Are you a fan of dessert? If so, then you should come to Namelaka to taste their superb choux. You can find this dessert cafe at ShopHaus, Menteng, Central Jakarta. Although it’s small, but Namelaka offers a large selection of choux flavors that are ready to spoil your tongue. Choux itself is a classic French eclairs with vla or custard.
There are 16 flavors that you can choose according to your taste, including Chocolate, Hazelnut, Mango Lassi, Matcha, Salted-Caramel, Vanilla, Thai Milk Tea, White Chocolate & Raspberry, Apple Crumble, Strawberry Parsley Cheesecake, Coconut Melaka, Red Velvet, Coffee Dulcey, Sakanti Bali, as well as Chocolate Baileys and Rum & Raisin which contain alcohol. All of these variants are priced at only Rp 20,000 per piece.
If confused, you can choose Choux Salted Caramel which is the best seller here. This little choux looks attractive with crumbs around it, chocolate caramel and milk chocolate ornaments on it. Inside the choux, there’s custard cream made of a combination of caramel sauce and caramel mousse.
The next choux that you should try is Thai Milk Tea, with orange crumbs on the surface of the choux that makes it look unique. While at the top there is a white cream as a garnish. When you cut it, you will find chocolate custard with tea and milk typical Thai Milk Tea taste.
Besides choux, Namelaka also provides a selection of cakes that are no less tempting. One of them is Banana Chocolate Tart (Rp 50,000). This chocolate cake is adorned with a sturdy and solid almond sable tart and is getting more beautiful thanks to dark chocolate glaze layer and banana sponge pieces on it. Not only that, chocolate mousse and banana cremeux in it making this cake more delicious.
Well, if you are a cake lover who happens to be passing through Menteng area, try stopping by to taste choux or cake in Namelaka. Guaranteed you’ll be like it!
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