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The mille foglie is the undisputed star, praised for its delicate, crisp layers that melt away with quiet elegance. Overall, reviewers paint Maxens Barbau as a refined, intimate spot where the food feels both precise and warmly soulful.
“The puff pastry looks like tree bark with double cream, one vanilla and one coffee. An intense coffee aroma hits you. The pastry is perfect. You taste the vanilla, the slightly toasted pastry. Underneath it's a sorbet. It's genius. A coffee sorbet. Underneath is pure coffee, above delicate vanilla. The sorbet underneath is incredible, not cloying at all. Temperature-wise I hadn't even recognised it. It mixes perfectly with the chantilly, it camouflages itself, but still gives you that freshness of a sorbet without you noticing. I put it in S tier.”
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1 creator has covered Maxens Barbau. Most active: Francesco Zini
Maxens Barbau at the Shangri-La hotel is a mecca of pastry, and the mille foglie is an absolute masterpiece, S tier.
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Mille Foglie
The puff pastry looks like tree bark with double cream, one vanilla and one coffee. An intense coffee aroma hits you. The pastry is perfect. You taste the vanilla, the slightly toasted pastry. Underneath it's a sorbet. It's genius. A coffee sorbet. Underneath is pure coffee, above delicate vanilla. The sorbet underneath is incredible, not cloying at all. Temperature-wise I hadn't even recognised it. It mixes perfectly with the chantilly, it camouflages itself, but still gives you that freshness of a sorbet without you noticing. I put it in S tier.
