The giant cake displayed in front of the Black Swan Gate is daunting in height and price, and it is difficult to associate it with "civilian". But what many people don't know is that it was born from the same roots as the domestic dessert giant Hollyland, both of which were founded by the head Luo Hong. Black Swan is currently the highest-grade local cake brand in China. The Chengdu store, which opened in mid-2018, is the first stop for black swans to go out of North China and Northeast China.
As the first stop of the national promotion, Black Swan attaches great importance to the creation of a dining environment. The Black Swan store is spacious, with a marble façade and a window display of beautifully crafted multi-tiered cakes. The interior of the store is based on black and white, there is no fancy decoration, the simple ink background brings a sense of simplicity and elegance to the store, and the starlight on the ceiling makes the light softer. The solemn atmosphere is even better than that of international brands such as Chikalicious and Lady M.
The whole cake of the black swan is diverse, mainly black, white and red, which can crush most of the competitors in terms of appearance, and the starting price of 1500 yuan is also outstanding. The most classic style in the store is the Black Swan and White Swan combination, the former using 72% pure Criollo chocolate, which accounts for only 5% of global chocolate production, and the vast majority of single-origin chocolate is made from Criollo chocolate beans. The rich chocolate is paired with whipped cream, Tahitian vanilla, and two black swans on the top are elegantly decorated. The finishing touch of the white swan is the swan nest on the surface, which is woven from Isomat sugar silk with a diameter of only a few tenths of a millimeter, which is crystal clear and transparent, in line with the dreamy and pure velvet theme.
In addition to the selection of single product cakes, Black Swan also launched afternoon tea, which is not inferior to the production of Chengdu star hotels. At present, the afternoon tea in Chengdu store is divided into two types: English and French. British afternoon tea, salty desserts, tea and utensils are indispensable, Black Swan's English afternoon tea retains the characteristics of category matching, although the taste is not authentic, but it can also show the form of English afternoon tea. If you're tired of the English afternoon tea's fixability of scones, teas and plating, French afternoon tea is even more flexible. The desserts of French Afternoon Tea are all creative, and all sweets can be the protagonist of French Afternoon Tea.
Black Swan's French afternoon tea is created by three-star Michelin-starred dessert chef Guizi Changjiang, and is divided into three courses: "Melting Snow", "Morning Star" and "Sunrise France". "Melting snow" is actually a combination of desiccated coconut and lychee pulp with ice cream, which is cold and sweet with fruit, which can be seen to be creative, but not amazing. The second "morning star" is similar to a chocolate ball, and after the meal is served, the waiter drizzles hot chocolate sauce onto the surface, and the hollow chocolate ball slowly melts, so that the liquid chocolate sauce is integrated into it, and the fragrance is rich. The final "Sunrise France" has a romantic name, which is actually a warm soufflé with pistachio as a flavor, sweet and fluffy in the mouth, and cherry blossom jelly and ice cream on the side, which is the most praised of the three dishes.
Black Swan's afternoon tea needs to be booked in advance, and if you go temporarily, you can only order a single item in the hall. Customers who enjoy afternoon tea can enter the inner hall for dining. Compared with the hall, the design of the booth makes the dining environment in the inner hall more private and more comfortable.
Black Swan's cake variety is rich in choice, and the price is quite high, and the average person for afternoon tea is about 400 yuan, which is more than the price of afternoon tea at The Peninsula Hong Kong. However, its environment, service and production are indeed the benchmark for afternoon tea in Chengdu.
