Fondant au Chocolate & Choux Chantilly Chocolate

This is another buy "2 get 1 free class", since the choux pastry has the same technique as making eclairs.

After going through this lesson, I'll never order another chocolate lava cake...because it only take less than 30 mins to make. The trick is getting it out of the mould without wreaking it.

Higuma Paris

Image from Tripadvisor

I got misled by Tripadvisor several times on restaurants in Paris, and this is no exception. I was craving for Japanese ramen after watching a Japanese series, and decided to check out the recommendations online. The choice was clear after going through the profile of the reviewers, but we just wanted to see the standard of "really good Japanese ramen" in Paris, so we went ahead instead.

Having grown up in Singapore, I was pampered by an international array of cuisine, and has always admired how the Japanese can whip out quality food with pride. Every time we try a new Japanese outlet in Singapore, we'll be nick-picking on the authenticity of what was served. 

But Higuma in Paris...this is a legendary "Japanese Ramen Restaurant" that have won so many hearts, but is nothing like Japanese. There is no chance for us to nick-pick, since it is already off-tracked. If the long queue outside the store is because they serve tasty dishes, so be it...but they are serving Chinese noodles that don't even pass the mark even if I labelled them correctly as Chinese Noodles!

And there are the gyozas, which are definitely bought ready made from the supermarket, boiled and pan-fried before hand, then microwaved before serving. With such ridiculous cooking methods, the chefs still have the cheek to show the public how it is done, and clueless customers still think that this is the right way to prepare ramen and gyozas.

It angers me seeing the queue, because I can't believe that people here can get cheated so easily, believing that this is the real deal! Higuma is serving neither Japanese, Korean or Chinese ramen, they are serving yellow noodles which is a totally different type of noodles from ramen, with soup that tastes like instant noodles mix with too much water.

Many shout on its value, but seriously, 5 Euros for 7 gyozas which are supermarket made, 7 Euros for a packet of instant noodles, and a queue to fight for...I think it is too expensive. And if this is the "King of Ramen" in Paris, then I would suggest skipping ramen all together, and stick to Vietnamese noodles for the Asian deal.