In recent years, French desserts have become the darling of Wuhan's cake industry, and all kinds of exquisite desserts have been put on the showcase. However, many cake shops pay too much attention to "ornamentality", chasing popular styles in decoration design and product modeling, and spend all their efforts, but ignore the quality of the cake itself. Monet's Garden maintains a high standard in terms of cake shape and texture.
The orthodox method is quite sweet and does not conform to the mainstream taste of China. The chef at Monet's Garden, who studied dessert making in France, has experience working in Japan and understands Asian preferences. Monet's Garden retains the delicate and layered characteristics of Fa Tian, and at the same time, by adjusting the combination of ingredients and dosage, it reduces the sweetness and makes it more refreshing.
Monet's garden adjusts the menu according to the season and order rate, and the Uji Matcha Mousse and Earl Grey Milk Mousse are classics in the store, and the ingredients are very cleverly combined to maintain the layering of French sweetness.
Matcha mousse is shaped like a green leaf, its workmanship is fine, can achieve the effect of "verdant and tender green, clear leaf veins", and the realistic pectin dew is the finishing touch, which is very cute. Matcha sponge cake with matcha mousse with vanilla custard and lychee cream. The outer layer is dense and the inner layer is fragrant and smooth, and the slight bitterness of matcha balances the sweetness of vanilla, mellow at first, and refreshing and sweet aftertaste.
There are leaves and flowers, and the Earl Grey milk mousse is shaped like a rose, the taste is like its appearance, and the floral fragrance is strong. The milk chocolate mousse is smeared with black tea custard, while finely crushed black tea powder is scattered throughout. The tea taste is lighter, not taking away the mellow aroma of milk chocolate, but reducing the sweetness. In the mouth, the crispness of the chocolate crust and the sweetness and silkiness of the filling are pleasant, and you can feel the slight acidity of bergamot and citrus when you taste it.
In addition to the multi-layered classics, Monet's Garden also has a number of cakes with simpler tastes. Hey Pineapple Mousse is made up of a small amount of vanilla white chocolate mousse wrapped in a large amount of pineapple pulp and passion fruit jam, full of fruity aroma and sweet and sour. Sour is mostly used as a supporting role in desserts, while lemon mojitos are sour-themed. The thin layer of cream is filled with astringent lemon mousse and mojito, and then drizzled with lime juice, which is strong and sour, which is very enjoyable for acidophiloses.
In recent years, artificial fruit sweetness has swept the world, and its representative is the famous French pastry chef Cédric Grolet. Few domestic cake brands invite Cédric Grolet to guide, while Monet's Garden has teamed up with Cédric Grolet to launch a series of fruit-like products, including juniper berry pear mousse and lemon mint mousse, which follow the characteristics of fruit-like sweet appearance and flowing flesh filling.
The quality of the raw materials has a great influence on the cake, among which cream, chocolate and cheese are the most important. Cream is divided into animal butter and vegetable butter, the former is also known as light cream, which is milk extract and has a mellow milky flavor; The latter has nothing to do with dairy products and is processed from vegetable oils, etc., and is very sweet and greasy. Whether in terms of health or taste, animal butter is better than vegetable butter, and the price is several times higher, and many low-end cake shops mainly use vegetable cream. French President's Light Cream is the brand used in Monet's Garden, with a milk fat content of 35.1%, a rich milky aroma, and a light and smooth taste with a natural milky flavor. The quality of chocolate is naturally different, and Valrhona is selected in Monet's garden, which is of high quality and rich in variety. In addition, fruit puree, matcha powder, butter, etc. are also well-known brands, which ensure the production of Monet's garden.
Wuhan Tiandi Store is the first branch of Monet's Garden, which has become a check-in place for young people in Wuhan with its green plants and flowers, sunshine café and design-rich decoration, and has also accumulated the first customers for Monet's Garden, but it is now closed, which is regrettable for many regular customers. The environment of the other three branches is also clean and bright. The design of the Garden Road store is closest to the Wuhan Tiandi store, with pale goose yellow walls and bronze ceiling fans and European furniture, revealing a retro atmosphere, and the abundant greenery brings a sense of freshness. K11 and International Plaza are located in a shopping mall, with a relatively small space and a simpler decoration. It is worth mentioning that Monet's Garden uses a spoon instead of a fork, which is quite rare in Wuhan cake shops, and the store believes that some desserts have crumbs and need to be held up by spoons, so they do not offer forks. The waiters are generally polite and modest, but they are not familiar with the cake and rarely recommend it in detail.
