Ladurée has 3 shops in Geneva. The
one I am featuring is the boutique, restaurant & tea room opened in 2016.
The 280 sq metre shop has a fairy-tale decor and an Alice in Wonderland
atmosphere. It is fabulously and magically decorated in pastel colours. Once
you enter this land of gorgeousness, you don’t want to leave.
This is without a doubt a superb
place, the perfect setting to have quality girly time, or it can be a great
spot for a Sunday brunch.
Here one feels glamour, sitting by large windows
viewing the iconic Jet d’Eau (depending on where you are seated) and drinking a
cup of tea accompanied by pastries.
It is divided into
three areas: the pastry shop; the tea-room; the restaurant (classic international meals). The waitress
told me that they have after-work functions on Thursdays, Fridays and
Saturdays. These evenings are animated by a DJ to make them more festive.
In February I went there to have tea
and cake. I choose a Réligieuse and a Jasmin tea. The SO friendly waitress offered me to try/taste
their most requested dessert, the French Pain Perdu.
Passion-Fruit, Pineapple and Coconut
Réligieuse: this consists of two choux pastry
cases filled with cream with a subtle hint of exotic flavours, glazed with
passion-fruit flavoured fondant. It was such a delicate combination of passion
fruit and pineapple with grated coconut –
it was difficult to imagine it
would taste so amazing.
French toast with maple syrup (pain perdu) is Ladurée’s most requested dessert.
Mousseline brioche soaked in a cream composed of egg yolk, milk and vanilla,
fried in salted butter. It is served with maple syrup and whipped cream. It is
rich and delicious, I would say it is perfect for Sunday brunch…
Jasmin Tea served in a silver pot, so chic….
I really had
a great morning there, the pastries were fantastic, the tea perfumed and hot,
just the way I like it.
This post,
like all my blog posts, is not sponsored.
Ladurée Quai des Bergues
Rue du Mont-Blanc 1
1201 Genève
Tel.: +41 22 716 0606
Non-stop service & opens on
Sundays!