It was on the strong recommendation from my friend that I decided to visit Lady M at Orchard Central. They are quite popular for their Mille Crêpes. Mille Crêpes is a french cake made of many layers of crêpes.
So here we were on a Public Holiday at Level 2, Orchard Central. There was already a queue forming outside the cafe.
There was a notice for diners that stated that the waiting time is about 15 to 30 minutes -.-"' Oh man... Since we were there, we might as well just queue and try out their pastries.
While waiting, I wandered to their counter to take a glimpse of the lovely pastries. Looks nice right? There's a counter where the servers would take the pastries and serve to the customers.
The cafe is very spacious with high ceiling, occupying both level 1 and 2.
We waited for 30 minutes before we were seated. Here is a peek of their menu. There's the cake menu and the savories menu.
Since they are famous for the crêpes, we decided to try their crêpes. We ordered :-
Signature Mille Crêpes (S$8.50 / slice)
Twenty paper-thin handmade crêpes stacked with layers of light pastry cream
I like their Signature Mille Crêpes the most actually. It's beautifully caramelized on the top, and is rich in vanilla flavour. However, it's a little too creamy, I would like it better if I could taste more of the crêpes.
Green Tea Mille Crêpes (S$9.00 / slice)
Fine green tea powder is infused into every layer of twenty paper-thin handmade crêpes
One plus point about this is that it has a very light green tea taste, so it's not overpowering. They are not stingy with the matcha powder which was sprinkled on top.
Chocolate Mille Crêpes (S$9.00 / slice)
Exclusive to Orchard Central
Chocolate shavings atop twenty paper-thin choclate infused crêpes, layered with chocolate cream
A little disappointed with this as I find it too chocolaty for Crêpes, so it taste like normal chocolate cake.
Conclusion
- Mille Crêpes: They are consistent with the thickness of the Crêpes. I had the sick, overwhelmed and jelak feeling after eating the Crêpes even though I shared them. Over-rated Mille Crêpes in my honest opinion.
- Service: It was slow... We literally waited for 30 minutes to be seated and another 20 minutes for the cakes to be served.
What astonished me was the design of the counter. They had a wide window opening where one of the staff would cut the cakes and place it on the table for the servers to pick it up and serve to the customer.
At times, the cakes were left there for a long period of time. I noticed that customers will walk past the window opening to make payment as the cashier was situated just beside.
2 incidents left me utterly disgusted. There was an incident where a customer was coughing away near the cakes *Ewww....* and the staff just left the cakes there. Another incident was a customer whose long hair nearly touched the pastry. Thank God, it wasn't our pastries.
Overall, one dine-in visit is enough. I doubt I will re-visit this outlet again. The pastries and the service cannot justify the time taken for me to queue. Plus if you dine in, there's the 10% service charge and the 7% GST.
Address
181 Orchard Road, #01-27/#02-27 Orchard Central, Orchard Central, 238896
Contact No.
+65 6509 3673
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