Shy Guys' chef and barista worked at Godiva in Shanghai, but after eight years in the dessert industry, he chose to return to Sichuan to open a shop. Introverts may be cramped in communicating with customers, but their carefully crafted products have won the store a large number of repeat customers. The rustic storefronts are a bit unassuming on quiet Dongsheng Street, but when asked about the best dessert shops in Chengdu, Shy Guys is a top recommendation for local dessert lovers.
Shy Guys' handwritten menu not only lists the names and prices of each dessert, but also the main ingredients and recipes. The menu reads, "The pulp flows in a rich and warm cake body, and it is super thick!" "Strawberry jam that is not sold in the supermarket!" This description is playful and cute, and it also allows customers to have the most intuitive feeling of the taste of the various cakes in the store.
The cakes are made with fresh ingredients, in contrast to those made with semi-finished ingredients. Both the Fruit Napoleon and Matcha Strawberry Cup are selling freshly cut fruit for a refreshing taste and a good first dessert. Freshly grilled and cut Napoleon puff pastry is mixed with jam and custard sauce whipped cream, and fresh fruits of the season combine to create a satisfying blend of flavors. The first layer of puff pastry is also cut into four petals, each covered with icing sugar, surrounded by small pieces of fruit for plating, and the attention to detail shows sincerity, and the waiting time for the product is 15 minutes. The matcha strawberry cup is made of matcha cream and whipped cream on the top and bottom, with the whole fruit pulp and corn chips in the middle.
The caramel brët has a slightly stronger flavor and a prominent custard aroma that is its biggest feature. When you use a spoon to crack the thin crispy caramel layer with a golden surface, you can taste the soft and smooth cloth on the inside, and although the sweetness is slightly higher, it is not sweet. A small note is also attached to the dish to remind customers that the black spots on the substrate are not cake spoilage, but vanilla grains in the vanilla pods. The use of vanilla granules instead of artificial flavors can make the flavor of desserts more intense and sweet, and also make the cream taste more delicate and mellow. If you're still not satisfied, opt for mango and passion fruit sour cream cheese for a bit of a blunt taste bud. The combination of sour cream with passion fruit and mango jam highlights the refreshing sourness, and the thick sponge cake body suppresses the texture of the cake.
Compared with the Internet celebrity dessert shop, the environment of Shy Guys is very simple, there is no exaggerated gold decoration, no romantic carousel, and the wooden tables and chairs are placed under the plain white tone, which is simple and restrained. The clerk doesn't have much communication with the customers, but the basic service can be taken care of, but due to the lack of manpower in the kitchen, the production speed is generally slow. Shy Guys has become a breath of fresh air in local dessert shops that "value beauty over quality". It should be noted that the owner has opened a light food bar with the same name next to several stalls of the dessert shop, but does not sell cakes, so please pay attention to the house number to avoid mistakes.
