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Coming soon. Coming soon. That was the poster plastered on the wall at Ngee Ann City, for some time not too soon already. Finally, after the new year break, the construction scaffolds broke open to a snaking queue, and a new lease of life at the mall's level.
PAUL. Its first bakery was in 1888, at a faraway place in France. It is well-acquainted with Singaporean wanderlusts who have roved overseas. This is the first time PAUL decides to venture into the Singapore scene.
Looking dainty and frivolous, it serves substantial lunch and dinner menu, besides chocolate and pastries, and open-faced sandwich. (Like, where did the other half go?) The rich harvest at its take-away counter also includes this foreign-like object, which are macarons gone up-sized.
Pistachio (top) and Framboise (above) (SGD 6.50 for 2 for V day)
Like some huge crater from an asteriod crash, they are eye-popping enough in their sizes for you to notice them. If macarons are not your cup of tea, PAUL's rendition will overturn yours. They are, to begin with, magnimously large, making it cut with your steel knives a satisfying act. The crusts and interiors seem to have been amplified, and more velvet than before in such dimension. Be it the pistachio or raspberry, the centre of the macarons are fresh and lively. A thing about PAUL's macarons is, whether it has been observed with previous encounters with macarons, the crisp macaron shell is slightly savoury, a bold recipe making it oustanding.
P.S. #alwayscompared the new thing in town, try with TWG or 1-Caramel or the ones you make at home. They are significant enough to be an outlier, a comparison data by itself.
