new bakery that offers some really gorgeous-looking cakes and tarts, as well as chocolates and croissants. So far, I've had the chance to try their Russian Honey, Pistachio Turnover, and Opera (see below for details on each). Although nothing completely blew me away, I did enjoy all the desserts, especially the Russian Honey. Although their prices are a tad on the higher side, everything seems to be made with great ingredients and attention to detail, so I think that it's worthwhile. I really hope that this place does well; I'd love to come back to sample some of their other pretty desserts.

Russian Honey ($6)
4.5/5
This consisted of two thin layers of honey-flavoured cake sandwiching a layer of honey mousse and topped with a thick layer of vanilla mousse and whipped cream. Both layers of mousse were smooth and creamy, and sublty sweet. The cake and mousse both had a good assertive honey flavour, which I really liked. The whipped cream topping was fresh and sweet, and speckled with bits of vanilla.

Pistachio Turnover ($3.5)
3/5
The dough was flaky and enjoyable enough, though it pales somewhat in comparison to other places like Beaucoup or Small Victory. Although there was a generous amount of pistachio filling present, I personally found the filling to be a bit on the bland side without any real distinctive flavour. Even though I did like this, it isn't really particularly memorable.

Opera ($6)
4/5
This consisted of a thick layer of coffee mousse sandwiched between two layers of coffee cake with a thinner layer of chocolate mousee topped with a bittersweet chocolate ganache. I was initially caught off guard by the flavour: the dessert wasn't sweet at all, but had a mild bitter taste. The dessert did grow on me however as I continued on eating. Once again, the layers of mousse were smooth and velvety, with great assertive chocolate and coffee flavours. Unfortunately, I didn't really enjoy the cake layers as much: they were bland and had a slightly rubbery texture. This is definitely something for those who enjoy coffee or prefer their desserts to be on the bittersweet side.