H.C.Andersen

Now, we're not talking about the famous Danish fairy tale author, but a bakery that's named after him, H.C.Andersen Confectionery. I mentioned this bakery before in an old blog, and never able to forget the goodness of this special bakery. It specializes in cakes, pastries, and also sandwich. It is so good that the royal wedding cakes only comes from this bakery.

New facade

Recently, the bakery moved to a new address and has went through a new face lift. I've been waiting and waiting for it to re-open and the day finally comes on 15-Oct. It was a purely out of the habit to check on the bakery's renovation progress and to my surprise, it's opened, hooray!!!

New cake ordering counter

Sandwich / pastry counter

The new shop is much smaller in seating capacity but feels a grade higher than the old cramp area. Well lit, warm welcome and clear product display, the only thing that's missing is price tag (maybe it'll come later?). Love the new chairs & the pairing cushion / pillow, so cosy that I feel at home. Anyway, ordered an all time favourite - Othello cake (oh...they do it best) and was given free latte for the new opening :D

Nice comfy seating

The Othello cake is slightly different from the ones before. The top layer of marzipan is replaced with chocolate frosting, taste a bit different but not bad at all, but maybe that's why the cake is softer than it used to be and crumble when the cashier cut a slice. For that, I get 2 free mini éclairs, yum ;)

'Scrambled' othello cake

Free but high quality latte

Free mini eclairs

Dining section

Less seating capacity which will be one of my regret because the old one with bigger capacity is usually full house, from the logical perspective, at some point I will find myself no vacant seat when I visit. The bakery is right behind the cake counter, not sure what exactly is being baked, maybe just some simple breads / pastries but it definitely is a sign of quality assurance when the product comes directly from 'manufacturer' to the counter ;)

Bakery right behind the cake counter

There seems to be more changes to the old ones that I haven't noticed yet but I'm just glad that whenever I crave for a piece of good cake, I know where I can go to.