Faubourg Paris
2155 West 41st
Kerrisdale, Vancouver
BC, V6M 1Z6
Phone: 604-266-2156
Website

It's been half a year since we went to afternoon tea. Since the weather was super nice, what's more exciting than getting afternoon tea on a sunny summer day? Today we went to Faubourg Paris. The retailer now has 3 locations throughout Vancouver and we chose to go to the original location in Kerrisdale Village. Cera went once and she said the quality of food was excellent, so we went there along with a friend of ours. 

Tea selection. The display was on the table and we get to choose the tea we want after we sit down
Wish really liked it because you can take your time to smell and decide. However, they had a relatively small tea selection, with only 7 choices.

There are two afternoon tea menus -pink and purple. The pink option is a full afternoon tea set.
As you can see, we get to choose 4 savories and 4 sweets.
This option comes with miniature scones and jams as well as a Soufflé.

..whereas the purple menu is only half of the afternoon tea set...

Macaron display at the front of the store

Cake display at the front of the store

Decor of the afternoon tea seating area, which is located in the back of the store.

Cera's tea - Marco Polo

Wish's tea - Verte Provence

Miniature scones with fruit jams.How cute are these mini jams?

Cera and Wish's tray (the one in the back is a friend's)

Top Tier - Sweets
Wish's Choice:
Strawberry Pepper Macaron
Tartlette au Citron
Opéra Café
Carameleized Almond Frangipane Slice

Cera's choice

Coconut Panna Cotta with Mango Gelée

Salted Caramel Macaron 
Miniature Tiramisu
Mousse au Chocolat

Bottom Tier
Wish's Choice
Canapé
Smoked Salmon Croissant
Chicken Sandwich
Mini Quiche

Cera's Choice
Canapé 
Verrine
Snmoked Salmon Crossant
Chicken Sandwich

Passion Fruit/ Lemon Soufflé - IT WAS SUPER SOUR!

The Verdict:
According to the online reviews, Faubourg rates really highly for French Style Afternoon Tea. While we mostly enjoyed our experience, there were a few things that we found slightly disappointing. Upon ordering our 4 choices of sweets, the waitress came back to let us know that two of the sweets that we wanted to try was sold out . Rather than a smoked salmon croissant, we received smoked salmon sandwiches. Also, the soufflé was SO SOUR to the point that Wish could not finish it. In fact, a good word to describe it would be SHOCKINGLY sour. Cera and other blogs received raspberry soufflés in the past, which was excellent. In addition, we normally enjoy our scones with devonshire/clotted cream and was disapointed to learn that the bakery did not have cream available, despite it being on the menu. Isn't cream a staple in afternoon tea?

Do we recommend Afternoon Tea at Faubourg Paris?
At $28.55 (tax included), Faubourg afternoon tea is very decently priced, especially considering it includes a freshly made soufflé. Nestled in centre of quaint Kerrisdale, this place is worth a try. Cera noted that while still good, the quality seemed to have declined slightly since her last visit. There is also free 2 hour parking behind the bakery, at the Kerrisdale Parkade. However, we hope you receive the raspberry soufflé instead of the passionfruit!

Kracie - Panda Cookie

How cute is this? We've been looking for this for ages and luckily, Wish was able to find it when she visited Japan!

Apparently different kits come with different panda expressions!

Mini spoon!

Making the chocolate~

SMELLS LIKE NUTELLA!

Into the bag it goes~~~

First we make the panda face and ears~

The rest of the face....

Slap the vanilla part on and pat it smooth and into the microwave it goes!

Panda cake! Although it looks like a bao bao instead...

The Verdict:
It smelled great! It was soft and moist but sadly, tasted somewhat bland. We should have tried to even out the white dough more because the dough actually rose to create a dome shape rather than a nice, flat cake. Our final result also turned out a bit creepy looking, but was fun and easy to make nonetheless.

Kracie Happy Kitchen - Cake Kit

Mini cake! How cute is that! This kit has two molds - the traditional circle cake or flower shaped cake. We were lucky to get the flower cake mold!

The box

Heehee.. This looks a bit like a packet of wet tissue...

FLOWER SHAPED MOLDS! ♥

The batter~

After 30 seconds in the microwave and it turned into a foam consistency! Very cute.

Making the vanilla frosting...

And the strawberry frosting...

Making the strawberry jelly...

Awwwwww ♥! However, this took a while to solidify :(

TADA!

The Verdict:
Straight out of the microwave, this really did smell like cake! This kit was one of our favorites because decorating the cake was a bit challenging (taking the cake out of the mold) but fun at the same time, plus the final result was pretty adorable. The jelly accents are super cute! :)

In terms of taste,  much like all the other  Popin'Cookin kits, the icing was not very strongly flavored. Texture wise, after a few minutes, the jelly and icing made the cake mushy and distasteful. So if you're going to eat the cake, eat it quickly!

Kracie Popin'Cookin' - Bento Kit

When we first saw this kit on one of the youtube channels we frequent, we knew right away we NEEDED to try this kit.  Who doesn't like panda onigiri - in candy form nonetheless!

The box

The inside. The packaging includes a mini bento box drawing.

Where the magic is!

Making the rice

Then, the jelly broccoli...

After that, starting on the jelly octopus...

.. the tamago roll....

Making chicken karaage.

The face for the panda onigiri.

Squeezing out the "pasta"

Completed Bento. Sadly, we didn't have any cute bento boxes at the time.

The Verdict:
This has been the most difficult Popin'Cookin' kit so far, but was also tons of fun to make. The bento contains 2 onigiri (original triangle shape, and a panda onigiri), tako sausage, brocolli, chicken karaage and pasta. Sadly, once the panda ears are coated with the black powder, they no longer stick well to the panda head. =(

How did it taste?
The rice as always is ramune flavoured and the rest of the jellies were grape flavoured. However, like all Popin'Cookin candies, the texture was cold, wet and mushy, thereby making it quite unpleasant to eat. (Wish: "it is inedible.... ")

Do we recommend it? 
 For approximately $5 , Popin'Cookin is always quite fun to make, especially with kids. Don't expect much in terms of taste, but putting together all the different components of the bento was definitely amusing!

Kracie's Popin'Cookin' - Curry Set DIY

Kracie is known for making DIY candy kits, but a savory, mini curry kit? Would it actually taste like curry? Of course we simply had to try this one out!

This kit came in plastic packing, rather than the usual cardboard box.

Making the rice.

Rice

Next, we start on the croquettes

squish squish squish!

Rolling the croquette in the crunchy coating

We just made normal shaped croquettes.. Did not bother making the heart and star shaped croquettes as shown on the box.

And lastly, the curry.

Curry! There are even little veggie bits. It smells like curry too!

The final result doesn't look bad at all!

The verdict:
This candy kit was so interesting! Since all the previous Popin'Cookin' candies had a grape flavor, we were dreading the thought of savory curry over grape flavored rice. However, the rice was not sweet! It did not have much flavor (like real rice) and actually worked quite well with the curry. The curry itself was savory and actually tasted like curry... cold curry. We thought that the croquettes had a mild potato flavor. In terms of texture, the croquettes were soft with a crunchy crust. Surprisingly, this kit did not taste half bad. If you're daring, give this kit a go! Wish and cera hope to be able to find other savory Kracie kits, especially the ramen set!