Le Village Buffet

Le Village Buffet
Inside Pairs Las Vegas Hotel
Cuisine Buffet: (Casual Dining) 

Hours: Open daily from 7am - 10pm
Dress Code Casual

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Cuisine: French Buffet
Food: Average
Service: Good
Atmosphere: Good
Value: $$$
Recommend: Average

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Parisian Hunt

Ganache Chocolate

250 Toorak Rd,

South Yarra, VIC 3141

Australia

Ph: 03 9804 7485

Web: Ganache

After shopping on Chapel Street we always to go to the Soda Rock Diner for milk shakes and hot chilli and cheese wedges. It's been a family tradition for hubby and I to order the same old dish and drinks everytime we visit. Since a chocolate shop opened on the opposite side of Toorak Road, we are addicted to that little place instead. Now we have another perfect spot to taking a rest and enjoying nice drinks. Ganache for all chocolate lovers! It's warm, it's lovely and it's Parisian chic!

Sitting in a place surrounded by chocolate sweets, chocolate cakes, chocolate marcarons and chocolate drinks, the smell was so amazing and it almost melt my heart. I was like day dreaming in a chocolate sea. Lucky me!

The ambiance was great inside and for a lazy afternoon, it was a perfect hiding hut for desserts and hot chocolate. Rusty natual raw brick walls with a French mirror hanging at the end of the room. High ceiling with shelves of chocolate products on display. Small tables with marble tops and iron bases. Flowers in small glass bottles on every table and water served by friendly wait staff in silver jar. That was quite romantic. The only thing missing was a beautiful French music playing with a female singer in softly. Well, that was in my imagination.

I love chocolate but who doesn't? I don't eat too many sweets, I love to look at adorable chocolate and desserts and appreciated their beauty, but I'd prefer dark chocolate. I addicted to the bitterness in dark chocolate. A bite of good chocolate is really great pleasure and enjoyment. The hot chocolate (original) here was the best I have had in Melbourne. Rich and creamy. The texture was silky smooth and the liquid was thick and luxury. Pure chocolate and pure joy! The smell was so marvelous! So beautiful that I've holding my cup near my nose and couldn't put it down. It was served with an almond cookie. Crunch and sweet!

DH had the iced chocolate which was made with chocolate ganache and gelato. Same as the hot cocholate, it was rich and tasted fantastic. A bit too sweet for hubby, but still a nice drink.

We also had the chocolate platter which served with five of their most popular handmade products. The marcaron was in the middle, the golf ball had almond inside and covered white chocolate, strawberry, almond and dark chocolate. Very sweet!  No kidding, they both looked and tasted sweet. Not for me but definitely for someone with a sweet tooth.

Cuisine: French, coffee & desserts

Food: Good

Service: Good

Atmopshere: Good

Value: $

Recommend: Good

*Rating: Excellent, Good, Average, Poor, Very Poor

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Holidays in Cairns Day V continue...Cocoa Amour

 

 I'm not the only one who's window shopping in a late evening,

this little fellow looks as curious as me. Cute?

 

Cocoa Amour

91 Esplanade
Cairns QLD 4870
(07) 4041 1802

After dinner in Cafe China and hubby had a massage in the night market. 

Then dropped by this lovely pastry cafe called "Cocoa Amour" in the CBD for a drink.

It was very late in a weekday but still kinda busy on the streets with dozens of tourists like us.
Feels so good about it as I never feel safe to wonder around late in night in Melbourne.

The weather were beautiful, not too hot in the evenings and humidity suits me better as it's too dry in Melbourne. My skin feels tight and looks cracked without lotion.

The dryness in Melbourne is the only thing I don't like about it and it makes me crazy.
I feel like aging quicker living in dry area.

Here in Cairns, the services way better than any other places in Australia.

Every shop I've been to and every restaurants I've tried provides excellent services.

The multiculture populations really shows it's advantage even in a small town like Cairns.

There are restaurants of French, Italy, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Indian etc.

I love this place and I can't wait to go back.

Cocoa Amour. What a pretty name!

The oriental Bali decor is very modern yet relaxing 

and a great place to come in groups and take a rest here.
You can have a long chat with friends sitting on the long sofa without disturb.

We went in for a drink but the cakes in the display glass cabinet looked so amazing.

I shouldn't have anymore food as I ate too much already.

However, my eyes were bigger than my stomach.

Ended up we each had the a piece of cake 

and I also a large glass of watermelon juice while DH had the mango juice
(freshly made at the back of the kitchen).

The cakes were tasty and the atmosphere was great.

I wish there could be more places like this in Melbourne,
good drinks, great desserts, friendly services and 

most importantly open until late everyday.

Cuisine: Pastry, Cake & Coffee

Food: Good

Service: Good

Atmopshere: Good

Value: $

Recommend: Good

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