The Tempered Room

I've been hanging out here every afternoon for the last three days. It's a quiet and relaxing place to be. The croissants are great. The person at the counter is so polite and kind. Reaaly helps to destress Toronto from my system. :)

The pride of Parkdale. I mean really, how spoiled are we in this community to have the Tempered Chef baking these glorious little pieces of art for us everyday? If you haven't yet been - do not pass Go, do not collect $200 - get there immediately.

Have always been big fan of Bertrand Alépée aka The Tempered Chef ( @TheTemperedChef ) and until now, I've only been able to taste his creation during events or special pop-up dinners (like here and here ). So I was super excited when he opened up The Tempered Room ( @thetemperedroom ) about 2 months ago and we finally found time to drop by this pass weekend. Alépée and his pasty chef Tyler Lang did most of the wood work of the space and what a great job. Love the expose un-finish brick walls and the simple wood display cases which was perfect backdrop for all the sweet creations. There a large communal table at the front and small side tables that can be pop on and off the wall's railing.   Beverages wise Sam James Coffee , tea and bottled Vams Kombucha are available. While most things are make in house, the breads are from The Drake , Blackbird Baking Co and Thuet .   Somehow I find other cities have a lot of Eclairs choice, it's rather lacking in Toronto and I was so glad that they emphasize them here,  . I basically wanted to try everything but we just had lunch, so I guess we'll have to come back on an empty stomach (^_ Passion Chocolate  Eclair $3.50 Love the flavor of the pastry here and I am usually not a fan of éclair at most places because I find the icing/coating way too sweet but the one here was so perfect. Need to try the other flavors next time!   PB & J Choux $2.50 Love the peanut butter crust here which give it an extra crunch to the pillowy jam filled choux pastry.    Pomme Caramal Salé $5.75 ♥♥♥ Need I say more?! Pretty and Perfect!!! A salted caramel mousse cake with homade crabapple jelly, sesame caramel ganache. Would never hove though sesame with this dessert but it totally elevated the whole cake to another level of amazingness. Croissant $2.50 After eating the 3pcs above, I can't help but crave for the croissants... but it was sold out, noooooo! But we were kindly told that another batch is coming out in 20 minutes and let's just say, it

Wow. Probably the best Croque Monsieur I've ever had. Finished off with a Swiss brioche. Killer cortado, too. Breads from Blackbird in Kensington. Bertrand and the gang are just killing here.