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Hola todos! It’s been a long time, right?
I think I can see
a pattern here; I now start to write something down only once in several
months. I don’t know, it’s kind of difficult to set the writing mood up.
Anyway, I happen to plan to write about this place for quite some times but you
know I’m not that write-y guy. I really am only getting the writing mood last
night, hahaha 😆
The very first time I came to this place was several months
ago. I have been putting this place up on my bookmark, but only have the
opportunity months later. When I paid a visit to this place, I was so
overwhelmed that I decided to come back the second and third time during my
birthday dinner on July, and a friend’s birthday dinner exactly a week after
mine. This place is THAT good.
I knew this place from my acquaintance’s InstaStory. I thought “why not? this
place seems cool” and put it right on my bookmark. From the total of three
visits so far, I have not found anything off the scoring system. All three
visits were at the same amount of good. I think it’s better to write just the
summary and my overall impression of my visit.
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| Ambrogio Pattiserie |
The place is named Ambrogio Pattiserie. It is located at Jalan Banda, Bandung. Exactly by the Saparua Jogging Track. It is not that difficult to find your way here. The place is located in a very strategic place, amidst the busy life of the city, and it has quite huge name on its front building. So, don't you worry about finding this place.
Though specializing
at pastries, they serve a lot of foods and beverages. The range was so good.
They have lots of Western dishes as well as Local dishes. Thumbs up. Unfortunately,
in my personal thought the price range is a bit high for students. Though, I
have to admit the taste of the dishes was worth the price.
As it is named, you can find various pastries as well (it is
their specialty after all). I strongly suggest you to order their Creamy Mango cake.
Well, why don’t we start the review by this food? Okay, the cake is what I
liked the most from ALL the things I have tried and ordered. It was half-round,
colored bright yellow, smoothly glazed (go find such thing on their display).
It costs you Rp35.000,- per piece. Not a cheap one, but not that expensive. The
taste, though, it was HEAVENLY. The crust, the crumbs, the creamy part (I
believe it was cream cheese), the mango bits, the glaze, they did compliment
each other. The sweet, sour taste is so refreshing that I demand for more.
Definitely the first thing I order when coming back in the future!
Along with the Mango, comes its friend. The CHOCOLATE
RASPBERRY cake. I seriously was in food heaven. The mango was so good, and so
does the chocolate. One thing I noticed is that now you can find a cake this
good in many places, you name it: the Harvest cakes, Exquise Pattiserie, so on,
so forth. Nothing signature, but STILL SO GOOD.
I honestly got these two cakes as a birthday surprise from friends of mine. They really ain't that creative at arranging a surprise LMAO, I was at the place and they surprised me with cakes on the menu HAHAHA. I'm still grateful!!! I love them no matter what, it is the thought that counts 😜😜😜
Still coming from the dessert clan, I tried their smoothies
bowl. It costs Rp50.000,- per bowl, or semi-bowl? How do I describe? The
serving container was a cup in some way, but bigger. It was also a bowl, but
smaller. Any way, it was good, but honestly the fruit juice a.k.a. the base,
the soup, or whatever you name it, was a little too sweet for me. They should
have just blended plain fruits. No sugars needed. They still have a long way to
go before taking the spot of Sejiwa’s
Smoothies Bowl as my favorite smoothies bowl in town (will write one soon but I
want to come back first and order more).
Up next is their drinks. I personally love their Blueberry
Lavender that I ordered them twice out of three times coming here. It was so
good. There was a hint of flower kind-of taste. The drink was not overly sweet
as well. Just the right amount of sweet. It costs you Rp35.000,-
The other drinks I have tried here is their Caramel
Macchiato. The coffee was so basic that I dare to say I can get better in other
place. Don’t get me wrong, though, it tastes good. Coffee is just not
Ambrogio’s specialty. The price was Rp30.000,-
P.S. I didn't snap any pictures of the coffee. It is straight brown, and I was not the fan of the presentation.
Moving on to the foods, the first thing on my list is their
Salmon en Croute. It was salmon, fine-chopped, wrapped in a puff pastry. SOOO
GEWD. It costs you Rp58.000,- Also, the portion was so generous! I had a full
tummy by one plate. For real! The salmon was a little overcooked FOR MY BELLY,
because I prefer salmon not to be fully cooked.
P.P.S. So sorry for not taking pictures of this food as well, it was so good I forgot to take pictures :(
The next one is their Chicken Parmigiana. It was good, but a
little basic since I can find the same menu with similar taste as their Chicken
Parmigiana. In other words, it was good but there’s no such thing as a
signature touch. You can get one full plate for Rp65.000,-
The last one is the Chicken Cordon Bleu. It costs you
Rp.60.000,- and again, I must say their cordon bleu was a little basic. But
good. No you won’t regret buying it but you can find similar taste in other
cafes under the same name.
Remember, all the prices I stated above was the price during
my visit in 2019. Might change a bit. Tax and service excluded (15%)
Now talking about my favorite part, the service. This is
very vital. I determine whether or not I will come back by the services. I
don’t care if their foods are the best in the world, if the service is crappy
then goodbye, I’m not coming back.
Fortunately, I had good experiences with the services. They
were all good, well-trained, fast-respond and giving every detail clearly. 9.5
out of 10!
Decorations and stuffs, I don’t have to talk about this. Go browse
‘Ambrogio Pattiserie’ on Google and Instagram, click their tag section an
voila, you will find thousands of pictures of their interiors, exteriors, food
pictures and so on. Not to mention the InstaStories. Go browse now, you will
understand.
Overall, this place is my new favorite place to eat and hang
out. Will come back in the near future, I swear!
Thank you for reading! Here's some additional pictures I snapped for you~
